B4 Controller A VST midi processor that you can put in your host between the midi input and the B4 II (or the B4 previous version) VSTi.
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VST plugin VST VSTi Host control controller control B4 B4 controller MIDI processor MIDI input MIDI VSTi MIDI VST midi version MIDI input stream B4 Preset ANSI B4.1 ANSI B4.2

B4 Controller Description

It will transform the Control Change messages or the Note-On messages from your midi keyboard, allowing: - the use of the "bank rotary switch" for choosing one of the B4 ten presets banks - the use of one or two octaves of your midi keyboard for selecting the upper (or also the lower) manual "inverted keys" and selecting one of the twelve presets of each bank - the use of the sliders/knobs of your midi keyboard for moving not only the upper manual drawbars, but also the lower manual and the pedalboard drawbars - playing, without changing the transmitting midi channel, the pedalboard - "coupling" the upper and the lower manuals, so that you can play them at the same time, using only one hand and transposing, if you want, the lower manual one octave below the upper manual - saving and loading different settings (programs) Main features: Inverted Keys: On the original tonewheel organ that B4 emulates, the bottom octave notes have reverse color keys (“inverted keys”) that call up preset sounds. B4 and separately B4 Controller mimics this use of note keys to provide the player with presets. If you are using a 61 note midi controller keyboard or two separate keyboards, then using the “Inverted Keys” function causes the upper and/or lower manual's note playing area to be limited to four octaves; the bottom octave of your keyboard(s) (upper and/or lower manual) can be designated as “inverted octave” and you can use this bottom octave’s keys for choosing the 12 pre-set drawbar settings corresponding to those selectable through the B4 upper and/or lower inverted octaves Split Mode: If you use two keyboard for playing the B4 organ, you can reserve the bottom two octaves of the lower keyboard for playing the B4 pedalboard and the other three octaves for playing the lower B4 manual. Moreover, using these pedalboard octaves, you can play in unison also the lower manual, as many great jazz organists do, and choose to make the pedalboard sound “staccato”, like an upright bass. According to Joey DeFrancesco, this is the secret to kicking bass on organ Programs Section: You can store your favourite B4 Controller’s settings in one of the 128 renamable programs for future use.

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