Waterfall B3 Organ
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Decades of soul, at your fingertips.
Waterfall B3 Organ is the world's most thorough emulation of the classic Hammond B3 organ and its companion Leslie 147 rotary speaker cabinet,* giving your music the same rich tone and three‑dimensional sound heard on decades of legendary albums.
*All trademarks are property of their respective owners, and used only to represent the instruments modeled as part of UAD Spark software.Included Version
UAD Native
Runs on your Mac or PC without UA hardware.UAD Native plug-ins run on both macOS 10.15 Catalina or newer and Windows 10 and 11. Go to our UA Support page for system requirements.
- Get the sound of a legendary 1958 tonewheel organ as heard on countless R&B, soul, rock, hip‑hop, and gospel hits
- Experience the rich, three-dimensional whirl of a vintage 1974 rotary speaker cabinet
- Tap into dreamy spring reverb and perfectly-placed vintage microphone setups
- Stay inspired with over 70 expertly crafted presets giving you legendary organ sounds, instantly
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Get the Sound of an Authentic Organ, in your DAW
By emulating every last detail of this classic organ — including tube power amp saturation, transformer "pumping," and rich, upper-harmonic drawbar interactions — Waterfall B3 gives you album-ready sounds heard on countless R&B, soul, rock, hip-hop, and gospel hits.
Experience Immersive Rotary Speaker Sounds
Only Waterfall B3 gives you the three‑dimensional movement, speaker breakup, and full tonal range of the legendary "Type 147" rotary speaker cabinet, captured in all its glory using expertly placed vintage mic setups.
Get Hit-Making Organ Sounds Fast, with Presets
Waterfall B3 is the most "record-ready" organ emulation ever put into a DAW, giving you over 70 hand-crafted presets for album-ready results across every genre.
“The Waterfall B3 Organ sounds incredibly realistic. Once I started playing, I didn't want to stop.”
– Eric J Dubowsky (Flume, Odesza, Weezer)
“Waterfall B3 Organ is one of the best organ emulations I’ve heard.”
– Jacknife Lee (R.E.M, The Cars, Snow Patrol)Customer Reviews
T. Flynn
December 3, 2024
The Ultimate Hammond B3!
I’ve been using this Waterfall Hammond B3 plug-in on all types of tracks… and it’s just so great, how you can use the waterfall speaker effect, or not, and otherwise have a...
Read MoreF. Manteghian
November 28, 2024
I like to see this VI develop more
I would like to see UA improve the Waterfall rotary speed midi options. I am used to Air's DB-33 organ, where it is easy to assign the rotary speed (slow / brake / fast) to an expression...
Read MoreF. Manteghian
November 28, 2024
I like to see this VI develop more
I would like to see UA improve the Waterfall rotary speed midi options. I am used to Air's DB-33 organ, where it is easy to assign the rotary speed (slow / brake / fast) to an expression...
Read MoreG. N
July 26, 2024
Awesome B3!
Nice plugin, impressive emulation! Just, I hope in the future the UAD team can enable the machine authorization, so we don't need an internet connection all the time.
Read Moreg. bynes
July 12, 2024
how do I connect or access the waterfall b3 plug in on my Mac air?
How do I connect to my Nord electro 6d?
Read MoreK. Kincaid
July 6, 2024
Tried and bought immediately. Note to UAD: You should make an acoustic guitar emulator.
This is the first virtual instrument I've ever bought immediately on demoing it: Electra 88 Keyboard, also Waterfall Organ and...
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Key Features:
An exacting emulation of the iconic Hammond B3 organ and companion Leslie 147 rotary speaker cabinet*
Best-in-class physical and circuit modeling of entire tonewheel organ for unparalleled playing dynamics and realism
Complete three-dimensional emulation of a classic rotating speaker with perfectly positioned mono and stereo vintage mic setups
Over 70 "album-ready" presets for instant professional organ sounds for any genre
Onboard vintage spring reverb based on Accutronics tank
Authentically emulated tube power amp saturation
Keyboard Split functionality lets you play upper and lower manuals with a single MIDI controller
MIDI-mapped parameters give users hands-on, real-time control in the studio and on stage
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Customer Reviews
Waterfall B3 Organ
T. Flynn
The Ultimate Hammond B3!
I’ve been using this Waterfall Hammond B3 plug-in on all types of tracks… and it’s just so great, how you can use the waterfall speaker effect, or not, and otherwise have a traditional B3 sound… and really, just about any type of B3 style that you may want. There may be other B3 Organ emulations that can do more… I wouldn’t know, because I’ve been so satisfied with this one…while the quality and range of this emulation is absolutely incredible. The sound quality, like all UAD plugins, is absolutely superb. Highly recommended, say the very least! Not only that, but on some of the songs that I’ve used it on… almost every time people have commented on the organ sound. No joke. It’s that well done, and authentic, that it just jumps out, and listeners remark about it, over and over again. That’s really saying something. I don’t know if I’ve ever had that happen with any other plug-in or emulation.
F. Manteghian
I like to see this VI develop more
I would like to see UA improve the Waterfall rotary speed midi options. I am used to Air's DB-33 organ, where it is easy to assign the rotary speed (slow / brake / fast) to an expression pedal, so you can play with both hands and change speed with your foot (left in my case). UA defaults to the rotary speed being controlled by the Mod wheel (so you have to take your left hand off the keys to modify it), or you can assign it to the sustain pedal but then it only switches between fast and slow. No "Brake".
Another thing is some people complain is about harshness in the upper frequencies. I notice that as well when the Vibrato is on, or when some of the upper drawer bars are full extended. I compared it to the DB-33 and where the Waterfall is sometimes harsh in the upper frequencies, the DB-33 is also harsh in the lower frequencies.
When it comes to the Leslie, however, the UA Leslie is far superior.
So I like this instrument very much and with little effort, it can be made to sound superior to the DB-33, but the lack of expression control for the rotary speed is a downfall that I bet would be issue to fix.
Also, so many people want plugins ported to Spark. I'm the opposite - I would love to be able to stack the Waterfall Leslie in Console, after a Unison amp plug-in, but that's not in the cards right now. Sure, I could add the Leslie in PT but then I am working with latency issues which is what Apollo handles so well. Native stinks when its the only option. We have paid a tiny fortune for these DSPs and I would like to use them to their max.F. Manteghian
I like to see this VI develop more
I would like to see UA improve the Waterfall rotary speed midi options. I am used to Air's DB-33 organ, where it is easy to assign the rotary speed (slow / brake / fast) to an expression pedal, so you can play with both hands and change speed with your foot (left in my case). UA defaults to the rotary speed being controlled by the Mod wheel (so you have to take your left hand off the keys to modify it), or you can assign it to the sustain pedal but then it only switches between fast and slow. No "Brake".
Another thing is some people complain is about harshness in the upper frequencies. I notice that as well when the Vibrato is on, or when some of the upper drawer bars are full extended. I compared it to the DB-33 and where the Waterfall is sometimes harsh in the upper frequencies, the DB-33 is also harsh in the lower frequencies.
When it comes to the Leslie, however, the UA Leslie is far superior.
So I like this instrument very much and with little effort, it can be made to sound superior to the DB-33, but the lack of expression control for the rotary speed is a downfall that I bet would be issue to fix.
Also, so many people want plugins ported to Spark. I'm the opposite - I would love to be able to stack the Waterfall Leslie in Console, after a Unison amp plug-in, but that's not in the cards right now. Sure, I could add the Leslie in PT but then I am working with latency issues which is what Apollo handles so well. Native stinks when its the only option. We have paid a tiny fortune for these DSPs and I would like to use them to their max.p. poujet
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Waterfall B3 , bug
G. N
Awesome B3!
Nice plugin, impressive emulation! Just, I hope in the future the UAD team can enable the machine authorization, so we don't need an internet connection all the time.
g. bynes
how do I connect or access the waterfall b3 plug in on my Mac air?
How do I connect to my Nord electro 6d?
K. Kincaid
Tried and bought immediately. Note to UAD: You should make an acoustic guitar emulator.
This is the first virtual instrument I've ever bought immediately on demoing it: Electra 88 Keyboard, also Waterfall Organ and then Waterfall Rotary Speaker. All amazing, almost the second I dropped them into my mix. Instantly legitimate sound.
I'm writing this review to praise it, but also in hopes that Universal Audio will hear my plea for a next-level acoustic guitar emulator (play electric, get acoustic sound). Something better and different than all the other acoustic guitar simulators, something that takes the signal from an electric guitar and then models it through some old vintage blues acoustics, nashville dreadnaughts etc. It would be amazing for in the box recording.
Thanks UA, this stuff is great.U. Oehm
Alles Gut - Klasse B3 Orgel
Meine Sound-Vorstellungen werden erfüllt. Klasse B3. Ich hatte mal ein B4 VST2 Plugin von NI (das jetzt nicht mehr funktioniert) das mir noch besser gefallen hat. Die hat noch mehr geschmatzt.
N. Andreassen
Beautiful, but unreliable for me
I LOVE how the B3 sounds, when it's working right, but sometimes it only makes harsh noises for me, and on one occasion it started out fine but then suddenly would only play the lowest octave of an already recorded MIDI track. I suspect these are compatibility problems—I'm running this in Cubase on an M2 Mac—but the problems do seem to be unique to this one instrument. I tend not to try to solve these kinds of problems, but instead to switch to a different instrument (even if I don't like it as well), so that I can keep working. In other words, some of the blame for this might be on me and my work habits. I'm more an end user than a tech-person.
J. Chilcott
More than an emulation… it’s an instrument
I used to think B3 organ plug-ins were the same… That is until I tried this one. It surpasses all the others, not only in sound, but in feel as well. Something about Waterfall B3 that allows me to play this thing like an actual instrument as opposed to a simple plug-in emulation. It has immediately become my go to organ plug-in.
C. Thordin
Getting the real sound for unreal small money!
Very useful in the studio...
R. Rutle
Full and juicy
From using competitors B3 emulations, this felt like a wonderful and complete update. Fills in its space in the mix and can carry a song as a lead instrument if you like. The leslie has a wonderful fullness, texture and space to it.
J. REams
Sounds Good
This plugin sounds good, is easy to use, and is indeed usable. I am not going to give it a neck in neck comparison with the real hardware because I don't have enough experience with the real hardware. My only complaint, that during a session that goes for much more than an hour, the recorded tracks start doing random strange things (strange random notes and settings...I am using Cubase) and you either have to mute the track or reload the project that you are working on...fortunately the random changes don't save.
N. Gotzl
Buen audio pero…
El audio es increíble, el unico problema que en pro tools a veces falla y las notas quedan sonando si parar. Para arreglarlo hay que desactivar y volver a activar el plugin
M. Cristea
Awesome!
The best organ plugin.
Congratulations UA!C. Domenico
Waterfall B3 Organ
Overall, I can't recommend the Waterfall B3 Organ plugin highly enough. Whether you're a seasoned organist looking for an authentic virtual instrument or a producer seeking to add organic, vintage textures to your tracks, this plugin is a game-changer.
T. BLANTON
The Realest B3 Organ On The Market
This B3 Waterfall Organ Is The Exact Emulation Of The 1958 Hammond B3 Just Amazing Sound Quality.Check It Out For Yourself Peace.
O. Frey
Best VST Organ I've got to know so far...
...unfortunately UA Connect gets opened in the Background each time I open a DAW project containing a UAD instrument which brings my CPU and RAM down
S. Echevarria
My new daily driver
Feels like I’m sitting on an actual B3.
S. Katzman
Sounds analog
Sounds exactly like a real moog. Don't know how UA pulls it off, but this is amazing
