Vintage B3 Click options in Logic Pro for iPad

The key contacts of electromechanical tonewheel organs tend to saw a little on the busbar, thus introducing a short click sound. Corrosion of the key contacts or busbar increases the length and level of this click. This aspect of the B3 design causes irregular scratching noises (commonly referred to as key click) when striking and releasing keys. Hammond fans like these clicking noises because they introduce a transient, percussive quality to the note.

Vintage B3 allows you to adjust the volume and sound of the key click. The tonal color and volume of clicks are altered randomly, and independently, from the click on and click off (release) volume settings.

Click Options parameters

Click Min/Max knobs and fields: Combined, these knobs determine a range for click duration, which can vary between a short “tick” and a longer “scratch.” A random click duration (that falls within the defined range) is used as you play.
Note: Even if both parameters have identical values, there is a random variation in sound that makes some clicks seem shorter than the value set with Click Minimum.
Click Color knob and field: Set the tonal color of the click. This acts as a global control for the treble portion of the click sound, which overrides (but works alongside) random click color variations.
Click On/Off knobs and fields: Set the level of the key click sound heard during note on or note off messages.
Pedal Click knob and field: Set the level of the key click sound heard during note on and note off messages for the pedal register.
Velo to Click knob and field: Set the velocity sensitivity of the click parameters.

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Vintage B3 Click options in Logic Pro for iPad

Click Options parameters