AUTOHARP 0€
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Thomas Newmans zither

It´s a perfect instrument to give your music a subtile highlighted shape.

We have recorded every single one of the 36 strings of the autoharp 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. There are also suspended chords as single glissando variations and some „scary“ random picking textures.
Kontakt 5.6.8. OR LATER
FULL VERSION REQUIRED		 Approx. 1.200 Samples
600 MB Compressed
Unique Metallic Strings Strumming and Solo Notes

This is what you get

an exciting mix of microphones
the velvety sound of the Schoeps mics, Neumann U87 as well as Coles 4038 ribbon

six articulations
beside arco, pizzicato, staccato, and spiccato, there are also unconventional articulationas like arco-fragile, textures and xylo-mallet-hits

an extensive number of round robins
up to 16 with up to four dynamic layer 		the ability to play different amount of instruments
all articualtions can be played either as solo viola da gamba or as an ensemble trio with trio with 3 instruments

additional fx
delay, chorus, amped and drive

nine reverb typles
beside several different sizes you get special types such as infinite and deep valley

Listen to some audio demos

Just a regular day Reasy
Autoharp Markus Reyhani Nice Layer of several Autoharp
Glass Pattern Eric van Gent
Waiting for the boat Eric van Gent

What is an Autoharp?

The Autoharp is a stringed instrument, but despite its name, the autoharp is not a harp. In fact, it´s a chorded zither with 36 strings lying over a soundbox. It has a series of chord bars, when depressed, mute all the strings other than those that form the desired chord. by doing so, you can easily play chords.
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. By turning 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.

What is new in version 2?
The Autoharp 2 now comes along with only one patch. That means we put together all the 7 patches of the previous version into only one - without loosing any features which the older patches provided. You can now easily switch between different settings or samples sets, edit the instrument or play the strumming and the note instruments at once, without changing or laoding patches. This increases the abilities and gives you even more inspiration and fun. Furthermore we improved the tuning and the sound.