New VST day!

TwilightOdyssey

Darkness on the edge of Tone
I am working on a new section for the big prog piece I'm writing and I needed to add some jangle, but didn't want acoustic guitar. Some scratching around on the Interwebs produced the Samplebase harpsichord VST.

It's a very comprehensive and realistic harpsichord VST; in fact, it's probably too realistic for my mediocre keyboarding skills, as I cannot figure out how to dampen the hammers from clanging when I hold sustained notes! :)

Still, it did the trick, even if I am only using it for adding colour to about 60 seconds of music.
 
Re: New VST day!

As the demo is quite long (over 10 minutes), it's going to take some work before it's ready for outside ears. :)
 
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Okay, this is probably against my better judgement, but here's what I have thus far.

Please note -- there is no bass guitar yet and THIS IS NOT MIXED. And feel free to stop listening after 5 minutes, because the back half is not finished yet. :) (For the very adventurous, it falls apart at about 9m 30s in).

 
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The VST instrument sound will almost certainly consist of layered samples. If the editing interface allows access to the sample layers, it ought to be possible to switch the hammer samples off.
 
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Didn't think of that, thanks. I actually just incorporated into the piece, as if I had a real one and had to work around it.
 
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That sounds great man! What are you using for string samples?
Thanks!

The breakdown on the synths/samples is:

Wurlitzer: Halion Synth
Grand piano: Halion Synth
Brass section: Halion Synth
Organ: Halion Synth

Harpsichord: Samplebase

Violin: EastWest Symphonic Orchestra
Cello: EastWest Symphonic Orchestra

Mellotron: MTron

Analog synths: David Smith MOPHO
 
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