A Yamaha L-20D electric harmonium / reed organ with some added features
This sample library includes 2 presets, the regular preset “ElektriskSalmesykkel” (best in most cases) and the looped preset “ElektriskSalmesykkel (Looped)”. For the regular version, each sample are approximately 16 seconds long. For the looped version, to achieve the best possible loop point, some of the loops are short and some are longer. Some of the loops will however have some minor artifacts. For best audio quality, you should always use the regular version. And only if you have notes held for more than 16 seconds, use the the looped version.
USER INTERFACE The user interface offers precise control over every aspect of the instrument and effects. Explore parameters to refine your sound, including control over the wind supply, reeds, tremulant, mechanical noise and reverb.
"Layering sounds with Yamaha DX7, Elektron SidStation and Moog Minitaur connected together with MIDI.
The sound from the DX7 and SidStation are custom patches and the Minitaur has a sawtooth wave with a square wave one octave below.
Instruments:
- Yamaha DX7
- Elektron SidStation with MOS 6581 SID chip
- Moog Minitaur
Effects:
- Roland Dimension D SDD-320
- Fulltone Tube Tape Echo
- Chase Bliss Audio & Meris CXM 1978"
Chapters: 00:00 Stylophone 1 00:05 Stylophone 1 Vibrato 00:09 Stylophone 2 00:12 Stylophone 2 Vibrato 00:16 Stylophone 3 00:20 Stylophone 3 Vibrato 00:24 Default 01:02 Dirty StolyPoly 02:01 Piano 02:25 Harp 03:12 Harpsichord 03:40 Clavinet 04:20 Pad 05:58 Strings 07:22 Combo Organ 08:24 Flutes 08:43 Bright 09:13 Space Oboe
"StyloPoly is a free sample library for Decent Sampler featuring the Dubreq Stylophone S-1 with some added features. All the sounds in the video are from a single instance of the plugin.
User Interface: The user interface offers precise control over every aspect of the instrument and effects. Explore parameters to refine your sound, including control over the audio mixer, envelope, pitch modulation with LFOs, high pass and low pass filters, velocity/dynamics, speaker simulator, and the immersive effects of echo and reverb.
The above video by Benjamin Dehli went up yesterday on the 31st, and I figured it would be an appropriate start to the New Year - something vintage that harkens back to the pre-synth age, but new to the site. This is actually the first post to feature the Yamaha L-20D. Aparently it's an electric harmonium as opposed to an electonics-based harmonium like the Telharmonium (click and scroll down for additional posts). If anyone knows more about the Yamaha L-20D and/or when it was released, feel free to leave a comment.
I found the following brief discripton from this forum:
"Yamaha harmonium - looks like it dates from the 60's or 70's in great condition. I've tried to find out info about these on the net for ages but there doesn't seem to be ANYTHING out there on it. This plugs into the mains and it sort of whirs up - like a mini leslie rotating speaker and when you play you can feel the wind coming out of it. It also has a sort of knee pedal that you can use to alter the volume. sometimes there's a bit of a buzz overall but it seems to depend on the day and the weather but a great vintage sound.No outputs on this but has built in speaker so would be great for micing up and recording."
There is no mention of it on Wikipedia as of this post. That said, it sounds like the electric portion powers the airflow, so it's likely closer to a classic wind based harmonium (click for additional posts) than an electronics based harmonium like the Telharmonium. Note via 120years.net, "The Telharmonium can be considered the first significant electronic musical instrument and was a method of electro-magnetically synthesising and distributing music over the new telephone networks of victorian America."
I also found the following video from four years ago.
Music for a Found Harmonium (Cover) on a Yamaha L-20D
"Music for a Found Harmonium by Penguin Cafe Orchestra played on a Yamaha L-20D electric harmonium / reed organ.
All the sounds is created with the organ and recorded with a matched pair of AKG C451E."
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"Yamaha YC-25D combo organ with Shallow Water from@FairfieldCircuitry, PLASMA Pedal and LIGHT Pedal from@GamechangerAudio and CXM 1978 from @ChaseBlissAudio and @MerisUs.
00:00 Evolving Pad 04:13 Ambient Fuzz Bass 05:25 Fuzz Bass 06:44 Ambient Lead 09:47 Ambient Lead and Bass 1 11:34 Ambient Lead and Bass 2 12:58 Ambient Bass 14:09 Ambient Chords and Bass 15:58 Ambient Lead, Chords and Bass 18:11 Broken Fuzz Blues
"A free sample library for Decent Sampler featuring the Hohner / Logan String Melody II with some added features. All the sounds in the video are from a single instance of the plugin with no additional plugins or effects added.
User Interface: The user interface offers precise control over every aspect of the instrument and effects. Explore parameters to refine your sound, including control over the six drawbars, envelope, amplitude modulation with LFOs, highpass and lowpass filters, velocity/dynamics, oscillator drifting, and the immersive effects of ensemble, phaser, echo and reverb.
- Mixer (Bass / Treble): Unleash the power of the six drawbars to shape your tone with precision. Each drawbar controls the amplitude of a specific octave or sound, offering you unparalleled control over the instrument's harmonic richness.
"Quick test of the Elektron SidStation. The sound of Commodore 64 and computer games from the 1980s. The MOS 6581 SID chip is capable of some gritty sounds with its 8-bit DAC and an analog filter that easily distorts. This is the raw direct sound of the SidStation and no effects were added."
A music box recorded on to cassette tape and played back at half speed and normal/original speed. Playing back at half speed results in an octave lower pitch.
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION: Samples: – Sample rate: 48 kHz – Bit depth: 24 bit – Channels: 1 (mono) – Number of files: 52 – File size: 50.40 MB Impulse responses: – Sample rate: 48 kHz – Bit depth: 24 bit – Channels: 2 (stereo) – Number of files: 4 – File size: 3.60 MB
USER INTERFACE: Instrument – Velocity and damping: – Velocity — Determines whether the velocity should affect the volume of the samples – Damping — When damping is off, the sample will continue to play after you release the key (like a music box) — When damping is on, the sample will fade out quickly after you release the key
Mixer – Volume: Mix between the normal speed samples and the half speed samples. They also have independent tremolo controls.
"A short jam in C minor with the @YamahaSynthsOfficial YC-25D combo organ, Fulltone Tube Tape Echo and @ChaseBlissAudio & @MerisUs CXM 1978 stereo reverb.
"- First clip: Direct signal without effects
- Second clip: Each part processed separately and ran through effects units
00:00 Without effects
01:38 With effects
Instruments:
Suzuki Omnichord System Two OM-84
Effects:
Roland SH-09 filter
Pro Co RAT 2
Roland Dimension D SDD-320
Electro-Harmonix Deluxe Memory Man
Fulltone Tube Tape Echo
VanAmps Sole-Mate Jr.
Chase Bliss Audio & Meris CXM 1978
"A quick demo of each keyboard instrument connected to the Roland PA-120 mixer. The audio is recorded directly from the line out of the mixer. The reverb comes from the in-built spring reverb in the mixer and the echo/delay comes from the Fulltone Tube Tape Echo connected to the effects loop / echo ins and outs of the mixer. Sorry for the terrible camera work.
00:00 Korg Polysix 00:10 Logan String Melody II 00:22 Korg MS-20 00:42 Doepfer Dark Energy and Dreadbox Erebus 00:53 Roland PA-120 00:59 Roland SH-09 01:15 Mellotron M4000D
Instruments: @Korg Polysix Hohner / Logan String Melody II Korg MS-20 @Dreadbox Erebus v2 Doepfer Dark Energy @RolandChannel SH-09 @Sequential Circuits Pro-One @Mellotron Factory M4000D
Effects: Roland PA-120 spring reverb Fulltone Tube Tape Echo
00:00 Sawtooth Bass
00:08 Sawtooth Bass with sub oscillator 1
00:25 PWM Bass with sub oscillator
00:41 Sawtooth Bass with sub oscillator 2
01:19 Sawtooth Lead
01:35 Swells with delayed vibrato
02:25 Sample & Hold modulated filter
03:33 Sample & Hold modulated oscillator
04:42 Noise with resonant filter
05:55 Filter envelope triggered by LFO
Website: https://www.dehlimusikk.no/
Roland SH-09 and Fender Rhodes with tape delay
Instruments:
Roland SH-09
Rhodes Mark I Stage Piano
Nice reverse keys MIDI controller. Anyone know what it is?
"Testing the Roland PA-120 mixer with a short dawless synthesizer jam. The audio is recorded directly from the line out of the mixer. The reverb comes from the in-built spring reverb in the mixer and the echo/delay comes from the Fulltone Tube Tape Echo connected to the effects loop / echo ins and outs of the mixer. A Korg Polysix (out of the frame) plays the arpeggiator and I just unmute and mute the track with the mixer.
00:00 Unmuting Korg Polysix arpeggiator 00:04 Adding spring reverb 00:10 Adding tape echo 00:15 Korg MS-20 bass 00:21 Doepfer Dark Energy and Dreadbox Erebus 01:03 Roland SH-09 bass 01:41 Muting Korg Polysix arpeggiator
Instruments: @Korg Polysix Korg MS-20 @Dreadbox Erebus v2 Doepfer Dark Energy @RolandChannel SH-09
Effects: Roland PA-120 spring reverb Fulltone Tube Tape Echo
00:00 Unison with 4 oscillators in 3 different octaves 01:37 Square wave modulating pitch of MS-20 oscillators 02:49 Bass sound with square wave modulating pitch of MS-20 oscillators 03:35 Fast square wave modulating pitch of MS-20 oscillators 04:03 Duophonic with individual pitch 04:46 Duophonic with individual pitch (bass and lead) 05:24 Duophonic with fast square wave modulating pitch of MS-20 oscillators 06:06 Duophonic with individual pitch (bass and lead) 2 07:23 Duophonic bass 08:55 Unison bass"
