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Bass Harmonica |
8€ no VAT
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Low Breathings...
This instrument is retired / will not be continued
The bass harmonica is a double-deck instrument with two hinged bodies, the lower having all the natural notes, and the
upper having all the sharps/flats – so it is fully chromatic covering a range of two octaves, starting with EE
(like the lowest note on a bass guitar). Each of the holes of the harmonica has two reeds tuned an octave apart – thus this harmonica has 58 reeds total.
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| KOntakt 5.6.8. OR LATER FULL VERSION REQUIRED |
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Approx. 1.200 Samples 600 MB Compressed |
| Unique Instrument & Sound |
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Several different Patches |
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Listen to some audio demos
Saturday Night |
Eric van Gent |
Drear Trees (solo) |
Eric van Gent |
The Bass Harmonica
The double bass harmonica is not exactly a common instrument. It was more popular several decades ago, when harmonica ensembles were more common. The bass harmonica is a double-deck instrument with two hinged bodies,
the lower having all the natural notes, and the upper having all the sharps/flats – so it is fully chromatic covering a range of two octaves, starting with EE (like the lowest note on a bass guitar).
Each of the holes of the harmonica has two reeds tuned an octave apart – thus this harmonica has 58 reeds total. The double bass harmonica is an “all blow” instrument.
It was a tough cookie to catch the real timbre and authenticity of this giant harmonica. Thus we tested several recording settings in which we recorded at least every second note in a long sustained and a short variation.
We ran with velocity layer and Round Robin variation and came out with three seperate sample sets recorded with different microphone set-ups. Beside this we recorded a typical flutter fx and added some scriptings to provide more opportunities.
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