Name: Cherry Audio Novachord + Solovox
SKU: 1316-1042
Price: 30.00 GBP
Availability: InStock

Cherry Audio Novachord + Solovox

GBP £30.00 (UK/EU orders incur VAT)

The Novachord and Solovox collection emulates two early electronic instruments that were precursors of modern synthesizers. Novachord is based on the revolutionary polyphonic instrument from 1939, while Solovox replicates a related monophonic keyboard instrument intended to provide organ-style leads.

Description

Summary

These exceedingly rare instruments set standards for tone generation and synthesis techniques that continue to influence today’s electronic music instruments.

Novachord Key Features

32 polyphonic voices, synthesized not sampled
Three Resonators: a resonant bandpass filter network operating consecutively in low (400 Hz), mid (800 Hz), high (2000 Hz) frequency ranges
Deep Tone setting for the tone generator signal, with a one-pole (6dB per-octave slope) lowpass filter with a fixed frequency of 160 Hz
Brilliant Tone setting for the tone generator signal, with a one-pole (6dB per-octave slope) highpass filter with a fixed frequency of 2000 Hz
Full Tone setting controls the amplitude of the dry (no filters applied) tone generator signal
Tones routed in parallel to all of the filters, processed and then summed together to create a composite tone
Attack knob with seven Attack/Decay/Sustain envelope options, from Slow to Fast, with sustain-pedal controlled release (approximately3.5 seconds)
Adjustable depth vibrato with two options: Vibrato I as used in the earliest Novachord models, and Vibrato II as used in later Novachords
Integrated reverb effect with Room and Hall algorithms plus speaker emulation to replicate the Novachord’s built-in amp and speakers in an acoustic space
56 presets covering Basses, Keys, Pads, and Strings, by Director of Sound Design James Terris

Solovox Key Features

Faithful virtual analog emulation of the monophonic ‘keyboard attachment’ instrument
Combinable Bass/Tenor/Contralto/Soprano switches to set note range in octaves, like modern synthesizer footage settings
First Voice and Second Voice two-pole bandpass filters with level controls and variable center frequencies of 400 Hz and 800 Hz, respectively
Deep Tone setting for the tone generator signal, with a one-pole (6dB per-octave slope) lowpass filter with a fixed frequency of 200 Hz
Brilliant Tone setting for the tone generator signal, with a one-pole (6dB per-octave slope) highpass filter with a fixed frequency of 2000 Hz
Full Tone setting controls the amplitude of the dry (no filters applied) tone generator signal
Adjustable Glide and fixed-rate Vibrato
Mute control to filter harmonics from the oscillator voice
Reverb effect with Room algorithm to replicate the standard Solovox amp and speaker combo
Glowing vacuum tubes respond to the volume setting of each filter
50 presets covering Basses, Strings, Leads, and Woodwinds, by Director of Sound Design James Terris