Vintage B3 features a three-band equalizer, a reverberation effect, a pedal-controllable wah wah effect, and a distortion effect that simulates the sound of an overdriven tube amplifier. In addition, the signal can be routed through the Leslie rotor speaker emulation.
The default effect signal flow is as follows: the organ signal runs through the Equalizer, Wah, and Distortion effects. This treated signal is then fed into the Reverb and finally passed to the Leslie rotor effect.
In MainStage, do one of the following:
Turn the Master switch on or off to enable or disable the entire Vintage B3 effects section.
Use the On/Off switches to independently enable or disable the Reverb, EQ, Wah, and Distortion effects.
In MainStage, drag the name of each effect to create the signal flow you require.
EQ-Wah-Dist: This routing is perfect for a classic B3 patch—an equalized organ, plugged into a wah pedal, amplified by an overdriven Leslie.
EQ-Dist-Wah: The sound of the overdrive changes if the input signal is being filtered, either by the EQ or the Wah. Placing the EQ before the Distortion provides further sonic flexibility. Although the output signal of the Distortion effect always contains high frequency content, this content can be suppressed by positioning the Wah as the final effect in the chain.
Wah-Dist-EQ: If you want to create a screaming sound (achieved by distorting the Wah effect output), you can minimize any harshness by choosing this routing.
Dist-EQ-Wah: Choose this routing to suppress the harsh overtones of extreme distortions with two filters.
In MainStage: Set the Pedal switch to Bypass. If you choose FX, the entire output of the organ is processed.
Bypassing the Distortion, Wah, and EQ effects separately for the pedal register avoids suppression of the bass portion of your organ sound by the Wah effect. It also avoids intermodulation artifacts when the Distortion effect is used.
