NOVACHORD
ANCIENT POLYSYNTH
- Analogue Sample Modelling
- 200 Presets
- 3.5GB Original Samples
- Kontakt player NKS
THE FUTURE SOUND OF 1939
The Hammond Novachord was first put into production in 1939. A 72-note polyphonic beast, it used 163 vacuum tubes to power its oscillators.
Neither piano nor organ, it was misunderstood and was not the success it could have been. However, its eerie, ethereal sound became a mainstay of film and television soundtrack production.
Gone with the Wind, The Maltese Falcon, Rebecca, House of Frankenstein, The Outer Limits and The Twilight Zone all feature Novachord as part of their soundtrack.
Soniccouture travelled to Virginia, USA, to sample Novachord 1256, the finest restored example in the world today. Synth engineer Phil Cirocco poured years of his life into a complete rebuild that sounds stunning. Many days of sampling and recording enabled us to model every nuance of this incredible peice of synth history.
"This instrument has heart even when it bleeps"
Neil Davidge, Massive Attack
No lover of vintage analogue can set eyes on those massive teardrop switches for the first time and keep their composure. Like Darth Vader's door handles, they control a wide range of synthesis parameters on the Novachord. The names may not be familiar, but conventional filters, LFOs and envelopes are all here in some form or another.
THE KONTAKT INSTRUMENT
THE RESTORATION OF NOVACHORD 1256
KONTAKT PLAYER COMPATIBLE
This is a Kontakt Player instrument. This means that you do not need to own the full version of NI Kontakt to use it. It will run as a plug-in instrument in any VST/AU/RTAS/AAX/WASAPI,compatible host program or DAW eg: Cubase, Logic, Ableton Live, DP, Reaper, Pro-Tools. No extra purchase necessary.
System Requirements:
Windows 7 or higher (latest Service Pack, 32/64 Bit), Intel Core Duo or AMD AthlonTM 64 X2, 4 GB RAM (6 GB RAM recommended)
Mac: OS X 10.9 or higher, Intel Core 2 Duo, 4 GB RAM
Requires KONTAKT 5 or KONTAKT 5 PLAYER version 5.6.8 or later
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