Cherry Audio Novachord + Solovox

 

The Novachord + Solovox collection emulates two early electronic instruments that were precursors of modern synthesizers. 

Novachord

• 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

• 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

Standard for Both Instruments

• Complete MIDI control and DAW automation for all controls, with easy-to-use MIDI learn and mapping (Preset and Global)

• Cherry Audio's popular Focus zoom-in feature, as well as standard UI zoom and resize via drag

• Complete documentation available directly online from the instrument or in downloadable PDF format

• User-adjustable oversampling control

   

Novachord + Solovox is available in AU, VST, VST3, AAX, and standalone formats (individual for each instrument), and a free 30-day demo is available. 

macOS Requirements: 10.13 or above. macOS 13 Ventura supported. 64-bit required. Native Apple M1 processor support, including Apple M1 Ultra. 3.4 GHz Quad-Core or M1 CPU with 8GB of RAM is recommended.

Windows Requirements: Windows 7 or above (including Windows 11), 64-bit required. Quad-core computer with 8GB of RAM is recommended.

Internet connection required for product activation.