Cherry Audio have released Blue3, available for $49.00. Previous customers of GG Audio’s original version can upgrade to this enhanced edition for just $39.00.
Blue3 is an incredibly detailed emulation of the world’s most beloved tonewheel organs and continues the legacy of excellence established by its original developer, GG Audio. This virtual instrument painstakingly simulates every feature and circuit, and more importantly, every single source of imperfection, to give Blue3 an extraordinary richness that delivers the iconic, soulful sounds associated with nearly a century of blues, gospel, rock, and jazz classics.
Initially released in 2017, GG Audio’s Blue3 garnered critical acclaim for its authentic sound and impressive emulation of classic tonewheel variations of the B-3 organ and beyond. Now, under the stewardship of Cherry Audio, Blue3 is back — better than ever.
Blue3 Organ is a meticulously modeled — not sampled — virtual instrument replicating the world’s most famous tonewheel organs: the B-3, C-3, A-100, L-100, CV, and M-3 models. It features 31 tonewheel sets that accurately capture the variations between vintage instruments, 91 modeled tonewheels with phase synchronization, and an authentically emulated scanner vibrato/chorus.
Blue3 Organ now features a new, beautifully designed user interface with Main, Edit, Cabinet, and Perform sections. And it goes beyond the traditional B-3 sound by adding three studio-quality stompbox-style effects: Tape Echo Delay, Reverb with Spring, Plate, and Hall, and a Seven-band Graphic EQ.
Blue3 offers full polyphony for upper, lower, and pedal manuals, a customizable keyboard split function, and handy drawbar utilities, including Copy, Swap, Reset, and Randomize. Users can further refine the tones with settings for condition, key click, percussion, and multiple overdrive options with four different tube simulations to emulate the preamp and rotary enclosure’s amplifier.
The integrated Cabinet section provides six speaker options — Classic 122, 147, RA-200, 4×12 guitar amp, custom rotary, and direct — and adjustable rotary speed with acceleration and deceleration. Additional options include settings for Diffuser, Front Stop, Memphis, and Wind for the rotary speaker. A visual microphone simulation includes spread and distance controls, four mic selections, and click-and-drag placement in an updated UI.
With MIDI mapping and a rich library of over 200 presets covering classic to modern tones, Blue3 is the ultimate package for both stage and studio, all while keeping it affordable for organ enthusiasts worldwide.
Features include:
- Painstakingly modeled replication of the world-famous tonewheel organs — no samples used
- 31 tonewheel sets based on vintage B-3, C-3, A-100, L-100, CV and M-3 instruments
- 91 modeled tonewheels with accurate phase synchronization
- Full polyphony for upper, lower, and pedal manuals
- UPDATED! Gorgeously rendered resizable UI with Main, Edit, Cabinet, and Perform pages
- Registration (inverted) keys with A# & B drawbar presets
- Adjustable Condition settings with tonewheel crosstalk, flutter, leakage, noise, and transformer settings
- Selectable foldback for the 16’ drawbar
- Customizable keyboard split function
- Global three-band output EQ
- NEW! Copy, swap, reset, and randomize options for Upper and Lower drawbars
- Accurately simulated “scanner” vibrato/chorus with swell, great, and type and depth settings
- Key Click options for volume and tone
- Percussion for top manual with fine-tuning controls for volume, decay, and harmonic selector
- Drive with four different tube simulations to emulate the preamp and rotary enclosure’s amplifier
- Classic 122, 147, RA-200, 4×12 guitar amp, and custom rotary speaker simulations, along with direct
- Adjustable rotary speeds with acceleration and deceleration
- Accurate microphone simulation, with spread and distance controls, four mic (dynamic and condenser) selections, and click-and-drag placement with updated graphics
- Diffuser, Front Stop, Memphis, and Wind options for rotary speaker
- NEW! Three studio-quality stompbox-style effects: Tape Echo Delay, Reverb with Spring, Plate, and Hall, Seven-Band Graphic EQ
- UPDATED! Now with over 200 fabulous presets spanning from classic to modern tones
- Complete MIDI control and DAW automation for all controls, with easy-to-use MIDI learn and mapping (Preset and Global)
- Cherry Audio’s popular Focus zoom-in feature, as well as standard UI zoom and resize via drag
- Complete documentation available directly online from the instrument or in downloadable PDF format
- Highly optimized DSP for optimal performance
- User-adjustable oversampling quality control
Watch the overview video HERE.
Blue3 Organ is available to PC and Mac users (VST2, VST3, AU, AAX and standalone).
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