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First Four Out w/Percussion
The preset works like a guitar power chord which is fundamental plus the fifth above, no major third. The 5 + 1⁄2’ drawbar is pulled out all the way, which gives you the “fifth” above the root fundamental which is formed by the 16’ drawbar. The 8’ and 4’ drawbars add even harmonics above that and like magic, you have your power chord sound. I then added the percussion, set to the 3rd, soft tab on, To give the extra punch and bite the sound needs. Thankfully, B-3 V2 allows you to customize your percussion volume settings, just like on a real Hammond organ. I personally like my 'soft' percussion volume about a one fourth quieter than my 'normal' percussion volume – I don’t like the 'soft' percussion too quiet or it doesn’t cut through, and mostly I use the soft percussion setting because normal percussion volume needs to be reserved for times when I need the percussion to be insanely loud – like for Emerson Lake and Palmer music or songs like 'Green Eyed Lady' and 'Time of the Season' by the Zombies. I was able to do all of these adjustments on B-3 V2 without issues.

Psychedelic Sally
It's a pretty simple preset, upper manual uses a single drawbar (4') together with second percussion (normal volume, slow decay), which is an old trick to enhance the percussion sound. Using the envelope on the upper manual I made a slow decay and this, together with the strong percussion sound, made the preset pretty psychedelic, something perfect for '60 style lounge music.