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Adam Monroe Music Rotary Organ 2.0, sampled from the Hammond M3 tonewheel Organ. The ultimate goal was to emulate the sound of a Hammondnd B3 organ with the Leslie Speaker rotating inside a VST/AU/AAX plug-in. Each drawbar in each note was sampled individually through the organ's built-in speaker via a Neumann TLM 102 microphone. The signal was re-amplified through a Fender Deluxe Reverb and recorded with a Sennheiser e906. Both signals were passed through Grace M101 preamps. The Hammond M3 Organ combines the last two harmonics into a single drawbar, this note is omitted. Instead, a “digital doubling” tikchnique was used to expand the harmonics of the Hammond M3 to be similar to those of the Hammond B3. The range of the organ has been increased similar to that of the Hammond B3. This was accomplished by using the Organ's pedal tones to add lower octave notes. The Leslie Speaker simulation is designed to mimic a real Leslie. The signal is split into a virtual lower rotor and virtual upper rotor at approximately 600 Hz. Vibrato, chorus and panning are used to simulate the rotation of rotors. The upper rotor rotates at 48/409 RPM and the lower rotor at 40/354 RPM. Sub rotor rotation can be skipped. Leslie simulation can also be skipped. B3 effects where digitally simulated and these include percussion, vibrato and key click. The vibrato scanner is similar to that of a B3 and includes vibrato and vibrato + chorus. The key click was simulated by adding random noise to the attack and release samples. Some key clicks can be heard in the original samples, but the effect is exaggerated. Percussion is simulated in the VST as it is in real life: a higher amplitude, percussion-distorting sound is added to the device via the 2nd or 3rd harmonic. The plugin also includes reverb, braking, variable acceleration, drive/distortion, smoothing, adjustable stereo panning, key splitting, and preset keying. Version 2.0 also includes amplifier sims based on vacuum tube simulations and speaker EQ curves. An additional drawbar has been added between the 4th and 5th drawbars (x). The instrument is balanced to sound slightly more aggressive than a typical Hammond organ and therefore has the potential to stand out more in a mix. This can be adjusted with the "smoothing" knob, which will attenuate some harsh frequencies and (in version 2.0) the smooth/bright key and angle knob. Inside the VST, the amplifier and speaker signals go through preamp/gain staging, which is whether or not the Leslie bypass is engaged. The plugin requires a good CPU - at least an Intel Core I3. This is because internally every harmonic is added up for every note – which can include things like percussion and key clicks – meaning each note requires 22 sounds. Internally, VST is limited to 330 voices, equivalent to 15 polyphonic notes. The audio list also requires extra processing power, unlike a piano or other percussion instrument, where each note can continue indefinitely and so newer notes must overcome this limitation. The plugin also does a fair amount of internal equivalent and sonic shaping depending on the preset. A lot of time was spent trying and finding useful drawbar settings and eq combinations and vacuum tube sims. There are 95 built-in presets modeled after classic Hammond Organ drawbar tunings and famous songs. The memory space of the plugin is approximately 400 MB. Once loaded, all instances of the plugin are loaded into memory, as the entire plugin consists of looped samples filled with short attack and release samples. This means that the plugin in question is not dependent on a fast hard drive as it does not need to buffer samples during execution. The plugin is designed to work with native versions of VST AU and AAX and a Kontakt version has not been created. This is because the plugin relies heavily on internal programming – for everything from Leslie simulation to folding to vacuum tube sims – that is impossible to replicate with the Kontakt player's simple scripting language. This VST is essentially a hybrid between the Hammond M3 and B3 with a more aggressive sound. It sounds a bit unique to existing plugins and simulations, but many sounds are possible with a wide variety of parameter combinations. - 60 Note Range C2 - C7 - DI and Amp Signals, Reverb, Vacuum Tube and Speaker Sims - 10 Drawbars, Leslie Sim, Percussion, Vibrato and Key Click - 500 MB Sample Data and 95 Presets - Supports 44.1, 48, 88.2 and 96 kHz
Features
Improvements since last version: * Amplifiers using Vacuum Tube simulations added * Speaker/EQ curves added * Made the plugin less bright with a soft/bright switch and an "angle" button that controls Leslie's direction * Many presets based on famous songs added * Separate controls for Alt + Top pan and volume added * A soft button has been added. * Chorus button added * A button to control percussion boost/cut added * Added an overdrive switch (reversing the old distortion algorithm turns on/off) * Trim + volume knobs are added to feed the amplifier * Added volume controls for Leslie and DI audio and panning. * Added knobs to control Upper + Lower rotor Depth * A Reverb Size Knob added *Added a delay button * Made Leslie control Midi reassignable * Volume Swell controls (also Midi reassignable) * A key to turn off the lower manual key lock added * Added a switch to toggle between Midi leslie control and speed. * Leslie speed can now be controlled from midi notes (AO / Bb0) * Added a “Flip Swell” button to reverse the midi pedal control on volume swell * Fixed lower + upper rotor speeds and acceleration ramps for more accuracy *whoosh” (leslie spinning sound) and a switch to turn on/off
Download Links
Turbobit 861 MB .zip
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