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Hammond novachord - polyphonic synth from 1938

StoreTags: old, synth, monster, happy hammond, ontour

Author: crabster on December 09 2007

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--> I ran across this link today

Apparently the novachord is a polyphonic subtractive synthesizer from 1938, containing no less than 146 vacuum tubes and consuming around 270W.

A fucking beast. I promise I won't complain about the size of my synths anymore.

The site details a restoration project and includes a few soundbites too.

What would James Last do?

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12/09/07 + jdg

thats almost 3amps.. not much juice afterall, but maybe thats alot in 1938?
also, thxforthelink

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12/10/07 + deltasleep

I'd image thats a lot of heat. But they sound amazing. And yeah, 270W is really pretty damned efficient to run that large of a tube circuit. My computer's PSU runs something like 350W.
But i'll be a large portion of that is running high amperage, and that's what'll kill ya.

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12/10/07 + deltasleep

link
I am in love.

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12/12/07 + tjames

Good lord, that is a fucking beast.

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