Is there a serious competitor to GSI VB3?

[tapper mike]

I don't have kontakt and hence don't have B4
I'm currently using Organized Trio from which I gather was the predecessor to Vb3

I tried Illadis Euthymia and Taips AZR3 while a worthwhile effort they fall short of the b3 expectations.

[Tricky-Loops]

Combo Model V and Combo Model F are pretty good free Hammond simulations, too:

http://www.martinic.com

[Funkybot's Evil Twin]

Combo Model V and Combo Model F are pretty good free Hammond simulations, too:

http://www.martinic.com

Neither one of those are Hammond simulations. "Hammond" is a brand, not a type of organ per se. When people talk about "Hammond Organs" they're generally talking about tonewheel organs, particularly the B3 and similar organs. These organs are often played through a leslie speaker sim. That's what VB3 is mainly a model of.

ComboV and ComboF are models of transistor organs (i.e. electric organs): the Vox Continental and Farfisa Compact respectively. These are sometimes called "combo organs." These are known for being bright, and a bit cheesy, and sound a lot different than B3's and similar tonewheel/leslie organs.

[crimsonwarlock]

Just for some sound perspective

Famous Hammond sounds:





Famous transistor organ sound:





How a transistor organ can sound anything but cheesy (hint: there's no electric guitar in this song )



Robert Jan Stips (Supersister) is the king of the screeming electric organ

[electro]

Model C inside Halion 5 and Halion Sonic 2 is pretty good.
http://www.steinberg.net/en/products/vs ... ts_fx.html

[Aloysius]

You don't have to own a full copy of Kontakt to purchase Vintage Organs.

http://www.native-instruments.com/en/pr ... ge-organs/

It is comprehensive and will run in the free player. 32bit and 64bit. Whatever you need.

[electro]

with samples you don't get phase synced chords.

[Aloysius]

with samples you don't get phase syncd chords.

Exactly. That's why VO sounds so awsum.

BTW: There are plenty of legendary presets included.

[Lotuzia]

fwiw you can get pretty versatile results if you pass any *dry* organ sound into Xils Lx-122 Lezlie sim.

[Tricky-Loops]

Combo Model V and Combo Model F are pretty good free Hammond simulations, too:

http://www.martinic.com

ComboV and ComboF are models of transistor organs (i.e. electric organs): the Vox Continental and Farfisa Compact respectively. These are sometimes called "combo organs." These are known for being bright, and a bit cheesy, and sound a lot different than B3's and similar tonewheel/leslie organs.

Nevertheless, they sound more like a B3 than the Illadis stuff, IME.

And as the OP has mentioned some free organ VSTi (without samples), I guess that he's looking for a free organ plugin and not for a $400 Original Hammond B3 high quality sample library...

[aMUSEd]

I prefer the one that comes with Logic/Mainstage

[EvilDragon]

IMHO no, VB3 is still the king.

[electro]

with samples you don't get phase syncd chords.

Exactly. That's why VO sounds so awsum.

BTW: There are plenty of legendary presets included.

How is that a good thing when real tonewheels are always in phase sync?

[tapper mike]

Just for some sound perspective

Famous Hammond sounds:

I did a blog article about famous sounds awhile back, You may enjoy even though it appears you are already quite knowledgeable on the matter.

http://tappermike.com/?q=node/32

[Aloysius]

with samples you don't get phase syncd chords.

Exactly. That's why VO sounds so awsum.

BTW: There are plenty of legendary presets included.

How is that a good thing when real tonewheels are always in phase sync?

I don't know. That's all I know.