Hollow Sun Novachord KONTAKT SCD 電子琴演奏 英文正式版




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軟體名稱:Hollow Sun Novachord KONTAKT SCD 電子琴演奏 英文正式版
語系版本:英文正式版
光碟片數:單片裝
破解說明:
系統支援:For Windows XP/Vista/7
軟體類型:電子琴演奏
硬體需求:PC
更新日期:2012-10-15
官方網站:http://www.hollowsun.com/HS2/products/novachord/
中文網站:
軟體簡介:
銷售價格:$80元
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軟體簡介:
　Back in the 1930s, there was a man called Laurens Hammond, an electronics 
engineer, inventor and innovator. At the age of 14, he had designed an 
automatic transmission mechanism for motor cars (which was rejected by Renault!) 
and later would invent, in 1922, a 3D movie playback system as well as a clock 
motor.

However, he is best known for the patent he took out in 1934 for a tonewheel 
organ which was to become, of course, the B3 and C3 and various other models.

In 1939, however, Hammond released something altogether different - the world's 
first polyphonic synthesiser. 

Yes - you read that correctly ... a fully polyphonic synthesiser ... in 1939!! 

Using divide-down oscillators (the world's first?), the Novachord was fully 
polyphonic. The oscillators pass through resonators, hi-and lo-pass filters and 
a simple but effective envelope shaper. What is particularly impressive is that 
the Novachord had LFOs and envelope shapers for every one of its 72-notes so that 
the instrument was TOTALLY polyphonic! This is actually very impressive as even 
string synths 40 years its junior such as the ARP Omni, Moog PolyMoog, etc., were 
paraphonic - i.e. all voices sharing a single LFO/envelope. This means that 
combined with the huge polyphony, six octaves and a superb sustain control, you can 
combine massive chords and arpeggios with no chance of note stealing. The electronic 
architecture that makes this possible is beautifully elegant too. It also has vibrato 
but not like the type found on analogue synths - instead, the modulation is polyphonic 
which imparts a rich ensemble effect to its sounds. 

However, it was a sure fire hit with the movie and TV industry who used it in 
soundtracks primarily for the eerie sounds it could create and its haunting sound could 
be heard in movies as diverse as 'Gone With The Wind', 'The Maltese Falcon' and 'Rebecca' 
to sci-fi classics such as 'It Came From Outer Space'. 'This Island Earth', 'The Beast 
From 20,000 Fathoms' and others. It also featured in TV programs such as 'The Twilght 
Zone', 'The Outer Limits' and 'Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea'. It was also used in 
'Hawaii Five-O'. Book him Danno! 

Despite all this, unfortunately, like the Theremin, it failed to gain 'serious' musical 
credibility because it was seen as something of a novelty. However, Dame Vera Lynn, the 
forces' sweetheart, was acccompanied on one by Arthur Young in several of the wartime 
songs she recorded including 'We'll Meet Again'. Arthur Young along with Dimitri Tiomkin, 
Elmer Bernstein and Jerry Goldsmith took the instrument seriously and Goldsmith was using 
one as late as 1966.

Only 1,069 were ever made. Production stopped in 1941 when parts were difficult to get 
hold of due to the war effort of WWII. It never went back into production after hostilities 
ceased. Unfortunately! Imagine how electronic music might have been had Hammond continued 
with this amazing instrument - it would have had a 20 year head start. Like so many 
innovations, it was ahead of its time and most people couldn't understand it.

Very few remain today and even fewer are in working order.

However, Hollow Sun is dragging this phenomenal instrument into the present day in its unique 
sample set which brings the rich and haunting sonorities of the Novachord into the 21st 
century ... where (arguably) it belongs.

The Novachord in question (serial #346) belongs to one Dan Wilson of Bath, England. As well 
as being an accomplished muso with an impressive studio, he is also something of an electronics 
whizz and is lovingly restoring his instrument. Dan is avoiding replacing components with modern 
equivalents because that can adversely affect the sound. Instead, he is fixing the originals so 
that the instrument's sound is carefully preserved.

It is unknown how many working Novachords are in existence today but this is almost certainly 
the only one in the UK.

The textures are unbelievable - quite unlike anything we've heard, Vaguely familiar and reminiscent 
of modern synths but with a 'quality' that, like this library, is totally unique.

The technology of the time, however, was such that inside her there is a staggering number of 
valves (163) and capacitors (over 1,000) and miles of wiring. To get a sense of proportion,below 
is a picture of Laurens Hammond calibrating one board of a Novachord!  
But reaction to this magnificent instrument was mixed at the time. 

Traditional musicians couldn't grasp the concept because it wasn't a piano (even though it looked 
a little like one in its magnificent wooden cabinet) and those who had embraced Hammond's tonewheel 
organs were confused because it wasn't an organ either. As such, most people didn't know quite what 
to make of it or what to do with it. 

Hammond tried to sell it as a 'home entertainment' instrument claiming it could make any sound of 
the orchestra!!! Errrmmm... a bold claim and obviously they didn't have a Trades Description Act 
back then. But that claim was enough to get the US Musician's Union in a panic which imposed 
limitations on how it could be used in recording sessions. they couldn't ban it outright because, 
ironically, that would restrict their members' ability to work because an MU member would be needed 
to play it!
 





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