SoundFonts.it has announced the release of VB3, a virtual tone-wheel organ which simulates an American electro-magnetic organ from "the old days", but it's also capable of other simulations like the Italian transistor organs of the seventies or the red-tolex organs played by famous pop bands of the sixties.

Main features:

• Full polyphony (183 notes).
• Virtual 91 modeled tone-wheels generator with accurate phase synchronization.
• Adjustable leakage noise and cross modulation between tone-wheels.
• Three sets of waveforms: Set H (American Electromagnetic), Set F (Italian Transistor), Set V (Red Tolex Transistor).
• Busbars and 9 key contacts simulation.
• 17 steps drawbars.
• String Bass with adjustable release time.
• Dynamic pickup coil impedance loss.
• Adjustable generator filters scaling.
• Single triggered percussion with natural capacitor discharge/recharge.
• Vibrato/Chorus virtual scanner.
• Dynamic tube preamplifier simulation.
• Tube overdrive simulation.
• Spring reverb.
• Smooth action volume pedal.
• Stereo wooden rotary speaker simulation with artificial environment and microphones positioning.
• Rotors brake position.
• Adjustable background hum and noise.
• Easy on CPU.
• MIDI controllable, supports VST automation.

VB3 is available for the introductory price of €39 until the end of August, when it will rise to €49, and is available as a VST instrument plug-in for Windows. A demo version is available for download.