Autoharp

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The AUTOHARP is a stringed instrument having a series of chord bars, when depressed, mute all the strings other than those that form the desired chord. Despite its name, the autoharp is not a harp – It´s a chorded zither. It´s a perfect instrument to give your music a subtile highlighted shape*.

Every single one of the 36 strings of the autoharp was recorded in two different sessions (with different mic-settings), giving us two different sample sets. We also recorded all chords (major, 7th and minor) in legato mode, each in in 2 velocity layers and 5(!) times Round Robin as separate up and downstrokes variations. With the ModWheel you can control the amount of the chord glissando to get an authentic and vivid strumming feeling. We also added a script to control the amount of reverb.
As a bonus we’re also giving another draft chord patch, which contains suspended chords variatons (without the third) which are in gated mode – giving an effect similar to slicing – in 5 times Round Robin. There are also suspended chords as single glissando variations and some „scary“ random picking textures.

Autoharp Single Deluxe (Single notes, both sample sets 1+2 (true doubling), controlling reverb)
Autoharp Single Soft (Single notes, warm sound, sample set 1)
Autoharp Single Metall (Single notes, thin and metallic sound)
Autoharp Single Tremolo (Single notes, autoharp meets guitar amp)
Autoharp Single Percussion (Single notes, autoharp played with timpani mallets, processed)
Autoharp Chords LEG KEY (All different chord types, Key switch, ModWheel controls chord-glissando amount)
Bonus: Autoharp Chords (different sus-chord types, scary textures)

25 EUR (excl. VAT)

Autoharp-Demo 1

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Demo by Markus Reyhani

Autoharp-Demo ”Glass Pattern”

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Additional Instruments: Downbeat Box, Glass, Guiro, Kantele, Metallic Objects, Zeitter & Winkelmann – (additional Gong of an external Library)

Demo by Christoph Hart

Autoharp-Demo ”Wine Glass”

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Additional Instruments: Beach Towel Drums(*), Downbeat Box, Chimes, Glass, Metallic Objects, Percussion Set 1, Rhodes Mark I, Spring Drum

Demo by Eric van Gent

Just the Autoharp:

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Autoharp-Demo ”Waiting for the Boat”

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Additional Instruments: Kantele, Warm Butter**

Demo by Eric van Gent

Autoharp-Demo ”Anybody There?”

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Additional Instruments: Downbeat Box, Magnus Harmonica Organ, Metallic Objects,  Percussion Set 1, Spring Drum, Zeitter & Winkelmann –  (additional Strings coming from external libraries)

Demo by Eric van Gent

Autoharp 1stripe

* Autoharp. (2009, September 28). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 12:00, September 29, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Autoharp&oldid=316763311

The instruments marked with ** aren´t available yet. These are some of the next items going to be released.
For the Autoharp Native Instruments Kontakt 3 or higher full version is required

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