Publisher : Soniccouture
Website : Soniccouture
Format : KONTAKT
Quality : 24 bit 96 kHz stereo
Requires KONTAKT 5 or KONTAKT PLAYER version 5.6.8 or later
Description : Soniccouture has announced its latest Kontakt Player Nyckelharpas instrumental library, which presents the sounds of a traditional Swedish musical instrument.
The sounds of Nickelharp, familiar and at the same time different from each other, pass a thin line. Nyckelharpa, a translation from the Middle Ages, translates as “key violin” in Swedish.
Additional Information:
The pitch of the notes is altered by pressing a wooden key, which frets the string. There are also 12 sympathetic strings, added in the mid 1700s, possibly inspired by the viola d’amore. They serve to add resonance, volume and a general zing to the sound.
This product features two different harpas: the standard viola pitch instruments, and an ‘octavharpa’, a cello tuned model.
Nyckelharpas features
Standard pitched nyckelharpa made by Sören Åhker: standard Swedish 3-row tuned (low to high) CGC A.
Cello pitched nyckelharpa (oktavharpa) made by Olle Plahn with the key box by Annette Osann. Tuned an octave lower than the normal nyckelharpa. This particular instrument has all four melody strings keyed and is tuned exactly like a cello – CGD A.
Close mics: stereo pair U87 (cello) Coles ribbon (viola).
Room mics: stereo pair U48.
24 bit 96 kHz sampling.
7.7 GB library (4.5 GB with Kontakt NCW compression).
Bowed, Pizzicato, key-off / up / down, sympathetic resonance samples.
Jammer – KSP generative arpeggiator.
Ensemble detune module.
Custom effects insert chain.
Custom IR reverb processor with Soniccouture IR library.
