The Sound Board

AcousticSamples has released version 3 of their B5 Organ software, a free update for existing users. Here's what's new:

- Redesigned interface to have the switches positions match a real B3
- Complete signal chain rewrite which allowed us to include nearly 150 new voicing models that can be changed manually (that includes models A, AV, B, B2, C2, BA, BC , CV, B3, C3, A100, RT3 and a few others)
- Voicings are now separate from 4 tonewheel models = nearly 600 different combinations (and that’s before advanced editing)
- Enable/Disable the manual tapering or use a hybrid manual tapering
- New “Tone Control” emulating the real potentiometer present in real organs
- Completely redesigned tube distortion
- Improved keyclick to match variation depending on phase start
- New FX panel with Chorus, Phaser, Delay, Was, Auto-Wah, overdrive and fuzz
- Entirely new Leslie simulation featuring multiple models (122, 147, 3300 and more)
- Separation of “brake” and Leslie speed
- Total independent control over Horn and Drum speakers
- MIDI control overhaul, including new MIDI Learn function
- So many more things that you just need to head over to the B-5 page to discover it all! (we are still updating the page).






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So my “go to” just got better. Good news, thanks Piet.

Abysmal performance right now in Cubase; improved in Logic Pro X.
From AcousticSamples "Our team is currently investigating a potential bug when using B-5 in Steinberg DAWs such as Cubase or Nuendo, I will keep you informed as soon as I have a feedback from our team."

Yikes. I was about to press that button for $76!

Probably best-for as much as I use B-3s, the Vintage Organs in Komplete are fine (though I liked their B4 better.)

Odd that such a glaring short-coming — the poor performance in Cubase, I mean — only surfaces after the product's been released, isn't it? It's not as if Cubase is an obscure niche program that only 4 or 5 people use and you'd think that AcousticSamples would have at least one seasoned Cubase user on their beta-team.

But it'll get fixed.

I like the update. This B5, no matter how good it's become, still can't completely erase the memory of the 32bit version of the GSi VB3, which remains my all-time favourite virtual electric organ software — the current 64bit version of the VB3 somehow never manages to impress me the way its predecessor always did; something got lost along the way, I find —, but this newest version is without question several steps in the right direction.

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Piet De Ridder wrote: ↑Nov 26, 2020 8:58 am Odd that such a glaring short-coming — the poor performance in Cubase, I mean — only surfaces after the product's been released, isn't it? It's not as if Cubase is an obscure niche program that only 4 or 5 people use and you'd think that AcousticSamples would have at least one seasoned Cubase user on their beta-team.

But it'll get fixed.

I like the update. This B5, no matter how good it's become, still can't completely erase the memory of the 32bit version of the GSi VB3, which remains my all-time favourite virtual electric organ software — the current 64bit version of the VB3 somehow never manages to impress me the way its predecessor always did; something got lost along the way, I find —, but this newest version is without question several steps in the right direction.

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My friend, Dave Gross, is an excellent B3 player, who works with different kinds of Leslies, amps, and mics. When he heard B5-v2 he thought it was very good, pretty comparable to the IK Multimedia authorized Hammond B3, but had some problems with some things, especially the Leslie speakers. I put the two of them in touch with each other and they had lengthy discussions about it, which are incorporated in v3. Arnaud gives him a shoutout at the end of the walkthrough.

An update of the B-5 V3 has now been released. I haven’t tested it thoroughly yet, but so far, so good.

are you testing it in Cubase, Frank?

Lawrence wrote: ↑Jan 07, 2021 4:39 pm are you testing it in Cubase, Frank?

Yes. That was the DAW where the problems occurred. It seemed to be okay in Logic when it was first released.