Genuine Soundware and Instruments VB3 User's Manual

Presents

The Ultimate Virtual Tonewheel Organ

Operation Manual

1. License

2. System Requirements

3. Installation

4. Instrument Description

5. Panel Controls

6. Tips and warnings

7. MIDI Control

License

VB3 version 1.2.1, copyright Guido Scognamiglio - SoundFonts.it - June 2008

LICENSE TERMS FOR SoundFonts.it SOFTWARE

This is a license agreement between "SoundFonts.it" (hereinafter referred to as "the software
supplier") and You (hereinafter referred to as "the user").

The software is provided to the user "as is". The software supplier makes no warranties,
either express or implied, with respect to the software and associated materials provided to
the user, including but not limited to any warranty of fitness for a particular purpose. The
software supplier does not warrant that the functions contained in the software will meet your
requirements, or that the operation of the software will be uninterrupted or error-free, or that
defects in the software will be corrected.

The software supplier does not warrant or make any representations regarding the use or the
results of the use of the software or any documentation provided therewith in terms of their
correctness, accuracy, reliability, or otherwise. No information or advice given by the software
supplier shall create a warranty or in any way increase the scope of this warranty.

The software supplier is not liable for any claims or damages whatsoever, including property
damage, personal injury, intellectual property infringement, loss of profits, or interruption of
business, or for any special, consequential or incidental damages, however caused.

The user is not allowed to distribute the program. Further, the user may not modify, the user
may not decompile and the user may not debug the software. The user may use the program
on any computer he or she personally own.

This product is a shareware. You may use the unregistered version at no charge for an
evaluation period of 30 days only. To continue to use the software beyond the 30-day
evaluation period, you must register it.

By using this software, you agree the above statements.

System Requirements

Minimum System Requirements:

• Microsoft Windows 98se/ME/2000/XP

• Intel Pentium 3 @ 500 MHz or AMD Athlon @ 500 MHz

• 256 Mb of RAM

• 4 Mb of free disk space

• An ASIO compatible sound card

• A 61 keys MIDI keyboard

Recommended System Requirements:

• Microsoft Windows XP

• Intel Pentium 4 Dual Core @ 3000 MHz or AMD Athlon @ 3000 MHz

• 1 Gb of RAM

• 10 Mb of free disk space

• An ASIO compatible sound card with near-zero latency

• Two 61 keys MIDI keyboards and an expression pedal

VB3 is a VST plug-in, and needs a VST host application to run. We recommend EnergyXT or

Hermann Seib's VSThost / SAVIhost. And if you want to experience the feeling of playing "the

real thing", you should have at least two 61 keys MIDI keyboards, better with "waterfall"
keys, stacked one on top of the other, an expression pedal and at least a drawbar controller.
Or if you have a digital dual manual organ console you can map all of its physical controllers
to VB3's controls using third party applications like MIDI-OX and/or Bome's MIDI Translator in
conjunction with the Maple Virtual MIDI cable for interconnection between the applications.

Installation

Copy the file VB3.dll (or whatever it may have been renamed to, in case of future updates) to
your VSTplugins folder, usually

C:\Program Files\Steinberg\VSTPlugins\

Inserting VB3 into a project varies according to the VST Host used. For example, if you're
using EnergyXT simply right click in the middle of the main window and choose VST -> VB3,
then connect its input and output to your desired source and destination. For further
assistance, consult the documentation supplied with your host.

In the case you have bought a license, install it before running VB3 to prevent it from running
in Demo mode. To do this, just insert your full name and your 24-characters license key in
the text fields in the screen that appears when the plugin is launched.

The DEMO version shows a reminder screen
at start-up, then plays a white noise for 2
seconds every 10. No limitations are applied
soundwise.

If you would like to purchase a license,
please visit www.SoundFonts.it.

Please note that two versions of the plugin
are supplied (instrument and effect): as
such, you can use your activation key for
both versions.

Instrument Description

VB3 is a virtual tonewheel organ which simulates an american electromagnetic organ of 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 (147 notes)

• Virtual 91 modeled tonewheels generator with accurate phase synchronization

• Adjustable leakage noise and cross modulation between tonewheels

• Three sets of waveforms: Set H (American Electromagnetic), Set F (Italian Transistor),

Set V (Red Tolex Transistor)

• Three different organ models

• Adjustable global tuning

• Foldback on 16" deactivable

• Realistic motor wow & flutter

• Busbars and 9 key contacts simulation

• 17 steps drawbars

• Two separate sets of drawbars per manual

• Full "inverted octave" presets

• String Bass with adjustable release time

• Dynamic pickup coil impedance loss

• Adjustable generator filters scaling

• Single triggered percussion with natural capacitor discharge/recharge

• Adjustable global Percussion Level

• Adjustable global Percussion Decay

• Vibrato/Chorus virtual scanner

• Adjustable Vibrato Scanner depth

• Electronic vibrato simulation when Sets F or V are selected

• Separated Upper and Lower V/C tablets with smooth switching

• Dynamic tube overdrive simulation

• Spring reverb

• Smooth action volume pedal with adjustable MIDI response

• Stereo wooden rotary speaker simulation with artificial environment and microphones

positioning

• Five different rotary speaker algorithms with adjustable "character"

• Tone Cabinet (stationary speaker) simulation

• Rotors brake position

• Adjustable background hum and noise

• Very low CPU consumption

• Midi controllable, supports VST automation

• Easy MIDI Learn function

• Up to four separated outputs

• Upper and Lower manuals SPLIT with adjustable split point

• Upper and Lower manuals octave transposers