Limited in what way? The 'themes' are just skins and functionally identical.

The themes aren't available in OSX, only the OS9 version.

http://www.hollowsun.com/shop/novachord/novachord_front_web.jpg For anyone who has not been following the mammoth Hammond Novachord restoration thread elsewhere herabouts, this is is just to say that this magnificent instrument, the world's first polyphonic analogue subtractive tube synth from 1939...

Interesting. However, I can't imagine that the AFoM killed it. These organisations are usually a bit toothless (the MU didn't manage to ban the Tron or synths or samplers or really restrict their use). They may have caused a little trouble but not enough to kill it. I am suspecting that ... - It was...

Dan's put up his remarkable tale of the Novachord restoration HERE . With pics! It's quite a detailed read but terrific for some serious work avoidance - make a nice cup of tea, grab a cold beer, beverage of your choice and settle back!!! :wink: It's quite fascinating, especially for the more techy ...

On the 70th anniversary of the delivery of the first Novachord off the production line to US president, Franklyn D. Roosevelt, as a birthday present from Hammond, it is released and available in Kontakt 3 format. The program list is as follows... NC346 Always Dream.nki NC346 Anode Strings.nki NC346 ...

When you're past the formidable process of sampling, not to mention the continuing restoration, why not wire in a pot to each of the filters and see just how a continuously variable adjustment sounds? Is exactly what I've done... in software!!! [thumbnail]http://www.hollowsun.com/shop/novachord/blo...

This is, errmmm, interesting...



From 2.03 to 3.05...

Mind you, the whole vid is worth watching, especially the first two minutes - a reminder of those VERY different times!!

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Steve

Found this in an interview with Laurens Hammond in 'Popular Mechanics' in 1939 discussing the Novachord.

Quite prophetic!!



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Steve

For those who may be having trouble listening to the Novachord/Theremin duet at my blog due to its inexplicable slowness, I have put it on YouTube...



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Steve

The question is why did they not the filter the bottom 1.5 octaves and therefore why on earth didn't they just have one simple low pass filter in the audio path that could be switched in and out? There must have been a good reason to justify the sheer expense of providing such an elaborate mechanis...

Up close and personal with the Novachord

I visited Dan's on new Year's Day and took my video recorder

More at the Blog

Enjoy!

Cheers,


Steve

Also, in person, I can physically restrain you from adding effects. :wink: ha ha ha ha Marc... don't let Dan know but the sample-set WILL include the raw samples in programs totally unadulterated by being lathered in modern effects processing, just a hint of simple reverb (which you can remove if y...

There's a new AUDIO DEMO up and more info at the Blog

Enjoy!

Cheers


Steve

Ashe37 wrote:If nothing else, you could trade the parts to hollow sun

Ha ha!!!

I wouldn't know what to do with them!!! Dan's the boy for all that boffin stuff!


Steve