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The Hammond Organ

Hal Leonard Books has published a new book, The Hammond Organ by Scott Faragher, that covers ‘virtually everything one could want to know about the Hammond Organ, from it’s technical components to it’s history and the players who gave it it’s place in the development of American music’. Here’s the official summary for The Hammond Organ:… Read More The Hammond Organ

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Gert Emmens’ Metamorphosis A Treat For Vintage Synth Fans

Gert Emmens’ Metamorphosis is a lush album of synth music, featuring a collection of longer melodic electronic tracks that should appeal to fans of classic synth bands and vintage synths alike. In making Metamorphosis, Emmens used old analog instruments only, without MIDI. Only CV/GATE was used, on the sequences. Emmens explains: During the summer of… Read More Gert Emmens’ Metamorphosis A Treat For Vintage Synth Fans

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Hammond Novachord, The First Synthesizer, Now Available As A Virtual Instrument

Hollow Sun has introduced Novachord – the first and only soundset from the legendary Hammond Novachord: Using divide-down oscillators (the world’s first?), the Novachord was fully polyphonic. These 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… Read More Hammond Novachord, The First Synthesizer, Now Available As A Virtual Instrument

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