Organ
by AIR Music Technology · Keys · Tonewheel organ
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Organ is AIR's newer tonewheel organ, with nine drawbars, ten tonewheel configurations and a rotary speaker emulation.
It adds scanner vibrato, amp drive, reverb, delay and EQ, and costs $149.
Best for: Keys & Synths. Genres: R&B & Soul, Rock & Indie, Hip-Hop & Trap.
Keywords: organ, tonewheel organ, hardware emulation, airy, polish, smooth, textures.
What it does
Organ is AIR's tonewheel organ instrument, voiced for a "smooth, polished, vibrant" sound in jazz, R&B, gospel, rock and hip-hop. It pairs drawbar tone shaping with what AIR calls its "award-winning rotary emulation engine."
- Drawbars: nine drawbars for building the tone harmonic by harmonic.
- Ten tonewheel sets: Real, Dirty, Clean, Rich, Bright, Buzz, Square, Saw, Soft and Sine, from authentic to synth-like.
- Rotary speaker: adjustable slow and fast rates, stereo spread, high and low tone, modulation and wet/dry mix.
- Character: Amp Drive for overdrive, Key Click level and a scanner vibrato.
- Reverb: six models: Soft, Bright, Studio, Chamber, Hall and Ambient.
- Delay and EQ: a delay with time, ratio, feedback, mix and resonant filtering, plus an EQ.
- Presets: a preset library made by AIR's own team.
A 10-day trial is available.
Source: AIR Music Technology product page
When to use it
AIR Organ is a focused B3-style tonewheel instrument for players who want drawbars, a good rotary speaker and some effects in one simple window, on desktop or MPC. Compared with Keyscape, it is far smaller and cheaper, and it is a dedicated organ rather than one part of a big keyboard library. Compared with AIR's older DB-33, it is the newer instrument, with ten tonewheel sets, a six-model reverb, delay and EQ, and it runs on MPC and Force. Unlike Addictive Keys or Pianoteq 9, it covers organ only, so it complements a piano plugin rather than replacing one.
- Best for: organ chords, gospel and soul parts, and rotary-speaker textures.
- Genres: soul, R&B, gospel, jazz, rock and hip-hop.
- Look elsewhere if: you already own DB-33 and only need basic B3 tones, or want organs alongside pianos and electric keys in one library (Keyscape).
Where to buy
- AIR Music Technology: $149 (list price from KVR Audio; airmusictech.com shows prices only in its shop)
- PluginFox: $149
- AudioDeluxe: $149
Tutorials and reviews
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