What is B-5 V2?
Acousticsamples’ B-5 V2 is one of the best virtual tonewheel organ plugins to ever hit your DAW! It aptly recreates the sound of the classic Hammond B-3 organ, along with other Hammond variants such as the C3, and A-100. It was exquisitely developed by AcousticsampleS; coming out as the highly anticipated second generation of their B-5 Organ instrument. In this concise AcousticSamples B5-V2 review, we’ll take a look at this sample library’s must have features like:
- Unparalleled Sound engine: Combines real sampled tonewheels with full modeling of the Hammond B-3 architecture, including the AO-28 preamp, drawbars, and tonewheels themselves.
- Bespoke Leslie cabinet emulation: It includes a detailed rotary speaker simulation with independent controls for horn and drum levels, fast/slow rotation speeds, pitch modulation depth, air, and distance parameters — all highly adjustable.
- Small Footprint: Despite packing a huge library of presets and content, it comes in a relatively compact ~1.25 GB package.