KVR Audio

dickiefunk · Post by **dickiefunk** » Sun Jul 08, 2018 7:29 pm

At the moment I own VB3 v1.4 NI Vintage Organs. I've been trying the demo version of VB3-II and GG Audio Blue3 and have been comparing them to VB3-1.4 and Vintage Organs. Whilst VB3-II does sound very good I've been most impressed with Blue3's overall sound. I have also been impressed with the demos I've heard of AcousticSamples B5 but sadly there's no demo to download and try

Has anyone compared Blue3 to B5?

organsmic · Post by **organsmic** » Mon Jul 09, 2018 1:53 am

Hi! I've been giving it a test ride and the sound with a slow rotary is awesome. Better than the VB3 1.4. For me the issue happens when you hit the fast rotary... it sounds more like a vox continental than a hammond. Like too much vibrato or something. I don't know if it's the reverb or what. The VB3-I with the original Leslie 147 (not the fixed speed... that doesn't sound good) sounds more realistic. More 3D if you will.

I compared the quality of both of them and the Blue3 with the hammond from Tony Monaco's video "I'll remember jimmy". In that context, the Blue3 won the full drawbars + fast leslie race but the VB3s have a more beautiful sound overall.

For me it's VB3 > Blue3 > VB3-II.

I'll keep testing.

EvilDragon · Post by **EvilDragon** » Mon Jul 09, 2018 12:03 pm

Did you try adjusting the horn/bass speeds in Amp & FX page?

organsmic · Post by **organsmic** » Mon Jul 09, 2018 7:25 pm

EvilDragon wrote:Did you try adjusting the horn/bass speeds in Amp & FX page?

I have... but it doesn't feel right, imho, so for now I'll stick with the original.

dickiefunk · Post by **dickiefunk** » Mon Jul 09, 2018 10:16 pm

Spitfire31 wrote:A couple of months ago, gg-audio.com was looking for beta testers for their "upcoming version 2.0" of Blue 3.

The intrigue is tightening…

/Joachim

This is very interesting to hear! Blue 3 is already a great organ VST and I’m currently torn with buying it or B5!?
If GG Audio are able to improve Blue 3 it would be incredible!

SMH · Post by **SMH** » Mon Jul 09, 2018 10:38 pm

dickiefunk wrote:
Spitfire31 wrote:A couple of months ago, gg-audio.com was looking for beta testers for their "upcoming version 2.0" of Blue 3.

The intrigue is tightening…

/Joachim
This is very interesting to hear! Blue 3 is already a great organ VST and I’m currently torn with buying it or B5!?
If GG Audio are able to improve Blue 3 it would be incredible!

I can't imagine how they'd improve it- I think Blue 3 is perfect already.

Twrogstudio · Post by **Twrogstudio** » Mon Jul 09, 2018 10:43 pm

SMH wrote:
dickiefunk wrote:
Spitfire31 wrote:A couple of months ago, gg-audio.com was looking for beta testers for their "upcoming version 2.0" of Blue 3.

The intrigue is tightening…

/Joachim
This is very interesting to hear! Blue 3 is already a great organ VST and I’m currently torn with buying it or B5!?
If GG Audio are able to improve Blue 3 it would be incredible!
I can't imagine how they'd improve it- I think Blue 3 is perfect already.

There’s a new version coming soon, so I guess we’ll see

.

dickiefunk · Post by **dickiefunk** » Mon Jul 09, 2018 10:44 pm

Twrogstudio wrote:
SMH wrote:
dickiefunk wrote:
Spitfire31 wrote:A couple of months ago, gg-audio.com was looking for beta testers for their "upcoming version 2.0" of Blue 3.

The intrigue is tightening…

/Joachim
This is very interesting to hear! Blue 3 is already a great organ VST and I’m currently torn with buying it or B5!?
If GG Audio are able to improve Blue 3 it would be incredible!
I can't imagine how they'd improve it- I think Blue 3 is perfect already.
There’s a new version coming soon, so I guess we’ll see .

waltercruz · Post by **waltercruz** » Mon Jul 09, 2018 11:33 pm

What an amazing time for Hammond fans!

Bug Music · Post by **Bug Music** » Mon Jul 09, 2018 11:46 pm

waltercruz wrote:What an amazing time for Hammond fans!

Agreed !

- Jay

krreed · Post by **krreed** » Tue Jul 10, 2018 12:31 am

Well, yes and no. This reminds of Segal's Law; "A man with a watch knows what time it is. A man with two watches is never sure." I have too many Hammond plug-ins already. I may favor one particular VST but that doesn't mean it is closer to the original. Having said that, VB3-II has not really impressed me yet, but Blue3 sounds interesting to me more and more.

jbraner · Post by **jbraner** » Tue Jul 10, 2018 9:30 am

I like Blue3 a lot!

Spitfire31 · Post by **Spitfire31** » Tue Jul 10, 2018 9:50 am

I guess that Segal's Law applies to me, too.

But having owned a tonewheel Hammond M100 with a 147 (I think it was) for decades and now a MOJO, I feel comfortably 'at home' with Guido's new VB3 II. It is a real Hammond, to me at least. As someone commented, it sounds more 'up front' than some of the others and it suits me to a T.

That said, there are some tweaks to be done in a dot update, I feel. It's not very elegant to have the settings pages hide behind the main window when called up, for instance.

/Joachim

Niowiad · Post by **Niowiad** » Tue Jul 10, 2018 9:57 am

I have them in demo mode. Soundwise they seem pretty different, I'm definitely not a B3 expert but I really like them both, maybe VB3-II slightly more.
Then, if I look at them globally as "products", Blue3 gets placed way above in my opinion. Although VB3-II allows for more in depth tweaking, the interface from Blue3 seems to have been laid out way more thoughtfully and I find this to be more and more important for user experience as time passes by.
The included rotary plugin from Blue3 is also a big plus for me.
The price difference (although not so big) could also be a factor for some users.

trmupstage · Post by **trmupstage** » Tue Jul 10, 2018 3:04 pm

This is great news. i was hoping he would finally update VB3. Money is tight, but I think I'm going to have to get this. Now, he needs to update his Wurly...

GSI VB3-II