Commodore Remix

SOME NEWS THAT MIGHT INTEREST YOU ALL!!

http://matrixsynth.blogspot.com/2009/11 ... brary.html

My demo montage has been edited and extended:

http://www.hollowsun.com/novachord/Nova ... ontage.mp3

I' m still struggling to come to terms with the shock of hearing a 70 year old instrument that sounds like something 40 years it's junior!!

Many thanks for your kind emails and responses - it really helps give me the energy to continue restoring this amazing beast - albeit with slightly less mains hum than yesterday!!....

Cheers,

Dan.

I provided Hollow Sun with the first raw material yesterday evening as a "dry run" to try and determine the best way to approach sampling this beast - they have assembled the first test patch - here is a demo of it

http://www.hollowsun.com/novachord/Nova ... 0demo1.mp3

SAMPLE NOVACHORD "BAIL CHORDS" FOR REMIX64/AMIGA REMIX!

I have also decided to put together something exclusive (not to mention a -fastastically- rare!!) to Remix64 / Amiga Remix as I -adore- this scene. I will post a small set of "bail chords" as used in countless Tracker modules in the near future.

NOVACHORD 346 DEMO MONTAGE:

http://www.hollowsun.com/novachord/Nova ... ontage.mp3

Thanks for the Updates Dan, it is appreciated and I'm excited for you.

Keep up the good work.

I know Laurens Hammond was a genius but this machine is decades ahead of its time and it sounds truly amazing with a character of its own. Thanks for sharing this with us Mr. Wilson!

Yeah, you're Retro Synth Hero of all times.

Because I love this scene so much.... here are a series of chords I made for all you budding Amiga and C64 remixers made on my 70 year old synth!!!.....

http://www.last.fm/music/D.A.Wilson/_/N ... ?autostart

They will need some tuning following sampling.... have fun

Well... is this something you have a part of then?

http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2009/ ... more-18571

And then if yes; is this why we only get "Chords" from it for free?

Seems like a good idear though, to "save" the machine's sound by making a virtual, though it'll never be the same I guess... Anyway, I don't use software and multisampled sounds anymore, so I don't really care

Razmo wrote:Well... is this something you have a part of then?

http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2009/ ... more-18571

Urm... maybe

Razmo wrote:And then if yes; is this why we only get "Chords" from it for free?

Hmmm... some people are never satisfied! Well... let's just say that there are certain contractual obligations!

Razmo wrote:Seems like a good idear though, to "save" the machine's sound by making a virtual, though it'll never be the same I guess...

To be fair Steve has a real knack for capturing the authentic sound of a vintage synth - he's doing a bloody good job of this one and so it's not going to be that different - one thing is for sure you won't have to worry about 163 potential tube failures in your studio!!

I've been playing with her "Resonators" today... I just adore the sound of the filters on this ancient monster....

http://www.last.fm/music/D.A.Wilson/_/N ... ?autostart

You can keep up with the restoration thread here:

http://www.vintagesynth.com/forum/viewt ... =1&t=51703

d.a.wilson wrote:I've been playing with her "Resonators" today...

Is that legal?

d.a.wilson wrote:

Razmo wrote:Well... is this something you have a part of then?

http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2009/ ... more-18571

Urm... maybe

Razmo wrote:And then if yes; is this why we only get "Chords" from it for free?

Hmmm... some people are never satisfied! Well... let's just say that there are certain contractual obligations!

Razmo wrote:Seems like a good idear though, to "save" the machine's sound by making a virtual, though it'll never be the same I guess...

To be fair Steve has a real knack for capturing the authentic sound of a vintage synth - he's doing a bloody good job of this one and so it's not going to be that different - one thing is for sure you won't have to worry about 163 potential tube failures in your studio!!

He he... maybe I said it in a "wrong tone", it was not meant to be negative... I think it's fine that you all get some decent payback from this beast! ... afterall I guess it ain't cheap to restore not the less buy this thing.

I just had a feeling some of this was connected, and I guess my assumptions were correct ... when I wrote what I did, I did it with a smile on my lips

d.a.wilson wrote:I've been playing with her "Resonators" today... I just adore the sound of the filters on this ancient monster....

http://www.last.fm/music/D.A.Wilson/_/N ... ?autostart

You can keep up with the restoration thread here:

http://www.vintagesynth.com/forum/viewt ... =1&t=51703

Now that's really interresting... now I'm waiting for a singe-channel external Novachord Filter clone device to plug whatever sound source I've got through ... guess it would be impossible to even find the components needed for something like that

We made a quick, off the cuff, video of the 1/4 ton beast in action on New Years Day:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhx0C-zK4wU

A professional IPTV mini-documentary and a magazine article for two major music magazines are planned later in the year but details are a little sketchy at the moment.