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The Hammond B3 organ.
Additive synthesis at its best !
Suitable for Jazz, Rock, Gospel, Blues, Ballad, House, Funk, Cheesy reprise of anything, Ballad, Dance, Pop, Hard Rock, etc.
Some history here : http://theatreorgans.com/grounds/docs/history.html + some facts

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i have selected 7 free drawbar organ VSTi emulations of the Hammond B3.
Let’s groove :

A free and very versatile synth VST, Tunefish 4 can infuse life in your compositions through its powerful presets. 15) OSL Chorus Free Chorus Plugin An emulation of the chorus effect module of Roland Juno 60 hardware synthesizer, OSL chorus is strictly meant for fans of euphoric choruses in the mix. A very rich sounding free rhodes VST This VST is made up of 2 layers of 13 waveform sounds. Each layer offers the typical controls e.g. ADSR, Volume, spread, pitch, flanger and of course delay. There is also assignable automation and even portamento. There are some nice free Rhodes multisample bank around the interweb. So you can pick your favorite sf2 capable VST player and load a Rhodes piano soundfont into it! Here i choosed the SFZ+ player by RGCAudio and the jRhodes sf2, that’s the best combo! (november 17 2014 update!!). Whether you need to create a soundtrack for a film, a video game, or music in general, string VSTs usually play a huge part. New sample libraries are released all the time and it’s hard to keep track of which ones are worth getting. In this article I will list a total of 14 strings Best Strings VST Libraries: Free & Paid (2020) Read More ».

1. AZR3 by Rumpelrausch

Not only free, it’s also open source.
This is a very good drawbar emulation, with onboard FX, nice saturation, and the speaker leslie emulation. Perfect for emulating gospel organ and rock organ. And check the “NHL” preset!

WhiterShadeOfPale
https://blog.wavosaur.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/whiter-shade-of-zr3.mp3

As all the other plugins in this list are 32 bit, it could be nice to compile a 64 bit version.
** EDIT** => here is the 64 bit version for Windows : download Azr3 B3 organ VST 64 bit
and the sources

There’s also a MAC version here

2. Organized Trio

Organized Trio VST

Present in the same package as “Mr Ray”, it’s the perfect companion for your funky tracks.
And of course it can do the perc dance organ “ala” Korg M1 :

Gypsy Woman:
https://blog.wavosaur.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Gypsy-Women-Organized-Trio.mp3

Good Free Rhodes Vst Plugins

3. NubiPlus by fxPointAudio

Izotope nectar free vst. http://www.fxpointaudio.com/ & download

Nubi Plus VSTi come with a VST FX for adding the Leslie effect : Spinner VST. The two make a super groovy combo, and gives you this nice Hammond B3 organ sound.

She’s just like you and me, but she’s homeless:
https://blog.wavosaur.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Gypsy-Woman-NubiPlus.mp3

4. DirtBag and LightBag by Istvan Kaldor

Good Free Rhodes Vst Software

LightBag II VST

Good old Synthedit creations : the sound is dirty like it should. You get a nasty B3 organ sound in an instant. Leslie speaker effect is included. There are also some nice reed emulation sounds. And some crazy wicked presets in dirtbag too!

Whiter shade of Dirtbag :
https://blog.wavosaur.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/whiter-shade-of-dirtbag.mp3

5. Euthymia VST by Iliadis

This free organ VST has a clean sound. You can add a Leslie speaker as free external effect : iSpinner VST

6. OddlyOrgan by OdO

Oddly Organ

Great Free Vst

A little more synthetic, you can go creative with this VST !
You can also find other organ VSTis made by OdO

7. VL122 by AM Music Technology

info & download

Good Free Rhodes Vst Plugin

Discontinued & free drawbar organ : it sounds nice, it’s clean.
You can switch off the motor !
It includes the famous Leslie effect, and also a reverb.
+ a tube/drive effect for more dirty sound.
Cool jazz organ presets.