Pocket Organ C3b3 App Reviews

No virtual MIDI. Not sure how it's suppose to work but I've tried multiple apps to try and sequence this instrument but it doesn't respond. Kinda lame as far as documentation and support. The rotary speaker effect is nice. Tried contacting email support but no answer. Looks like another abandoned app.

This is the best $2.99 that I've spent since... maybe the day before yesterday. ;) Seriously, though, I've been looking for just this sort of emulator for a while now, and for $2.99, this one can't be beat. It even has those lovely bass pedals (tucked away at the bottom of the interface, and maybe a little hard to reach, but I consider that a minor point). Anyway, what hooked me was the note in the description about the reverb crash, which took me to that part in Deep Purple's live version of "Child In Time," where Jon Lord kicks his Hammond. One other, minor, problem that I have is that the reverb crash is always deafeningly loud in comparison to the sound of the instrument itself. Can this be modulated, so that perhaps a light jiggle of the device produces not the loud crash, but that "twang" that happens when you tap the side of an old spring reverb unit? Keep up the good work, though, this is thoroughly enjoyable!

Great app. Just about perfect, and sounds like the real deal. My only wish? I know the original doesn't have a sustain pedal, but adding controller 64 to the midi features would make my day!

Like it~

there's a drawbar organ for iPhone with Audiobus integration. Accessing presets is difficult, Tremolo and Vibrato need rate control; but over-all it sounds real nice. I'm just happy to finally have a drawbar organ on my iPhones that I can actually record. Thanks, devs. :-) BTW...this developer also makes the only Mellotron for iPhone with Audiobus integration. ;-)

I love this app! Very realistic to what I use in church. I would like to see support for the sustain pedal in a future release since you have to take one hand off the keyboard to to make any on- the-fly adjustments. Still, a great app.

The E and F keys are the same note and so are A, Ab, and B. Until fixed this app is useless. I like everything else and will revise my rating when this is fixed

Too many keys play same note. Anybody experience this on iphone4?

The sound samples aren't great, and there's not much you can do as far as adjustment goes. honestly I want my money back

- Upper Drawbars: cc #70 to #78, midi channel 1 - Lower Drawbars: cc #70 to #78, midi channel 2 - Pedal Drawbars: cc #70 and #71, midi channel 3 - Leslie Run/Stop: cc #81 - Leslie Slow/Fast: cc #80 - Upper Vibrato: cc #85 - Lower Vibrato: cc #86 - V/C Knob: cc #87 - K-Click: cc #93 - Percussion On/Off: cc #94 - Percussion Volume: cc #102 - Percussion Decay: cc #103 - Percussion Harm.: cc #95 - Reverb: cc #82 - Overdrive: cc #111 - Preset Keys C#-A#: Program Changes 1 to 10 Sounds ok and works well via MIDI. I would prefer the iPad would not go to sleep while playing via MIDI. AudioBus support would be nice. Documentation could be better.

I would rate 5 if I could assign rotary speed control to a bluetooth pedal. Sounds awesome through Motion-sound stereo keyboard amp. KP 200,

Don't get me wrong, this is an incredible hammond organ app. I just don't like the way it sounds with the rotary / run set to "stop." The sound is great with the rotary on, and I like the way it speeds up from slow to fast just like a real hammond. This is great for certain types of music, but sometimes you just want a flat organ sound with no rotary. The only problem (and I truly mean "only" problem) is that the organ sounds like it's muffled when set like this. I really hope they fix this in an update, because I really love this app.

Since last update sound is gone, i got an ipad2 download the app again on that one still not sound... Why? Please fix that

Pocket Organ has got all the others beat. And now that they've added midi? Gone from the best to absolutely perfect.

Core midi does not work. Can't play it from my keyboard. I was hoping to use this as another tool in my live-music arsenal. The sounds are awesome, but without midi, it is useless - especially on iPhone. Please update.

The concept is there but the realistic use if this app is vitally flawed. Certain keys in certain modes become stuck as the same notes, such as E and F and A, Ab and B. This is a serious flaw and needs to be fixed immediately. Also, although midi keys are supported there should be some kind of midi support feature that would allow the programming of a mod wheel/ pitch wheel and volume knob to things such as vibrato and pitch volume.

I just assumed it would work with a midi controller keyboard, if it does I didn't see how, please tell us. If not, please add, I need a good sounding drawbar organ with selectable midi receive channel in my rig! Thx.

Awesome update,keep up the improvments!!

This is a great sounding app! The only problem is the fast Leslie speed is way too fast. It does not sound real at all on fast.You need to slow down the fast speed a bit. Everything else about the app is great. I'm using it on all my gigs!

I mentioned to the developer that it would be great to be able to change the midi channels. Boom - done. (Haven't checked if sustain pedal controls Lezlie like w g-band organs, but hoping..) Now I can keep GarageBand off completely; as its omni-midi interferes with the other instruments while I use Audiobus. The least I could do was purchase a Joey D soul preset for $.99!

This is a really killer app. I love the tone versatility and interface, but like so many other reviews have said, it is really just a cheap toy without midi. Please update app with midi - if I could chain together midi controllers and control the upper and lower tiers with separate controllers or just split one controller, this app would be phenomenal. I'd even pay extra for an update with that kind of functionality.

What a rip off! You can't play a song on this. Keys stop sounding even when you hold them down. I want my $ back!

The sounds from Pocket Organ are WONDERFUL! Absolutely no problem there. I use this on an iPod touch 4. I use an Akai Synthstation 25 keyboard to control other music apps. CAN YOU MAKE IT COMPATIBLE WITH THE THE AKAI? That would make this the ideal pro-live app. Also would bump up my rating on an otherwise FLAWLESS app.

It's well implemented, pretty decent ui, pretty dang great except the sound is just not there. The organ in GarageBand sounds better. As a vb3 user, I just can't enjoy this very much, despite how amazing it nearly is.

iPhone 5 with iOS 8: audiobus init failure, can't access config screens shown in App Store, sound is lame and support site takes you to a page where it says "comments are closed" buyer beware! Do not buy!!

I'm awaiting CoreMidi support, then it will be a true 5 star app. I've downloaded all of the sound sets and will use them in the studio and live as soon as I can get midi support. Great useful sounds!

too many crashes to play on gigs. too bad, more cool toy than tool, but fun nonetheless. should be cheaper until they improve it. Looks much better than it sounds.

Love all the options, but the sound just ain't there for me. The percussion and key click it much too soft. Most of the presets have an awful sloshy attack and the tone wheel sounds are rather bland. The reverb is way too much even at low settings and the distortion is too digital and brittle. The rotary effect is not terrible, but as mentioned in other reviews, the fast setting is a bit too fast. I ended up buying all of the optional presets with the word "ROCK" in the description thinking perhaps I had failed to use the settings correctly...what a waste of time and money. Only a couple of them come close to what I need. Garage Band's organs sound way better, but have much fewer setting options and have an awful tendency to get notes stuck on with no way to unstick them without resetting the instrument. This app unsticks a note just by tapping the corresponding key...VERY NICE! 3 stars because all the settings are there like on the real thing. Hopefully there will soon be an update to improve the sound.

This app is one I use all the time, but come on. It's one of the few apps I have that do not support Retina Displays. They've been around going on 3 years, so there is absolutely no reason this app shouldn't support it. As much as I love it, it looks crummy on Retina. Update your app to current technology.

Absolutely thrilled about the midi update. If you lose the keyboards on the screen & make the drawbars & controls larger, as a musician I would be thrilled to pay up to $100 for the app Two large rows of drawbars would allow perfect access for musicians using the app with a midi keyboard. A "wind up" Leslie effect would complete the package This would open a brand new market for this already great app, one that would appeal to the professional musician.

It's unbelievable what you can do on an IPad Air 2 with apps like these, who needs a recording studio or producer breathing down your neck, recording studios are quickly becoming a thing of the past... Jeff Mercer Mentor Ohio

Great instrument; But I can't agree more with the other guy's comment...this app would have it nailed if only you could control the Leslie's speed via foot pedal. I solve this frustrating issue by switching the the app's brake to off, then open it in audiobus along with ToneStack 3 (Yonac). I then play it through 2 of ToneStack's most killer stompboxes: the 'Rotarybox' and the 'Scanner chorus/vibrato'. It makes for a super sweet combination. NOW... I do want caution those of you who use iRig keys PRO. I have had a weird problem with C3B3 repeating the same register/octave while move up and down the keyboard. It's only happened w/ this app on that controller (???). If I'm missing something, help me out; But I can't figure it out. I'm thinking its the app because when I switch to another app like Garageband I don't have this problem. I only use C3B3 with either my Carbon 49 or Axiom 61. Anyway I'm sure that's plenty to ponder- that's my 2 cents- BJMc Chicago-

I liked this app till last week now no sound and no my iPad is not muted I get a error403 when trying to get into their web site. For lack of support I would not even give one star, but I know the software gods are fickle. Come on guys some help out here, I do like the product. And have all the add ons. I do have other similar apps that work. I hope soon to have your help thanks. Hopefully this will get past the forbidden 403 message.

I'm sort of a beginner on the organ, so for working on my basic parts this app is perfect. I play the organ at church and use this app a lot. I've had some glitches with the app and was able to delete and reinstall it within a few minutes and everything worked fine again. A Hammond with a decent Leslie on my phone? I love that!

Finally Insideout, ltd. is back! This is a high quality B3 app! Great sounds and functionality. Keep it alive! I would love to see a mellotron on my iPhone with IAA capability. (hint hint)

This is a super awesome sounding Organ app, the best sound by far on IOS. Pleeze let us have Audiobus so we can use you in our sonic masterpieces! That would make this the ultimate super-organ. Your customers are begging!! (everybody beg!) My 5 star rating is thanks in advance for adding Audiobus. (It's really a 5 star anyway, just for the fantastic sound! Your sounds are better than Galileo and much easier to play, like the real thing. Please hurry with the Audiobus, don't get lost behind other apps!

For those complaining of the same note on multiple keys, make sure the two rotary knobs are not set to one of the pentatonic scale settings. Loving this app so far.

I really enjoy this app. Definitely better in sound and function than Organ+. I would give 5 stars but I cant use it live yet. Every now and then, a note will stick and I have to figure out which one it is while I am playing (good for ear training!). That is my only gripe though. The sound is amazing!

Yeah I love the app but the Leslie is what needs work the lower rotor is SERIOUSLY Wayyyy too fast,love the wind down time of it but when It reaches full speed it's just too fast,otherwise great app.Leslie lower rotor Doppler effect just need to be slowed down.

This doesn't work on my ipad2; no audio! Can't hear a thing! Hope this gets fixed soon!

There is a problem with some of the keys when playing two consecutive notes on a run that are exactly the same note. I have purchased extra sounds on this app but is useless if it is broken. Please fix this problem. Thank You

The fast Leslie is WAY TOO FAST! Does not sound realistic like this. Give option to ADJUST THE SPEED OF THE LESLIE on fast!! Garage band organ has half the draw bars and sounds more realistic than this. Add ability to use sustain pedal as Leslie switch (slow/fast) on a MIDI enabled keyboard. Fix these two things and I'll return and rate 5 stars!!

Thanks for the update!

this has to be the best organ app ever. i love it

I was hoping for more control than what was offered by competing apps, but what I found was an unusable mess. So many bad choices made on this app. But the bottom line is, it seems crash prone, it does not sound great, it has no modern features most of us have come to expect, and since it has not been updated since 2011, I doubt audiobus and more complete midi implementation are on the way. I should have shaved the three bucks.

This organ app has an amazing organ sound that's worthy of gigging and even recording with when connected to a keyboard.

I need the app work even when I'm outside of the app.

This is the best b3 organ app I buy 5 days ago and I love it. It lets my change any pitches And run it slow or fast and the drawbars let me get the best sounds out this organ and that's amazing. This app is fantastic. Keep up the great work. I enjoy this organ app.

It's Ok, but I prefer Garageband's B3 organ. This was first, and give them credit for that. Time to update to compete though.