Who would build a guitar without a neck? Obviously nobody. Just because one can’t play it. Still, stores are full of instruments one can’t play. For example, organs with no drawbars. That’s impossible.

We must admit that we did it, too. We designed the ultimate software organ: the B2003. With drawbars behind glass. That is EVEN MORE impossible. Therefore, our great B2003 is now available for hands-on experience. Introducing the B4000 ASB. With real wood panels. Producing the official brilliant sound of its predecessor – and the original. WITH drawbars. To be played.

Breathtaking organ sounds: No problem. A Leslie without backbreaking cabinets? Sure, easy to do. It’s just that so far all of this has been hidden behind the glass screen of the computer. Now, you can physically touch it.

It was about time to let the bars fly again. A real organ with a hefty bass bottom, clearly defined mids, and screaming heights — the genuine sound of a real living electromechanical B3TM. A perfect emulation – even the tone-wheel wear after years in heavy demand is adjustable! And yet for taking it wherever you go. Use any MIDI keyboard and leave your computer at home.

The real B3TM is about 200 kilograms and sounds marvelous. The ASB is about 198 kilograms less. Sounds marvelous, too.

The queen of organs? Maybe. But a steaming one, with no makeup on, smelling dark and earthy. It can be unpredictable as after a bad sleep; obtrusive and loud when in high spirits; warm and engaging if treated well. In short: An instrument for players who want more than just perform Bach’s fugues.

Is it possible at all to reconstruct that beast as a software? It is. Okay, it’s not easy but it is possible. And can one play the outcome? I mean play it as it is meant to be played? Of course.

The B4000 ASB does away with the barrier between sophisticated state-of-the-art software and an instrument to be tormented by the performer’s hands just like in the good old days. Software? Yes. Computer? No. Instrument: Definitely. Nothing else.

We at CreamWare were not satisfied with just recording and replaying the sound of the B3TM. With static samples on a mission from God? Unthinkable. Instead, the greatest Hammond of all was meticulously examined: each and every single of the 91 tone wheels; the analog circuits; the interactions between organ and Leslie; the key click; the crosstalk of the choruses even when all the drawbars are inside — all of this and more was scrutinized down to the least detail. The product is a HammondTM sound as it has to be: lively, authentic, heavy. Close your eyes and try your ears. And there is no need for dragging 200 kilograms onto the stage.

Next: If you want an organ sound sending shivers down your spine, a Leslie cabinet is a must. This is why the B4000 ASB incorporates one. Not a real one, of course, but you won’t hear the difference. Bass and treble speakers with separate settings for variable rotation speeds and accelerations, independent pickup microphones for the individual speakers, Doppler effect — everything you need just at your fingertips. Get Going! If you want, you might also edit the ravages of time; what about using tone wheels that are ten years old? Just tweak that knob a bit – that’s it. Functions such as percussion, vibrato, or drawbar distortion were implemented, too. That’s a matter of course. Period.

But we also added some stuff for those who think that time hasn’t stood still since 1955. Velocity sensitivity like with modern synths? Tunable signal envelopes? Okay. And if you want refine the sound of your brand new synthesizer with the Leslie, distortion, and tube drive effects of the B4000, you will welcome the integrated audio input. Afterwards you might have a strong feeling that without the B4000 effects, your overpriced audio workstation sounds like trash-flavored trash; however, that’s not our responsibility. If you had stuck with the organ.

As B4000 ASB means the legendary Hammond B3 sound. Portable. Affordable. Neither more nor less. Touch it – and ever let it go again. However, if you prefer a more down-to-earth approach, here are the dry specs.

Is there any other keyboard instrument that can be played as easily as an organ? Exactly. From your left brain sphere directly into the Leslie — this is the principle on which we based the design of the B4000 ASB. There are, in fact, some unique functions making a quick look into the manual worthwhile.

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Vintage? Nonsense. The B3TM is as vintage as the grand piano or the electric guitar. And just like that saxophone – invented in the 19 th (!) century – will still be played in the next millennium, the Hammond, too, will walk on with us. A life without the exciting thrills of the B3TM sound? Unimaginable!

You bet: Every musician who has ever laid hands on it will tell more tales about this organ than have ever been printed anywhere. That it sounds completely different from day to day. That it sometimes is a bit excited. Loves rainy weather. Dies for limelight. Is alive. Survives knife attacks. Yet also empties even the deepest pockets pitilessly. And breaks your back — after all, dragging a 200-kilogram giant onto a stage is not child’s play.

Obviously, that is the main reasons why many a musician has started looking for a new playmate (or confidant?). However, most of them eventually got the blues after starting these affairs: Sounds bad. Feels dead. Can’t touch it. In short: Wasn’t inspiring.

Really? Really had all of them? Okay, the B4000 ASB is and will always be a digital emulation. But thanks to the technique of circuit modeling, this emulation is damn close to the original. Down to the tone wheels, even the smallest detail had been reproduced by our skilled engineers. You can hear that. Yet until now, you couldn’t touch it: because the musical core of the B4000 ASB – CreamWare’s B2003 – was bound to a computer.

Now at last it is unattached – and as stubborn as the original. With a big fat belly. It whines and growls, screams and bites – just the way it has to be. And what is more: You can make it as old as you want. It goes anywhere with you. Perhaps you may want to get to know it better...