The Hammond B3 organ is a staple of rock and roll music. It has been used by some of the most important bands in history. You can capture the iconic sound of this instrument when you use the best Hammond Organ VST plugins for your DAW. The Hammond organ has a very distinct sound. Overview Master Hammond is a VST, VST3 and Audio Unit plugin based on the legendary B-3 to recreate the classic and robust tonewheel organ plus Leslie rotating speaker cabinet, with a vast array of sounds capable of all the variations one expects from this type of organ.
The Hammond B3 organ.
Additive synthesis at its best !
Suitable for Jazz, Rock, Gospel, Blues, Ballad, House, Funk, Cheesy reprise of anything, Ballad, Dance, Pop, Hard Rock, etc..
Some history here : http://theatreorgans.com/grounds/docs/history.html + some facts
i have selected 7 free drawbar organ VSTi emulations of the Hammond B3.
Let’s groove :
1. AZR3 by Rumpelrausch
Not only free, it’s also open source.
This is a very good drawbar emulation, with onboard FX, nice saturation, and the speaker leslie emulation. Perfect for emulating gospel organ and rock organ. And check the “NHL” preset!
WhiterShadeOfPale
https://blog.wavosaur.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/whiter-shade-of-zr3.mp3
As all the other plugins in this list are 32 bit, it could be nice to compile a 64 bit version.
** EDIT** => here is the 64 bit version for Windows : download Azr3 B3 organ VST 64 bit
and the sources
There’s also a MAC version here
2. Organized Trio
Organized Trio VST
Present in the same package as “Mr Ray”, it’s the perfect companion for your funky tracks.
And of course it can do the perc dance organ “ala” Korg M1 :
Gypsy Woman:
https://blog.wavosaur.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Gypsy-Women-Organized-Trio.mp3
3. NubiPlus by fxPointAudio
http://www.fxpointaudio.com/ & download
Nubi Plus VSTi come with a VST FX for adding the Leslie effect : Spinner VST. The two make a super groovy combo, and gives you this nice Hammond B3 organ sound.
She’s just like you and me, but she’s homeless:
https://blog.wavosaur.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Gypsy-Woman-NubiPlus.mp3
4. DirtBag and LightBag by Istvan Kaldor
LightBag II VST
Good old Synthedit creations : the sound is dirty like it should. You get a nasty B3 organ sound in an instant. Leslie speaker effect is included. There are also some nice reed emulation sounds. And some crazy wicked presets in dirtbag too!
Whiter shade of Dirtbag :
https://blog.wavosaur.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/whiter-shade-of-dirtbag.mp3
5. Euthymia VST by Iliadis
This free organ VST has a clean sound. You can add a Leslie speaker as free external effect : iSpinner VST
6. OddlyOrgan by OdO
Oddly Organ
A little more synthetic, you can go creative with this VST !
You can also find other organ VSTis made by OdO
7. VL122 by AM Music Technology
info & download
Discontinued & free drawbar organ : it sounds nice, it’s clean.
You can switch off the motor !
It includes the famous Leslie effect, and also a reverb.
+ a tube/drive effect for more dirty sound.
Cool jazz organ presets.
Organ B3 is an organ with 130 additional sounds to explore, combine and create your own.
Hammond B3 Vsti
• Based on the sounds of the vintage classic organ Hammond B3
• Leslie speaker effect (rotator) is included
• Distortion & Screamer effects for more dirty sound
RACK
An additional package of effects on the output: compressor, cabinet, saturation and limiter
• Compressor controls : attack, ratio threshold and output level
• Cabinet controls: treble, bass and cabinet size, out level
• Saturation controls: saturation and output level
• Limiter controls: release level and master level
SEND EFFECTS
Instrument Send Effects: delay, chorus algorithmic reverb, phaser, gainer and flanger.
• Reverb controls: predelay, size (of the simulated room), color, stereo and damping
• Delay controls: time, damping, pan feedback and gain
• Chorus control: depth, phase, speed and gain
• Phaser controls: depth, speed, phase, feedback & gain
• Flanger control: speed, phase, depth, feedback, color and gain
Features
• 14.38 GB (Lossless compression) library size, 5578 samples
• 20 Built-in Effects: Compressor, Delays, Reverb, Limiter, Phaser, Gainer, Flanger, Stereo Panner, Chorus, Distortion, Lo-Fi, 3 and 4-Band EQ & more
• Full set of effects in the settings for total customization
• 132 Presets: Organ B3 with additional sounds (synths, brass, plucks, chords)
• Hammond-style 20 draw-bar organ simulation
• Sampled with Analog & Digital equipment
Kontakt engine features
• Custom User Inteface
• Compressed 24Bit / 48KHz Samples
• Fine-tuned four-band EQ for each channel
• A flexible user interface that allows you to control all aspects of the sound and fx (layering, morphing, blending all kinds of sounds with each other)
• Each preset has 2 channels: Organ B3 and additional sound
• Built-In Distortion, Screamer and Rotating speakers emulation
SOURCES
• 132 Presets for Music Production
• 5578 Classic Organ & Synths Samples
• Distortion, Screamer and Rotator
Free B3 Organ Vst
QUALITY
• 24BIT / 48KHZ Quality
• Over 14.38 GB Content
• Recorded With Analog Gear