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Blindfoldjump · Post by **Blindfoldjump** » Sat Oct 08, 2016 3:18 am

Hey guys!

I'm looking for a VST with Celtic or Icelandic or old Nordic- similar instruments.

Any ideas of where to look?

Cheers
Nick

coincidental · Post by **coincidental** » Sat Oct 08, 2016 7:31 am

Check out Precision Sound (if you have full version of Kontakt). There are others, but they were the first to come to mind for instruments in that area.

Blindfoldjump · Post by **Blindfoldjump** » Sat Oct 08, 2016 8:06 am

Hey Coincidental,
Yes I do have Kontakt!
Ah man... found a bunch of goodies on their site. Thank you so much for that tip, it's gonna be very useful

Aryaroman · Post by **Aryaroman** » Sat Oct 08, 2016 10:04 am

No more? Here's a strange market gap.

Blindfoldjump · Post by **Blindfoldjump** » Sat Oct 08, 2016 12:36 pm

Aryaroman wrote:No more? Here's a strange market gap.

Yes I very much agree!

So far I've only been able to find one more, it's called "Big Fish Audio Celtic Instruments".

Would have loved to find a collection pack of those kind of instruments.

Torchlight · Post by **Torchlight** » Sun Oct 09, 2016 10:24 pm

ERA II is focused on antiquated instruments but it has things like harps, horns and flutes that might be what you're looking for.

Also I think the Cinewinds pro expansion has Irish flute-type things.

fmr · Post by **fmr** » Sun Oct 09, 2016 10:33 pm

Basically any Ethnic collection has Celt instruments. They are very popular. Things like Celtic Harp, Irish Flute, Bagpipes, Uilllean Pipes, Fiddle, Pen Whistle, etc. are usually present. Ethno 2, by UVI, for example, has them all. Of course, they have a lot more.

Aryaroman · Post by **Aryaroman** » Sat Oct 15, 2016 10:57 pm

Some more:

Celtin Harp
http://www.cinematique-instruments.com/ ... _harp2.php

Finnish/Estonian Zither
http://www.cinematique-instruments.com/ ... ntele2.php

Some nice and inexpensive instruments on Cinematique.

Really dig the sound of Skyrim, would like to dig into that more with folk intruments like these, but I fear the "north" doesn't have enough developers.

evilantal · Post by **evilantal** » Wed Oct 19, 2016 12:20 pm

Xtant Audio has a good selection:
http://xtant-audio.com/products/

Ilya Efimov's whistles are also great:
http://www.ilyaefimov.com/products/ethn ... n-low.html

And Bolder Sounds has a good selection of pipes:
http://www.boldersounds.net/index.php?m ... goqn14d547

And there's the cheap tin whistle from Embertone:
http://www.embertone.com/instruments/shirewhistle.php

Aryaroman · Post by **Aryaroman** » Wed Oct 19, 2016 12:36 pm

Free Celtic Harp

http://www.hollowsun.com/hs2/freepacks/

evilantal wrote:...

Haha! I thought this thread had already pretty much died out and then KVR-post editor informs me you were writing a post the same time as me!

Aryaroman · Post by **Aryaroman** » Wed Oct 19, 2016 10:57 pm

Nobody seemed to notice, but VSTBuzz has a new Kontakt library up for grabs. It's called The Mither and it's some kind of very celtic-sounding northern cousin of mr. mandolin, made by composer Alexander Sparf.

http://vstbuzz.com/freebies/the-mither-for-kontakt/

And a little nod, for fans of a certain game I mentioned earlier here... I'm sure you'll find it if, like me, you've spent hundreds of hours invested in that cold world, occasionally taking shelter in the warmth of it's fireplace-lit taverns. Take a listen around.

Fleer · Post by **Fleer** » Sun Oct 23, 2016 3:19 am

Samplephonics have a Nordic Pop library.

Nordic-esq VST