philicorda & prophet-6 / ambient improvisation

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Philicorda GM 751 Valve Organ from 1967

video upload by Vintage Keys Studio

"Steve Christie from Vintage Keys Studio demonstrates a fully working* Stereo Philips Philicorda GM 751 Organ in all its glory.

This organ came to our studio in need of repair and has been fully restored by Steve. It is a valve/transistor hybrid from 1967. Later models were solid state.

Comes with a LDR based swell pedal which attaches to the base of the organ via a DIN plug. It has two internal speakers that face out left (source signal) and out right (source signal / reverb switched) for a stereo effect.

The organ is mounted on a sturdy iron frame with attractive wooden supports, and comes with its own equally attractive music stand.

Valves: 8 x ECC83, 1 x ECL82,
Neon Lamps/Diodes: 5 x Z70U, 68 x ZA1001, 1 x ZZ1000
Transistors: 3 x AC125, 2 x AC128, 4 x AD149

This organ has been used in sessions for many years and continues to remain a reliable keyboard with a wonderful variety of sounds which can be modified using the 5 filters and their combinations, 3 organ registers, Vibrato circuit and Reverb (called 'Reverbeo') - on German models this is labelled 'Hall'

Steve and other session musicians from Vintage Keys are available to record this organ for you as a layer to add to your own project. Please contact us at https://vintagekeysstudio.com for more details."

Low End Hi End

"High end meets low end. My new CS-80 and my trusty old DR-55. Other intruments are MiniMoog, Philicorda and Jupiter-4.

The first thing you hear is the Philicorda 754, then the JP-4 is doing a polyphonic rhythmic thing, MiniMoog doing lead as well as bass."

1964 Philips Philicorda 7500

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"1964 Philips Philicorda 7500 organ with the 7600 original tube amp. First owner with the original papers. The organ is in a really good condition. Plays really well.

-Model: philicorda AG7500 - Philips; Eindhoven tubes
Material Wooden case
Shape Miscellaneous shapes - described under notes.
Dimensions (WHD) 760 x 170 x 520 mm / 29.9 x 6.7 x 20.5 inch

Notes 49 key electronic organ with tube oscillators and neon tube frequency dividers.
Neon tubes: 1x ZZ1000, 3x Z70U, 70 x ZA1001. The matching two channel audio amplifier with speakers and reverb spring is a separate unit and has model no. AG7600.
Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg) 18 kg / 39 lb 10.4 oz (39.648 lb)"

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Stekker 2016: Walkthrough of Kytopia Studio Stekker

Published on Aug 10, 2016 sonicstate

"The Kytopia facility in Utrecht, just outside Amsterdam is home to many producers and studios, this week they open their doors for a week of electronic music creation with artists from all over - we take a look inside."

Philips Philicorda GM751 Demo #2

Published on Jul 21, 2015 noddyspuncture

"Philicorda just need the case putting back together and it's ready...! I made a quick demo ofthis interesting little keyboard"

First demo here.

Philips Philicorda GM751Demo

Published on Jun 27, 2015 noddyspuncture

"Here is Jake's Philicorda GM751 - finally up and running and working 100%. It's been a mammoth task and quite a challenge - it's been here for over a year - but I seem to have gotten there - eventually. I just need to clean and replace all the keys and cut some pieces from that silver strip and engrave them with the lettering for all the rocker switches...!"

PHILIPS PHILICORDA

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"Approx 83cm wide x 53 cm deep x 79cm high.

Clean unit in good working order with a couple of faults (see below).

Features include great Spring Reverb and Vibrato and Chord button (which activates 17 pre-programmed chords)

Comes with foot pedal and shelve underneath organ which is connected to back legs.

Line out and other connectivity are on underside of organ although it also has it's own loudspeaker on underside.

Nice soundtrack and psychedelic organ sounds.

GM754 has been used by the likes of Portishead and Clinic.

Really enjoyed using this fantastically warm and authentic sounding organ, I just need to make room for new equipment.

Known Faults:

two of the keys take a while to return once depressed. (the 3rd e, 3rd f)

2nd b makes no sound at all.

These could be simple contact/cleaning problems but I'm not sure.

Slider cap is missing from vibrato but does not affect function. (see pics).

On the right hand side some of the veneer is peeling slightly.(see pics).

Couple of other very small blemishes but overall really good cosmetically considering age.

Owner & service manual can be found here"

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Philicorda Organ plugin for Kontakt

Published on Jun 6, 2014 Samplephonics·28 videos

"A multi-sampled Philicorda organ and custom Kontakt plugin, made by Sonas and available to download at http://www.samplephonics.com"

Philips PHILICORDA 751 Combo Organ SN 960878

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Inside the Philips Philicorda

Published on Apr 15, 2014 markusfuller·13 videos

Ghuna X plays the Philicorda

Ghuna X - Untitled #22 Published on Sep 8, 2012

"From the album: 'Ghuna X Plays the Philicorda'
http://ghunax.bandcamp.com/album/ghun..."

"Composed by Ghuna X using a 1961's Philips Philicorda AG7500.
Recorded at The Environment during April and May 2012.

Out on Afeite Al Perro (ES)
www.afeitealperro.blogspot.com
credits
released 30 June 2012"

Philicorda AG 7500 / AG 7600 Tubeamp with Acetone Rhythm Ace FR-30

Published on May 7, 2013 Tastronauten·20 videos

"Philicorda AG 7500 / AG 7600 Tubeamp with Acetone Rhythm Ace FR-30 - No additional effects - Only built in springreverb
Copyrights Volker Hein - 2013
More information: visit www.tastronauten.de"

Hideaway Studio S-VX Hybrid Library for Kontakt Featuring Novachord & More

"Complex Analog Oscillators with 12-bit Crunch into Curtis Filters…

For a while now I've been curious about the infamous AKAI S900 into VX90 combo and after building a 13 pin connection cable and installing an HxC virtual floppy drive in the S900 I decided to give it a go.

The results were very promising so I decided to put a new sample library together offering complex warm analog oscillator sources transposed over 5 octaves with a touch of 12-bit crunch shaped with classic Curtis VCFs and VCAs!

Raw complex oscillator sources were sampled in 12-bits on a recently refurbished AKAI S900. Sources were mainly 1976 Minimoog model D but also included ARP Omni-2, Philicorda GM751, 1939 Novachord, Juno-106 and three tube oscillators fed into a tube waveshaper.

32 complex oscillators were captured on the S900 and stored as virtual disk images on SD card.

Patches were programmed into the VX90 to modulate the Curtis filters and VCAs and the results multi-sampled as a library of 376 generously long 24-bit samples.

32 instruments were programmed up in Kontakt to form the basis for a 4-voice layering engine complete with scripted user interface.

32 example editable patches were created.

Here is a link to more background, sound demos and download page for what I think you will all find is a very tempting Christmas offer of £10:

http://hideawaystudio.wordpress.com/

All the best,

Dan Wilson, Hideaway Studio."

You can find the set including pics of the gear used on Hideaway Studio here.

VINTAGE 1970 PHILICORDA GM 754

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"MADE IN 1970

EVERYTHING IS WORKING FINE EXCEPT FOR THE FOLLOWING.

1. THE POWER ON/OFF BUTTON DOES NOT STAY IN.

2. 3 OF THE WHITE KEYS DON'T MAKE A SOUND WHEN YOU PRESS THEM.

3. 1 OF THE BLACK KEYS DOSEN'T MAKE A SOUND WHEN YOU PRESS IT.

I THINK THIS IS A PROBLEM ON THE KEY CONTACTS, AS THEY DO SOMETIMES MAKE A SOUND WHEN YOU PUSH THE KEYS RIGHT DOWN HARD.

4. SMALL AMOUNT OF WHITE PAINT ON FRONT PANEL BY THE RECORD BUTTON WILL COME OFF (SEE PICTURE 4)

ALL OTHER FUNCTION ON THE PANEL ARE ALL WORKING CORRECTLY.

COMES WITH ITS PERSPEX SHEET MUSIC STAND (THIS HAS GOT SOME PAINT ON IT)

ALSO COMES WITH ITS ORIGINAL FOOT PEDAL."

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Philicorda GM 761-2 Video Demo

YouTube Uploaded by dietervanmarcke on Aug 17, 2011

"Double Manual Philicorda"

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"It was made in the era of Vox, Elka, Solina and all the other combo organs and sounds alike. It has a SUPERB spring reverb which gives a real cathedrale touch which I really love."

Atomic Shadow Lab

YouTube via MyAtomicShadow | July 11, 2010
Some synth spotting via Atomic Shadow: "Here is a quick look around the lab. The mic on my camera is having a spasm so no narration. Yes, I do wear the lab coat sometimes.

I have a new collection of recordings coming up. Please find Atomic Shadow on Facebook for links to free downloads. Thanks!"

Regarding the xylophone controller and double manual organ: "It is a Wernick Xylosynth, which despite the synth in the name is really just a midi controller. The organ is a Philips Philicorda GM-760."

Hilltree - HilltreeFilter with Philicorda

YouTube via hilltree | July 04, 2010

"This is a test video of my hilltreefilter for the dutch synthforum. For the rest of the world... this is a cheap and easy to make diy filter.It works on line level so you can make it as a module or a stompbox. See for more projects ,or the schematics of this project, my site. http://www.groenewoudnet.nl"

Hilltree - HilltreeFilter with Roland SH32

Timewarp on the Philicorda

YouTube via schnauzerstudios

"Schnauzer plays 'let's do the timewarp again' (from the Rocky Horror Picture Show) on the philicorda-organ. Visit us at http://www.schnauzerstudios..."

Never Gonna Give you up

Consider yourself Rick Rolled.

"Rickrolled Schnauzer style on the philicorda.
Do check out http://www.schnauzerstudios..."

Sultans of Schwing on the Philicorda Organ

"Schnauzer on the philicorda combo organ plays 'sultans of swing' the way the Dire Straits ment it to be!"

MPS Studio

via MPS

"I just took some pictures of the studio after squeezing the Philicorda GM760 in. It now joins the 6 Trak, DSI MEK and Alesis Fusion. The Elka Panther has moved to the far corner, behind the Roland v-drums."

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