Harpsichord

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• RAM Requirements: Supported OS: Mac, Windows Artist Contents Kontakt Format Specifications Videos The Harpsichord, a keyboard sensation from the 16th to mid 18th century, once ruled European music. This versatile instrument was a star in both Renaissance and Baroque compositions, shining both as an accompanist and a soloist. Distinctive in design, harpsichords typically boasted two or more sets of strings, each producing unique tones. The sound was amplified by a soundboard beneath the strings, which transmitted vibrations through a bridge. The strings were plucked with quills rather than struck with hammers, so a key could only produce one velocity. Harpsichords flourished across Europe, with production centers in Italy, Flanders, France, Germany, and England. These instruments varied in configuration, featuring different keyboard setups, foot pedals, and hand stops. Their cases were often exquisite works of art, adorned with inlays, paintings, and intricate surface decorations. The harpsichord's plucked strings offered a rich, clear sound that enriched the complex melodies of Baroque music. Nearly every Baroque composer wrote for the harpsichord, whether as a soloist or in continuo. We sampled a prestigious 18th Century Italian Bizzi Harpsichord belonging to Claudia Ferrero, an acclaimed teacher and renaissance performer in Europe. The instrument has been carefully recorded in order to preserve the unique sound characteristics of both of the instrument and the room. The warm studio is based in the beautiful countryside of San Raffaele Cimena, Italy. We've faithfully sampled every interesting sound we could get out of this instrument, with two stereo mic positions: Bridge and Soundboard. We captured the piano and forte registers, glisses, slides, percussive impacts, plucks, scrapes and taps. We've also included a wide selection of custom FX presets and plenty of our signature sound-designed ambient content, crafted from the raw acoustic source to give you complete creative freedom. ► WATCH NOW Artist Diego Manca Mura [website] Diego Manca Mura is an Italian-UK-based film score composer, artist, and audio designer. His sound features catchy melodies blended with experimental sound design, electronic and orchestral musical palettes. As a composer, he got credits in tv-series and films. His works have been used in documentaries for BBC, National Geographic, Arte, Sky, Discovery, Sony Pictures. He also produced music libraries for radio and commercials released by Universal UK/Strange Fruit Music. He also collaborated on the development of synthesizer sound-banks and sound sample libraries of well renowned brands and manufacturers. Contents is an Italian-UK-based film score composer, artist, and audio designer. His sound features catchy melodies blended with experimental sound design, electronic and orchestral musical palettes. As a composer, he got credits in tv-series and films. His works have been used in documentaries for BBC, National Geographic, Arte, Sky, Discovery, Sony Pictures From the 16th through the middle of the 18th century, the harpsichord, a keyboard phenomenon, dominated European music. This adaptable instrument shone both as an accompaniment and a soloist in Renaissance and Baroque music. The piano and forte registers, as well as glisses, slides, percussion hits, plucks, scrapes, and taps, were recorded. Soundiron sampled a prestigious 18th Century Italian Bizzi Harpsichord belonging to Claudia Ferrero, an acclaimed teacher and renaissance performer in Europe. The instrument has been carefully recorded in order to preserve the unique sound characteristics of both of the instrument and the room. The warm studio is based in the beautiful countryside of San Raffaele Cimena, Italy. Soundiron faithfully sampled every interesting sound they could get out of this instrument, with two stereo mic positions: Bridge and Soundboard. They also captured the piano and forte registers, glisses, slides, percussive impacts, plucks, scrapes and taps. Also included is a wide selection of custom FX presets and plenty of our signature sound-designed ambient content, crafted from the raw acoustic source to give you complete creative freedom. Product Specs Piano & Forte registers, Glisses, Percussion, SFX in two mic positions: Bridge, Soundboard 20 ambient pads and evolving drones created from the source content 22 Powerful Kontakt .nki instrument presets 24 bit / 48 kHz uncompressed PCM wav samples 20 Custom Sound-Designed FX and Ambient presets 3,448 stereo samples 5.37 GB Installed Flexible and intuitive multi-layer user interface controls, with LFO, filter, glide, and arpeggiator Full FX rack with convolution reverb with custom rooms, halls, chambers & FX environments The full retail version of Native Instruments Kontakt version 6.2.2+ is required. Similar Products 99 € $ 99 Realsamples The minimum required Kontakt version number for this product is stated in the product descriptio