Ferrofish B4000+, Manual

Page 1: ...Manual B4000 authentic organ modeller FERROFISH advanced audio applications...

Page 2: ...the many features the B4000 has to offer The B4000 is a drawbar organ in the tradition of the fabulous Hammond B3TM All features of the glorious ancestor have been modeled with the highest accuracy 9...

Page 3: ...on MIDI channel 2 and the pedal register on MIDI channel 3 In order to attach another MIDI keyboard for the lower register easily use the MIDI B input Here channel 1 is set to the lower register To l...

Page 4: ...global sound parameters by pressing Sound and Percussion By selecting Tone you mix the registers and also the external input EFFECTS After the generator the effects are added to the sound Rotor adjust...

Page 5: ...key the register properties can be set First select the function by pressing the appropriate key then change the parameters by turning the knobs A F The assignment of these knobs can be found on the B...

Page 6: ...ccepted in time as a characteristic part of the Hammond sound and eventually came to be pretty popular The Click control allows you to control the volume of this characteristic sound element EMULATION...

Page 7: ...W to needs repair REPAIR EMULATION FEATURE Leakage On some organs you hear quiet overtones in the background when keys are played even when all drawbars are in zero position This is caused by internal...

Page 8: ...is used If you play legato style i e with overlapping notes only the first note played triggers the percussion EMULATION FEATURE On Off Enables the percussion EMULATION FEATURE Level Controls the ove...

Page 9: ...FEATURE Attack Controls the duration of the percussion Since this feature isn t available on the original set this value to minimum for the original sound EMULATION FEATURE Decay Controls the duratio...

Page 10: ...io In plug This signal can either be fed directly to the mix or via the effects section Adjust the volume of the input signal with this knob In case you don t need this input please set the volume to...

Page 11: ...screen will be shown Here you see the chain of the sound generator and the effects The external input signal can be inserted at arbitrary points This way the signal is inserted before a specific effec...

Page 12: ...you adjust the speeds of the Rotor and also control break and acceleration EMULATION FEATURE On Off Enables the rotor EMULATION FEATURE Slow Brake Fast Switch the rotor speed between slow brake and fa...

Page 13: ...FEATURE Spread Widen the stereo image by adjusting the Spread control emulating the effect of adjusting the positions of two spaced microphones EMULATION FEATURE Balance The Balance control adjusts t...

Page 14: ...h rotated at different speeds This rich complex sound is faithfully reproduced and fully programmable in the B4000 EMULATION FEATURE Slow Controls the rotary speakers slow rotation speed when the ROTO...

Page 15: ...E Brake Controls the braking when switching from Fast to Slow EMULATION FEATURE Tone The bass speaker and horn each have a tone control By adjusting these you change the overall tone color and resonan...

Page 16: ...brato Upper On Off This effect can be switched on for the upper and lower register seperately EMULATION FEATURE Data Wheel The data wheel controls the strength of the vibrato and chorus effects The V...

Page 17: ...rb ADDITIONAL FEATURE Dry Wet Sets the mix between the original dry and the reverb sound wet ADDITIONAL FEATURE Size Sets the size of the room ADDITIONAL FEATURE Time Sets the amount of reverb that is...

Page 18: ...the B4000 the dynamics of this device is very high The compressor is used to get a stronger sound Press FX three times to get to the compressor screen ADDITIONAL FEATURE On Off Enables the compressor...

Page 19: ...filter with knob C Bank 1 is used for the 128 factory presets which are not writable The banks 2 16 are unused By long pressing the Store key you store a preset Select the location by using knob A and...

Page 20: ...ntrols the volume of the B4000 simulation If you enabled the tube amplifier emulation you will hear tube distortion when turning up this volume Knob B just sets the output volume at the jacks The pres...

Page 21: ...disconnect the drawbars When pressing one of the keys long you copy the current drawbar settings to the register More features of this register are accessible by pressing the key twice double click A...

Page 22: ...y after you release a key When turned fully right maximum position the note will go on sounding after you release the key EMULATION FEATURE Transient Delay On Off When pressing a keyboard key on the o...

Page 23: ...just the octave position and select keyboard splits for playing more than one register on one keyboard To attach a second keyboard easily there is an additional MIDI input The default setting of the M...

Page 24: ...I channels on USB are fixed to channel 1 upper register and controller channel 2 lower register and channel 3 pedal register All incoming data from the MIDI plugs is transferred to the PC by USB so yo...

Page 25: ...re you have to press the key on your keyboard to switch the rotor to fast speed ADDITIONAL FEATURE Modwheel If you like to control the Rotor using the Modwheel set this switch to On ADDITIONAL FEATURE...

Page 26: ...should connect tip with sleeve and ring with sleeve ADDITIONAL FEATURE Switch switch key Alternatively to a switch you can also connect a momentary key When using a key every keypress advances the Rot...

Page 27: ...no yes Most settings of the B4000 are shown as rotary potentiometer but internally stored as MIDI values between 0 and 127 Sometimes it makes sense to see this MIDI value in addition to the potentiom...

Page 28: ...when a MIDI note gets stuck Press the Panic key long to stop all playing notes On Off Press the On key long to switch the B4000 off If possible please switch off the B4000 using this key and not by r...

Page 29: ...e pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules RohS This device has been soldered lead free and fulfills the requirements of the RohS directive Information about Disposal According to the Directive on Waste E...

Page 30: ...nditions of Ferrofish GmbH apply Disclaimer This documentation describes the actual state of development Ferrofish does not grant any warranty neither explicit nor implicit for the correctness of this...