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Sound Features of the Baby b.
B3 SOUND
For the last 40 years and still today the HAMMOND B3 organ has been a preference for musicians.
Because of the legendary drawbar system, the B3 is still one of the most sought-after instruments. Some
of the features of the B3 are:
1. Drawbar balance of the individual foot registers.
2. The „dirty effect“ of the sine generation.
3. Key click (the characteristic click noise upon pressing or releasing keys).
4. Repitition of the foot registers starting with 2‘.
These characteristics make possible the legendary B3 sound that reaches the quality standard of pro-
fessional musician when used with a ROTOR cabinet (an amplified speaker system with rotating horns
and woofers). The following is a list of features of the ROTOR cabinet:
1. The full effect of two speed vibrato.
2. The varying acceleration and decceleration of the rotating horns and woofers.
3. The presence effect of the horns and the pressure effect of the woofers in low and midrange.
4. Combination of ROTOR with phase-vibrato.
The combination of all the above features give the B3 it‘s characteristic and much-loved sound.
All of these characteristics have been recreated in perfect detail in the Baby b.. During it‘s development,
it was tested in a professional studio under the scrutinizing ear of professional musicians and compared
again and again to a „real“ HAMMOND B3 until the result was perfected.
WERSI SOUND
The same attention to detail and perfection was implemented in the creation of the WERSI organ sound,
so that the Baby b. is equipped with both of the best-known drawbar organ systems.
In order to serve the creative needs of every user, some of the sound effects and variations are
implemented in such a way as to give the musician total control of the effect, and others are automatically
set when switching from B3 mode to WERSI mode. When the Baby b. is switched from B3 mode to
WERSI mode, the following characteristics are changed:
1. The repitition in the foot registers above 2‘ is different, especially in the upper two octaves.
2. The balance in foot registers is different, which influences the sound drastically.
3. The B3‘s keyclick is switched to the „WERSI Patsch“.
4. The „Dirty effect“ in sine generation of the B3 is not applicable in WERSI mode.
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