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Molotow114 · Post by **Molotow114** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 8:46 am

Hi everybody !

Could you recommend me some good Harpsichord sounds VST ? I used EDIROL Hyper Canvas only and I think about M-Audio Key Rig or Kontakt.

Best regards!

fandango · Post by **fandango** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 9:00 am

Well, I quite like the one that comes with the Kontakt2 library. My grandad used to build Harpsichords and the one in Kontakt sounds quite nicely sampled to my ears. It even includes the *dukk* sound of the key lifting back up.

Bit of an expensive reason to buy Kontakt though.

If you have another sampler that handles Kontakt/Giga etc., I'd look into specialised Harpsichord sample packs such as those provided by PostPiano or EastWest etc. as you're probably going to get the most authentic Harpsichord sound that way. I don't think many synthesized (FM or otherwise) VST Harpsichords come close to the plucked sound of a sampled Harpsichord.

Molotow114 · Post by **Molotow114** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 9:15 am

Hi, thank you for the answer. Yes I'm looking for "pure" and not synth harpsichords. I need them to record runs played together with the guitar (power/speed metal). I think that Kontakt will be the thing I need. A friend of mine uses EW Colossus but I don't like the sound of pianos and harpsichord there.

AKJ · Post by **AKJ** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 9:52 am

the flemish one in sampletekk/pmi historic keyboards is the best I heard.

cheers,akj

olepro · Post by **olepro** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 10:29 am

There's a great one in "Pianoteq" that's not sampled.

http://www.pianoteq.com/audio/couperin- ... ieuses.mp3

Voidoid Surrealist · Post by **Voidoid Surrealist** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 10:59 am

Before you spend any money, give the free Blanchet 1720 soundfont a try. It's certainly your best option in that price range.

marce · Post by **marce** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 7:20 pm

Voidoid Surrealist wrote:Before you spend any money, give the free Blanchet 1720 soundfont a try. It's certainly your best option in that price range.

+1 Very nice

YBaCuO · Post by **YBaCuO** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 7:22 pm

Garritan Personal Orchestra also has a couple of harpischords along with just about everything else ...

jens · Post by **jens** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 7:48 pm

marce wrote:
Voidoid Surrealist wrote:Before you spend any money, give the free Blanchet 1720 soundfont a try. It's certainly your best option in that price range.
+1 Very nice

agreed - it's beautyful

fandango · Post by **fandango** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 9:19 pm

Voidoid Surrealist wrote:Before you spend any money, give the free Blanchet 1720 soundfont a try. It's certainly your best option in that price range.

Wow, I just downloaded that and it's a beauty!

Just been comparing the Kontakt one to this set. Doesn't have the release samples, but there's no denying that coupled with rgcaudio SFZ, that could solve the OP's needs without resorting to Kontakt. There's also 4 different presets here. With kontakt, you just get the one harpsichord. Though it sounds a bit cleaner than these ones. (but once again, we're talking a massive difference in price)

Voidoid Surrealist · Post by **Voidoid Surrealist** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 9:24 pm

IIRC, there was another much smaller freeware harpsichord soundfont out there that had some okay release samples, if I find it again, you might try adding them to the sf2 at a low volume and see how it sounds…

Voidoid Surrealist · Post by **Voidoid Surrealist** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 9:30 pm

Here we go, it's MT_Clavicembalo884, ignore the fact the site says it's a piano

Dinky little thing that doesn't sound all that great by today's standards, but if you lowered the volume of the release samples and added them to Blanchet 1720, it might just work.

ianweb123 · Post by **ianweb123** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 9:38 pm

Richman2 has a harpsichord patch which sounds like this:

Example1

Example2

It is free to try.

Molotow114 · Post by **Molotow114** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 8:19 am

Thank you guys for the info !!

Architeuthis · Post by **Architeuthis** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 8:23 am

realsamples harpsichord?: http://www.sampling-cds.com/