Ferrofish B4000+

Organ on the go

I do like this product. It's great for what it does. Mine came with the firmware already installed so I have had no bug issues. It's great as I have a mini Yamaha with roll off keys (PSS-680) and then the ferrofish with a midi cable and power lead so I can go to band practice and produce some great sounds with any midi controller! Menu diving is a bit hard to do on stage so make sure you bank a couple of presets. Still the little knob to change your presets is so sensitive that if you were on preset one and wanted to go to 2 you could jump up to 5 with the slightest turn. I nearly think I should bank them in even or odd number to give myself a bit more turning time. Minor criticism but if you need an organ sound with draw bars and can't afford a Hammond or don't have space for a 2 panel organ this is your best bet.

Good price/quality ratio but internal effects aren't impressive

Good construction quality, solid metal case and smooth drawbars movements, but the sound is a bit thin, and there's some audible noise too.

The effects, leslie sim and valve distortion, aren't impressive:

it's better to use good external units.

Anyway there's nothing with these qualities at this price

Awesome organ module

This little thing sounds great! I like the interface and the physical controls. One annoying thing is that it produces a huge pop when powering it on or off so I need to make sure to lower the volume on the mixer before doing that. So this makes it a little inconvenient but fine I'd say. Factory presets highly differ in volume so I use a volume pedal here and it makes it easier to take the sound difference into account.

Brilliant Organ module

I've enjoyed daily use from my b4000+ for nearly a year. I've found their customer service quick and very helpful when I became confused (I didn't check to see where I was saving my presets).

The Leslie effect and its control (for both bass and treble) is at the core of the sound.

It's user memory is huge but as its a hands on device and you find yourself tweaking as you play, the memory space could take a decade to fill.

I use mine with a midi guitar (both hands on the neck in a stick style in 2 zones), the b4000+ has such a great sound I haven't missed touch sensitivity.

The reverb sound is good but reverb is a matter of taste and I often use an outboard effect.

Very pleased overall, I look forward to playing everyday

Ferrofish B4000

I have now had this fro a few weeks, and have had my first gig with it. Although probably not as good as a genuine Hammond such as the SK1, it is more than adequate for playing with a small band: and value for money is excellent. So I am very pleased with it. Many thanks

Superb

What a superb unit. This is how it should be: buy a new instrument and it brings a smile to your face.

The unit is well built, solid metal case. Knobs and sliders feel high quality.

The sound is excellent and variable in so many respects. Used live it sounds utterly great. From thundering, growly distored sounds to sweet, whistling high notes and everything inbetween.

One of the things I found out after I purchased which I have not seen in any reviews is that all of the controls on the unit are midi assignable, so rather than having to dig through the menus your favourite parameter can be assigned to a controller on a master keyboard, or a pedal.

Some slight, very slight niggles now: first of all, the leslie simulation while generally good has a really sharp resonance at about 3k - enough that I have to use a 12dB notch filter to take it out. When playing live, and loud, it gave my fellow bandmembers a shock! It might pay for serious use to consider an external rotating speaker simulator unit.

Second, although the sound quality is great, it won't give you every tonewheel organ sound you ever wanted - there is a lot of subtle variation in the original hammond organs that this can't reproduce. Perhaps a Hammond XM2 would do better, but I've not played one and they are three times the price with the controller unit.

In terms of value for money though this is unbeatable. A thoroughly great organ unit for a few hundred euros. Well done Ferrofish - how about a Vox Continental simulator next?

Excellent

Excellent sound module! Absolutely amazing presets with a great host of easily accessible features to edit your organ sounds. I've used it extensively already on my own pop/rock songs as well as my latest clients project which is along the lines of instrumental pop/jazz. The B4000+ brings so much more to the audio palette than the preset organ sounds I was using from various different other sound modules. Highly recommended!!!