The harpsichord, predecessor of the piano, still has its special place not only within classical music, but also in modern productions.
While it is not a dynamic instrument at all, every hit sounds slightly different due to acoustic resonances of the body. If you sampled only one hit of each key, you noticed a static nature - especially within fast pieces.
Our classic harpsichord has been recorded with 8 velocity layers of each key, so most of the time, different samples will be played.
The release sounds were sampled with 4 velocity layers.
The lute stop register of the of the instrument is included as well.
To start from scratch, presets for Halion®/Reason®/Kontakt®/VSampler3/EXS24® or GigaStudio® are available. Recorded in stereo in 24 bits/96 khz, we dithered down to 44.1 Khz (GigaStudio®: 16 bits).
For a lively recording, we used Royer™ SF-12® and R-122® ribbon microphons through Mindprint™ DTC® preamps. There is no master processing to retain depth and dimension of the recordings.
- 8 velocity layers
- release notes with 4 velocity layers
- lute stop register included
- Halion®/Reason®/Kontakt®/VSampler/EXS24® or GigaStudio® presets
- wave format (except GigaStudio® version)
- no master processing
- recorded in 24 bits/96 khz, dithered to 44.1 khz
- DVD/2-CD-Set
- use freely within your music
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A high performance system is required (24 bit sound for 24 bit version, 512 MB RAM).
