Novachord
The Novachord is an electronic musical instrument often considered the world's first commercial polyphonic synthesizer. Incorporating many circuit and control elements found in modern synthesizers, and using subtractive synthesis to generate tones, it was designed by John M. Hanert, Laurens Hammond and C. N. Williams, and was manufactured by the Hammond company. Only 1,069 Novachords were built over a period from 1939 to 1942. It was one of very few electronic products released by Hammond that was not intended to emulate the sound of an organ.
| Novachord | |
|---|---|
Hammond Novachord | |
| Manufacturer | Hammond |
| Dates | 1939–1942 |
| Technical specifications | |
| Polyphony | 72-voices |
| Oscillator | 1-3 |
| LFO | 6-channel electromechanical vibrato |
| Synthesis type | Subtractive analogue |
| Filter | Three bandpass filters, one lowpass filter, one highpass filter (in parallel with fixed frequency) |
| Attenuator | Envelope with seven preset shapes |
| Hardware | Vacuum tubes |
| Input/output | |
| Keyboard | 72 notes |
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