Comments for Norm Leete

Comment on Traitor to the cause… by Norm

Norm — Fri, 28 May 2010 14:18:07 +0000

I stand corrected, awesome site – definitely worth looking at…
Norm

Comment on Traitor to the cause… by Dan

Dan — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 21:16:17 +0000

Hi, I have a spring reverb that I think has a blown input that I need repairing, you have been reccomended as a good person to contact with regards to this.

Apologies if this is not the correct place but I can’t find an email on this site to contact you with?

Thanks

Dan

Comment on Traitor to the cause… by Todd Phipps

Todd Phipps — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 19:12:25 +0000

Actually, the Novachord did not have the scanner vibrato system. The Novachord’s vibrato was a vibrating-reed system that modulated the top-octave oscillators. There were 6 reeds, each affecting a pair of oscillators, judging from the schematic.

Have a look at the process of completely-restoring one of these beasts…amazing work:

http://www.discretesynthesizers.com/nova/intro.htm

Todd in Cheesecurdistan

Comment on Traitor to the cause… by Norm

Norm — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 09:55:08 +0000

Good call. I’ll have to look into that…

Comment on Traitor to the cause… by Richard Olpin

Richard Olpin — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 01:26:07 +0000

How about posting some sample sounds Norm?

Comment on NormLeete Industries by Ian Barnes

Ian Barnes — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 03:15:13 +0000

Hi Norm, remember me from Renishaw? Well I’m back in New Zealand now. Just wanted to forward you a link I found, thought you might have a laugh:

http://hackaday.com/2009/12/04/melloman-tape-looping-keyboard-2/

Cheers,
Ian.

Comment on Hi… by Cous

Cous — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:37:08 +0000

Hello Cous,

Great to see your website up and running, and good to see you the other day. You were talking about a Yammy Sampler with me, it sounds good, but I really need to know if my Ensoniq EPS is just a very large paper weight or wurth getting going ? My bro gave it to me ages ago and I have had it in lots of pieces on the floor a few times to try and see what is wrong with it. But my electronics is not so good! I can do the PCB design bit but thats as far as it goes! By the way I also read your artical on the Fairlight CMI way back and thought it was Brilliant.
Wish I had one, I used to dream about it back in the 80′s whlie we were trying to get our heads around the DX7s and its 9 million page manual on algorithms! Great web site, I can use it to understand a bit more about synths now, Speak to you soon, cheers Cous

Comment on Hi… by kristien bell

kristien bell — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 07:07:06 +0000

Hi Mr Leete, i read an interesting article in the UK Based Sound on Sound magazine that you did oin the Fairlight CMI Synth / Sampler, which is one of my Favourite instruments of all time. I was wondering if you still had the Fairlight? I am one of many millions of technology fans and have also become interested in the Mellotron (especially the Mk II and Mk IIFX Models) I love to see any technology but i guess you could call the Mellotron ‘The Grand Daddy of the Fairlight’ Right? although i know the mellotron stored sounds on real tape rather than digitally, i suppose it could be called the worlds first sample player, after all the sounds are kind-of samples of notes right? I love the site by the way, very informative and useful with hints and tips, well done! All the best to you from Kristien Bell-Wadge from Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire

Comment on Ones that got away… by rock59

rock59 — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 12:04:05 +0000

How about the OB-8 that I ‘lost’! Still grieving over that one.

Comment on Hi… by Nick Gill

Nick Gill — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 22:08:34 +0000

Hi Norm,

Saw your comments on the website (I’ll try to get my typing improved!) and general Renishaw situation (It’s good to laugh:-) – saw the shares fell 33 points today, the share holders should look out!

Might be worth buying the odd share just to get a free lunch and to meet some like-minded shareholders!

Hope You & Verity are enjoying your post-Renishaw existence as much as Martin & I,

Nick