From developer Sampleson comes CollaB3 V2, a free vintage tonewheel organ emulation.
We see many free virtual instruments come along, so forgive me if I’m missing any! That said, I think CollaB3 V2 is the best free organ I’ve ever heard.
CollaB3 V2 is the latest update of Sampleson’s vintage tonewheel organ emulation, and it comes with some significant improvements.
It features an improved spectral-modeled sound engine, and it’s pretty impressive.
CollaB3 V2 delivers an authentic B3 sound, whether you want that classic percussive tone, funk rock attitude, to take it to church, or to take it ALL THE WAY TO CHURCH. It sounds fantastic.
Sampleson has recreated the full experience of a Hammond organ by adding subtle details like key-click noises and wood cabinet resonance.
CollaB3 V2 also includes more tone-defining elements like amp circuit emulation with distortion and a brand-new modelled Rotary emulation.
CollaB3 V2 comes in two versions, free and paid ($10 – it’s a steal).
The paid version includes a Rotary speaker settings page where you can tweak various speaker settings and mic positions.
Other updates include Native Silicon Support (Mac) and improved CPU efficiency.
The interface also looks fantastic, which is a nice bonus with a virtual emulation.
If you have a keyboard controller with physical drawbars, CollaB3 V2 is a perfect match. As well as the drawbars, you get percussion controls, reverb, leakage emulation, click intensity, and the must-have Rotary speed switch.
CollaB3 V2 is available in 64-bit AU and VST formats for macOS and Windows (it also runs in standalone mode).
Sampleson released the original CollaB3 in 2020 after teaming up with Librewave, LalalandAudio, and Studio427 Audio to bring studio-quality virtual instruments to everyone for free.
Seeing such a high-quality instrument available for free is awesome, and this latest update is greatly appreciated.
With August drawing to an end, I’ll say it again: it’s been a good month for freebies. We’ve had 20 free plugins from Plugin Alliance, OVM’s Diatonica, and much more.
Whether you’re looking to shred like Cory Henry, recreate Larry Golding’s voicings, mimic the melodic stylings of Jimmy Smith (8 Counts for Rita is a personal favourite), or just jam on Hip to be Square because you watched American Psycho recently, CollaB3 V2 will serve you well!
Download: CollaB3 V2 (FREE version / paid version – $10)
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11 Comments
Numanoid
onZaksound has released Orange Dreams 2, that comes with 140 presets, they say is tailored for chill beats
There is also a Lite free version with 22 presets (2 samplers, 1 filter, and the complete effects rack)
Tomislav Zlatic
onThank you! We’ll cover it asap.
Bob
onGreat to see this updated but sad to see it requiring activation now. Not a fan especially with “free” plugins.
Illford
onI don’t like it either but it’s an inevitability at this point
mrg
onIt’s actually less trouble to develop a plugin without internet activation, you know… ;-)
What a stupid move from them. Oh, well.
Garby
onV1 is my go-to organ plugin, it’s fantastic. Can’t wait to try the v2. Thanks for the info.
Garby
onOh, it’s very disappointing that it requires online activation, they should make the license key activate offline. Also, I like the sound and the presets of the 1st version better than this one. More room for improvement.
Conteaza?
onCloud activation? Nope!
Karl W
onHow do you even get your licence??? There’s just a big green button saying ‘activate’ for me
Bob
onYou should have got a licence key in the email. It will also be visible on the plugin page in your gumroad library.
You need to be online for it to activate, though. No net, no activation.
Wing Yee
onThank You!