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Herman Witkam · Post by **Herman Witkam** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 4:28 am

R.A.W. Presents:
The Bretonic Bombarde
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A double reed wooden shawm.

http://www.herman-witkam.com/raw/

Listen to an mp3 demo:
http://www.herman-witkam.com/audio/around_the_fire.mp3

Gregjazz · Post by **Gregjazz** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 6:09 am

Woah, I just got your other sounds this afternoon, and now you've got another instrument finished!

Wow, downloading now...

In fact, I'm working on a song right now that features one of your instruments -- the Tarka, I believe.

Keep up the awesome work!

Patrice Brousseau · Post by **Patrice Brousseau** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 3:45 pm

Hi Herman,

First, let me thank you for these well-made and unusual sounds.

Second, I have a problem with the Bombarde. It is not working for me in VSampler 3.5 in giga 2.5 format. The two others sounds (in the same format), were working normally...

Someone got it making some sounds in Gigastudio or
Kontakt???

Noox · Post by **Noox** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 3:56 pm

Thank you for this one Herman.

tl · Post by tl » Sat Jan 22, 2005 4:37 pm

Would it be possible to release your samplepacks as wavefiles, too?
I have no sampler plug which loads giga files.

I really like your 'Peruvian Tarka' & 'Percussion FX' packs.

tl.

Herman Witkam · Post by **Herman Witkam** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 7:37 pm

I don't know about the limitations of free demos of sample format converters, but I think you should try:

Chickensys Translator (www.chickensys.com)
CdXtract (www.cdxtract.com)

Herman Witkam · Post by **Herman Witkam** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 7:48 pm

gugusse wrote:Hi Herman,

First, let me thank you for these well-made and unusual sounds.

Second, I have a problem with the Bombarde. It is not working for me in VSampler 3.5 in giga 2.5 format. The two others sounds (in the same format), were working normally...

Someone got it making some sounds in Gigastudio or
Kontakt???

The Giga editor has its own ways now and then. It sometimes saves as GS3 format when it's supposed to be saved in GS2.5. I'll reupload the file to make sure it works correct. Try again in about 15 minutes

Klemperer · Post by **Klemperer** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 7:52 pm

you write at your website:

You wouldn't believe how loud the instrument sounds when you see the small double-reed shawm.

Well actually I bought a bombarde at Heidelberg many years ago and my neighbours found my really skilled playing

was actually a bit too loud

so I had to stop it (and in the meantime I had killed the little thing in which you blow too, don't know the english name

)
Thanks very much for sharing!!!

Herman Witkam · Post by **Herman Witkam** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 9:22 pm

The reed.
Yeah. I messed up a reed a few months ago. This was the last one, so I just ordered a backup reed at some German website. I also ordered one of those bagpipe practice chanters, cause I heard they sound pretty neat.

Patrice Brousseau · Post by **Patrice Brousseau** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 9:43 pm

Herman Witkam wrote:
The Giga editor has its own ways now and then. It sometimes saves as GS3 format when it's supposed to be saved in GS2.5. I'll reupload the file to make sure it works correct. Try again in about 15 minutes

Well, not functionning at all (no sound) loading giga 2.5 version but if I export as sf2 inside VSampler, it plays fine... except that I miss the keyswitches in the second patch (staccato).

Herman Witkam · Post by **Herman Witkam** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 9:59 pm

O, I thought it was the version error thing again. Well, after trying them you can add feedback on the guestbook page:
http://two.guestbook.de/gb.cgi?gid=802432&prot=rttuwi

Herman Witkam · Post by **Herman Witkam** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 10:28 pm

A little teaser from the next patch:
http://www.herman-witkam.com/raw/files/AvG_7.wav

Herman Witkam · Post by **Herman Witkam** » Sun Jan 23, 2005 5:10 pm

New user demo by Per Khilborg using the Bombarde and the Tarka phrases:
http://www.herman-witkam.com/raw/user_d ... mbarde.mp3

Caleb · Post by **Caleb** » Sun Jan 23, 2005 10:43 pm

Herman, I can confimr the VSampler problem with Bombarde and the Giga 2.5 version.

I re-downloaded last night and there was no difference.

It's strange because it didn't happen for any of your other instruments.

Caleb

Noox · Post by **Noox** » Sun Jan 23, 2005 11:44 pm

Here's a traditional example of bombarde's use in a bagad (breton folkloric band).

If you're looking for some of the best handmade reeds (at least, they're said to be in brittany), try to get some made by Daniel Le Noan.

R.A.W. Bretonic Bombarde