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B4 Tonewheel Set
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The B4 brings one of the richest sounding and most beloved hardware organs into the 21st Century studio.
The B4 is a complete virtual tonewheel organ, capable of reproducing in authentic detail the sound of the legendary B3 organ and rotating speaker cabinet. Authenticity, playability and an unmistakable expressiveness are the defining features of this utterly convincing emulation. Every new B4 single version now includes the B4 Tonewheel Set Vintage Collection with no additional costs.
SKU: NINB4TS2 In addition to being absolutely weightless, the Native Instruments B4 has several advantages over the 400 pound B3. For instance, if you wanted to change the tone of your B3, you would need to hire a specialist to replace the filter capacitors in the tonewheel generator and recalibrate the tone filter circuits. It’s a bit easier with the B4—since every characteristic of the B3 has been painstakingly modelled in software, replacing a whole set of 91 tonewheels is as easy as double-clicking. Tonewheel Set “Vintage Collection” With the B4 Tonewheel Set Vintage Collection, you can make a B4 sound like a B3 that is sparkling-fresh from the factory, or like it was more than 100 years old. You can even replace the B3-modelled tonewheels with those of a Vox Continental, a Farfisa Compact, or a Harmonium to give your B4 a totally new character. Vox Continental
The classic British Vox Continental organs were played by many
of the great bands in the sixties and seventies, such as The
Doors, The Animals and The Monkees. Farfisa The highly-collectable Farfisa Compact was played by Pink Floyd, Jean-Michel Jarre, and Blondie. Included on this CD are 2 Tonewheel Sets, one with the Farfisa's Tone Booster switch activated and one with it off.Sound example Farfisa MP3 (1 MB Harmonium
For something a bit unusual we have also taken an Indian
Harmonium and converted its reed sound into a B4 Tonewheel Set..
With just one or two drawbars pulled out and lots of pumping on
the expression pedal, the B4 sounds quite close to a real
Harmonium. With more drawbars, vibrato-chorus, and the rotator
turned on, it’s something else! Master Tune Classic tonewheel organs were limited to a fixed tuning, since the tonewheels run at a fixed synchronous speed that cannot be changed. The only way to change the master tuning is to change the transmission ratios in the tonewheel generator. That’s completely impractical in hardware but easily achieved with the B4's replaceable tonewheel generator. We are now offering the B3 Classic Tonewheel Set in versions tuned to 436Hz, 444Hz, 448Hz, and 452Hz to complement the standard 440Hz tuning. Altering The filter capacitor in Hammond tonewheel generators deteriorate with age, which over time leads to an increase in leakage and rattle in the basic tone sound. At Native Instruments, we have found a way to artificially age the tonewheel sound. We can also run the process backwards to rejuvenate the tonewheels. To simulate B3 organs with different degrees of aging we offer Tonewheel Sets with varying amounts of purity or dirt:
After the installation of the new Tonewheel-Set you'll find all new Tonewheels in the preset menue of the B4. Simply select the one you like - and start playing. Naturally we deliver the Tonewheel Set with new drawbar presets: Included are 24 new drawbar settings which highlight the sound potential of the Vox and Farfisa. System requirements
To use the Tonewheel Sets you need the full version of the B4,
and the update 1.1 installed on your system. The update 1.1 you
can download for free in the download area of the B4 |
