Specifications

Audio Plug-Ins Guide404
Tonewheels
Tonewheel organs are based on a system of spin-
ning, serrated metal wheels whose motion is
translated into sound by magnetic pickups.
Their condition effects the overall tone of the
organ.
The Tonewheels control sets the condition of the
tonewheels, and even provides a couple of non-
standard choices.
Scanner Vibrato
Like many vintage organs, DB-33 features vi-
brato/chorus to animate the organ sound.
On-Off Turns the chorus/vibrato effect on and
off.
Vibrato and Chorus Sets the chorus/vibrato ef-
fect’s mode. The following options are available:
Drawbars
The most often-used set of controls on most
tonewheel organs, drawbars are used to manip-
ulate the mixture between the various harmon-
ics generated by the tonewheel mechanism.
Tonewheels control
Tonewheel Description
Dirty Worn-out tone generator. Drifting
pitch, leaking
Used Like Dirty, but not as extreme
New Brand-new tonewheels. Clean
tone
Syn 1 Triangle wave, for emulating syn-
thesized organ sounds
Syn 2 Square wave, for emulating syn-
thesized organ sounds
Scanner Vibrato controls
Wave Shape Description
V1, V2, V3 Vibrato (pitch modulation) effect.
Higher numbered modes offer
stronger modulation
C1, C2, C3 Chorus (timbral modulation)
effect. Higher numbered modes
offer stronger modulation
Drawbars