VB3-II vs Camelot Pro Usage & Stats
Released in 2023, this is the second version of GSi's most famous product: VB3-II Tonewheel Organ emulator. This marks 20 years of research and development of this instrument.
New VB3-II 2023 edition features:
- Added both the tonewheel engine and the rotary simulator from VB3 v.1.4
- The V1 rotary simulator features 3 variations, for a total of 4 different amplifiers
- Added 1 new tonewheel generator
- Added Ring Modulator and Delay effects (pre)
- Added FET Limiter (post)
- Sub-Presets for Rotary effect and Digital reverb sections
- Session Recorder: silently records everything is played and imports/exports standard Midi Files and renders to WAV files
- Built-in Audio Player plays the most common audio formats to add a backing track to your music
- Octave transposers for upper and lower separately
- New Program browser shows full list with move, swap, delete functions along with import/export of banks and single Programs
- Built-in function to import/export from/to VB3-II 2018 (and Crumar Mojo Desktop) Program and Bank formats
- New Midi Map with reverse, latch and lock functions for each parameter
- Quick Midi Learn for main screen/performance controls, normal Midi Learn for all other parameters
- New advanced Midi Javascript processor for custom event transformations (supports SysEx and RPN/NRPN)
- Multiple outputs (Main + Organ Only)
- Separate plugin for remote Audio and Midi input - includes the exclusive VoMidiCoder
- New bigger touch-friendly interface
- Four different drawbar view styles
- On-screen keyboards with two different viewing styles
- Random program generator
- Added rotary effect speed control from Channel Aftertouch
- Supports Midi Output, can send whole "snapshots" when loading and when changing Programs
- Supports different curves for the Swell Pedal
- Built-in Midi Monitor for monitoring incoming Midi messages
- Free Cloud service for sharing Programs, Midi Maps and Midi Processor Scripts with other users
Features already present in the 2018 edition:
- Full polyphony (61 upper + 61 lower + 25 pedals = 147 notes)
- 91 modeled tonewheels with accurate phase synchronization
- Adjustable leakage noise and cross modulation between tonewheels
- A total of 22 different tonewheel generators to choose from
- Generator shaping for a total of 154 generator combinations
- Adjustable global tuning from 430 to 450 Hz
- Foldback on 16" deactivatable
- Complex wheels
- Resistor wiring with multiple options
- Realistic "run" motor wow and flutter
- Busbars and 9 key contact simulation
- Two separate sets of drawbars per manual
- Full "inverted octave" presets
- String Bass with adjustable release time
- Loudness "robbing" effect
- Single triggered percussion with natural capacitor discharge/recharge
- Adjustable Percussion Level and Decay
- Vibrato/Chorus virtual scanner
- Adjustable Vibrato Scanner depth and mix
- Separated Upper and Lower V/C tablets with smooth switching
- Dynamic tube overdrive simulation
- Spring Reverb (pre) and Digital stereo reverb (post)
- Rotary speaker simulation with virtual microphone positioning, tube overdrive, tube feedback
- Rotors "Front Stop" brake position with adjustable preferred position
- Very low CPU consumption
- Advanced MIDI Learn function with import/export of custom mappings
- Upper and Lower manuals SPLIT with adjustable split point
- Supports pedal sustain
- Custom programmer with import/export of Programs and Banks
Available for iPad as standalone App with IAA support or AUv3 plugin, compatible with all plugin hosts.
- Apple App Store
- Free
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Camelot is an application created to address the most complex live performance needs with a simple and guided workflow. It combines in one app, a convenient and beautifully designed digital performance workstation that in the past could only be achieved with a complex setup made of connecting different applications and devices together.
Camelot is a Setlist Manager, a Software Instrument & FX Host, a PDF Music Score reader, a Multitrack Audio Player, and the most advanced Audio/MIDI Patchbay and Router. All in one piece of software:
● Hardware Instrument presets:
select your instrument Smart Map and go! With no MIDI knowledge!
● Software instruments and effects (AUv3)
Play with your favorite software sounds & FX (Auv3 format) and enjoy switching from one scene to another WITHOUT SOUND INTERRUPTION!
● MIDI keyboards and MPE controllers:
connect any MIDI controller directly or with a USB hub;
● Advanced MIDI routing:
duplicate, filter, and route any MIDI messages with ease;
● Powerful MIDI Transformers:
Message Transformers convert CC messages from one number to another.
Trigger a chord by pressing one note
Remap/rescale any CC or velocity curve.
Easily play different scales or harmonize/shift parts;
● MIDI and Bluetooth remote controls:
Remote scene switching, start/stop buttons, or assign track levels to external pedals, faders, or controllers;
● Smart Scene Switching:
It’s a unique feature on iOS!!! There is no AUv3 host capable of switching sound with NO AUDIO INTERRUPTION and clever MIDI messages management, that does not truncate MIDI instances & routing. Stop using production tools for live performances!
● Tempo Sync with MIDI Clock and Ableton Link, with dedicated output for metronome (click)
● Lyrics and Chords attachments with custom annotations:
each Scene recalls PDF or images that you can visualize during the performance. The attached file can be saved at the desired zoom level and scroll position. Stop using paper chord, lyrics, or music score books!
● Audio backing tracks, Timeline & Automations:
attach Audio Tracks, add auto-play and auto-stop markers, and even add Scene automation. You can have multiple audio tracks with separate audio outputs and, at the same time, use the Timeline to automate Scene switches at specific points in the sequence;
● Audio Inputs and Routing:
Manage any audio input source: mic, guitar, bass, or hardware synth.
Add effects to any internal or external audio source in Camelot.
Endless audio routing options with dedicated audio send connectors;
● Manage your Performance with ease: Forget about the complications of last-minute Setlist changes. Rearrange, move and duplicate Songs with simple Drag & Drop directly on each Setlist.
How Camelot is organized:
● Setlists - a collection of Songs
● Songs - can have one or more Scenes that each include a Timeline. When you select a Song in Camelot, you load all the resources needed to play that Song (i.e., Virtual Instruments, FX, and Audio Tracks).
● Scenes - recall and organize Hardware instruments presets, MIDI connections, Software plugin presets, and Music Score Attachments. You can switch freely from one Scene to another with no interruption in the sound.
● Layers - the building blocks of each Scene. Layers allow the connection between MIDI Input Controllers and the Items. Layers manage the MIDI and Audio flow for all the Items that are loaded on them.
● Items - Individual Hardware or Software Instruments and FX.
- Apple App Store
- Paid
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VB3-II VS. 
Camelot ProDecember 9, 2024