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Tip: Few organ players use the Scanner Vibrato, preferring to work with a Leslie in
isolation. Others, like B3 virtuoso Brian Auger, prefer the integrated organ vibrato over
the Leslie. Compare the Chorus and Vibrato effects with the sound of the rotor cabinet
simulation to see which you prefer.
Using the EVB3 Percussion Effect
The EVB3 emulates the (Key) Percussion facilities of the original B3. The Percussion facility
is available only for the upper manual—as per the original B3. The effect adds the second
or third harmonics to the attack envelope of a note. These harmonics quickly fade out,
leaving the chosen drawbar tones.
The Percussion effect is polyphonic, but is only (re)triggered after all keys have been
released. If you release all keys, new notes or chords will sound with percussion. If you
play legato, or sustain other notes on the upper manual, no percussion is heard.
Click to turn Percussion
on or off.
Set the Upper level.
Set Percussion Time and
Volume.
Choose the 2nd or 3rd
harmonic here.
Adjust velocity sensitivity.
On/Off button: Turn on the On button in the Percussion section to activate percussion.
2nd/3rd button: Click the 2nd/3rd button to determine which harmonic is heard (the
button toggles between 2nd and 3rd).
Time wheel: Drag to adjust the percussion decay time.
Volume (Vol) wheel: Adjust to set the decay level. This is an improvement from the B3,
where Time and Vol could only be turned on or off.
Vel wheel: Sets the percussion velocity sensitivity (unlike the original B3, which is not
velocity sensitive). If you engage percussion on a B3, the volume of the normal,
nonpercussive registers is reduced slightly.
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