B4 Controller

Introducing itself as a more efficient alternative to NativeInstruments B4 II, which, in turn, is a Hammond B3 organ emulation, B4 Controller comes with a series of extra functionalities that favor ease of use.

One of the more prominent features it packs is related to the possibility of selecting one of the available presets using nothing but the so-called “bank rotary switch.” Aside from that, it is worth pointing out that selecting either the lower or the upper manual “inverted keys” is possible using one or two octaves, which also allows you to choose the presets of each bank.

What’s more, you might be interested to know that moving the upper and lower manual drawbars as well as the pedalboard drawboards can be manipulated with the help of sliders or knobs on your midi keyboard.

Playing the B4’s pedals and lower manual simultaneously can be done if you turn to the “pedals octaves,” and making the pedals resemble an upright bass should raise no difficulty whatsoever. Then, assigning the bottom two octaves the task of playing the B4 pedalboard, and having all the rest handle the lower manual is equally simple.

Regardless of your approach, you may want to know that you can save all your settings and load them subsequently.