Native instruments vintage organs review

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I initially had problems setting up Vintage Organs MIDI split option so upper and lower manuals and the pedal were on different MIDI channels. Most instruments default to a keyboard split. I think both will get used as they complement each other. I have not yet decided if I like the Vox Continental in Vintage Organs or Hollow SunвЂ™s excellent Vox Continental Kontakt instrument best, they do sound a bit different, Hollow Sun's also has fully variable drawbar and amplifier setting and is a bit more 'raw' it's probably more authentic but VOвЂ™s interface is better. The transistor organs are much better implementation that the replacement tone wheels sets used for this purpose in B4 II. On most instruments pitchbend is set up to control drawbar settings so, for example bending up increases the proportion of higher harmonics and bending down decreases the volume. Obviously swell would be better controlled from a pedal, but I don't have one.

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This is assignable and I found mapping the sustain to Leslie speed and the mod wheel to the swell peddle work in my setup. It appears the samples for all the drawbars are loaded initially so one can alter the drawbars in real time without waiting for samples to reload.Д«y default both the sustain peddle and mod wheel are mapped to the Leslie speed. I did not get around to making my own instruments but I think this is as simple as making all the necessary edits, then saving as a new instrument.

All the presets in an instrument share the same amplifier setting etc.

Each preset is a set of drawbar registrations and one can switch instantly from one to another. NI addresses this to some extent as each instrument has 12 presets controlled by key switches. It's reasonably quick on my system but it would still be an issue in a live situation. One objection I have heard being made to a sample based instrument is the load time for samples. Like B4II, a trip through the presets (I should say instruments as in the context of Vintage Organs presets has another meaning) will bring up instantly recognizable sounds from well know recordings. I am not right the person to say which sounds the most authentic but I think, overall, Vintage Organs has the most pleasing sound to my ear, but don't expect a major jump ahead in sound quality. IMHO the interface is not as intuitive as B4II. I think this time NI has got it almost right and finally come up with a product that, for most (but not all) users, can be considered a replacement for B4 II.ДЇirst the down side it has a much heavier footprint requiring a lot more disk space, CPU and RAM and I am sure this will put some people off, particularly those who play live.

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I have the full version of Kontakt running on Vista 64 on a PC with an i7 processor, 6GB of RAM and 3 seperate disks for programs, audio and samples. I did not get a lot of time with my DAW on my last break from my travels but I spent a good portion of it with Vintage Organs. I went ahead and got the crossgrade from B4II to Vintage Organs while the deal was still on.