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garrigus
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 Posted - 07/30/2010 : 12:57:01 PM
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Orphica Piano, French Harpsichord, and Italian Harpsichord 3
 ORPHICA PIANO - produced by Realsamples. The Orphica Piano library offers an very special little piano: Invented by Carl Leopold Röllig, the small portable piano type was exclusively built by piano maker Joseph Donal at the end of the 18th century. Produced for merely about 15 years, the Orphica remains one of the rarest pianos today – worldwide, only 30 instruments have been preserved at the very most. Inventor Röllig was reminded of the “Lyre of Orpheus”, so he chose the name accordingly for what happens to be a predecessor of today’s portable keyboard.
The instrument featured in this sample library was built around 1798 and offers a slinky, charming and lively piano tone unlike any regular piano sound – thanks to its small size featuring three octaves, it has a different main focus: Twinkle-toed, yet present with chocolate-like mids and with the typical piano-like grace, it can be great for any piano track asking for a fresh, unconsumed sound...
Continue reading: EastWest and Realsamples Announce Orphica Piano, French Harpsichord, and Italian Harpsichord 3 in News. |
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otto
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Posted - 07/30/2010 : 2:54:22 PM
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There is a group buy going until Aug. 2nd for all of these instruments: 50% off.
Hi Folks,
after the great feedback on the last Group Buy at the beginning of the year and lots of people asking me if there'd be another one... It's summer, there's new stuff going on, and here we go!
This is a Group Buy for our Edition Beurmann series of historical instruments, giving you a 50% discount on the Edition Beurmann libraries, featuring rare harpsichords, spinets, old pianos and unusual instruments such as a Dulcitone celesta or a Lautenwerck, taken from the famous collection by Professor Andreas E. Beurmann.
Our latest releases - the French Harpsichord, Italian Harpsichord III & Orphica Piano - are included as well.
Any libraries in the Edition Beurmann series available in the realsamples shop (including the higher sample rate versions) can be picked for the group buy. Shipping is free within this Group Buy. EU residents will need to add 19 % German VAT to the total amount.
To take part in the Group Buy, just send an e-mail to info@realsamples.de, with "Group Buy" in the subject and let me know which libraries you would like to buy. Please don't forget to specify format/resolution.
You will then receive an invoice of the 50 % discount. When the invoice is paid, you are taking part in the GB and your order will be shipped. I can also provide a download instead, if required.
This Group Buy runs until August 02, 2010.
These are the candidates:
French Harpsichord
This one features a double-manual harpsichord from 1771 by Nicolas Pigalle. It has a very majestic, rich and full tone, featuring 5 different sound combinations.
Orphica Piano
That's a sweet sounding little piano! It was meant as portable breed of pianos and only built for around fifteen years in the late 18th century. Great to put that little extra spice to a song, e.g. for a melody on top where you need something else than a regular piano sound.
Italian Harpsichord III
Here comes an Italian harpsichord built around 1690 - with three different register combinations, it gives you a wide array of the sweet yet intense Italian sound.
Italian Harpsichord II
Another Italian one, this time 100 years earlier! From 1590, this one has a particular sweet and majestic tone that's one of my personal favourites.
German Lautenwerck
...the Lautenwerck is an instrument that was forgotten long ago, since no instrument survived to this day! It was Bach's favourite, so time to get it rebuilt, and here it is. The sound is reminiscent of a lute, but plucked more constantly.
English Spinet II
The English Spinet II library features a Spinet by Benjamin Slade from 1705.
Italian Harpsichord]Italian Harpsichord
This library features an Italian harpsichord built by Pierluigi in Liverno in 1579.
English Spinet
Spinet by Thomas Hitchcock, built in 1718.
Grand Piano
Grand piano by Erard, 1873.
Dulcitone Celesta
The Dulcitone is a predecessor of the celesta - it sports a very cool sound that's somewhere between a celesta, a piano and a glockenspiel. Great for a refreshing, unused yet familiar sound.
English Harpsichord
A double-manual harpsichord was sampled in this library, built by Jacob Kirckman in 1766, featuring the unique "Naselzug" register which is only included in Kirckman's harpsichords.
Dutch Harpsichord
Finally, a Ruckers original instrument! This one features a double manual instrument built in 1628.
Early Pianoforte
One of the very first pianos ever built, this is a Stein pianoforte. The Stein pianos were Mozart's favourites.
Pianoforte
This library features a piano built in 1848 by Traugott Berndt and offers a very shimmering, warm sound.
All of the libraries feature presets for all common software samplers including HALion, Kontakt (2 and higher), EXS24 or GigaStudio 3 and were recorded in the great sounding rooms of the Hasselburg estate using specialised gear such as custom-made Wagner U47w tube microphones in conjunction with Crane Song Flamingo preamps and Universal Audio 2192 digital converters, recorded in 192 khz/24 bits resolution.
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Nicolay Ketterer
realsamples
http://www.realsamples.net
http://www.myspace.com/realsamples
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Posted - 07/31/2010 : 10:49:23 AM
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I have their whole line, though now ordered their latest new stuff too. By their line, I mean the Bermann instruments. I just love them all. Playing period instruments that really sound great playing the music that fits the period. Incredible. At these prices!!! No brainer for a classical music lover like me, and I love the Vivaldi, Bach, Mozart, Beethoven periods.
Now they sell them in 44.1 khz. 24 bit for the price they show. For a little more, you can get 96 khz., or for even more, 192 khz. I just went for the 44.1 khz. myself, but you can later upgrade for the difference to the higher resolutions. I bought a whole ton of this stuff thru Best Service. Galaxy II pianos as well, which have just been updated to Kontakt 4. A bunch of other stuff. I really lost my mind this past Christmas with sales. I really need to be put into a straight jacket.
I've been focusing on sample libraries now, as I pretty much have everything but these at this point. These are the last area I can blow more money on this expensive hobby. |
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Posted - 08/01/2010 : 08:12:29 AM
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Yeah, I have a large sample library collection as well, but still can never have enough.  I just love the fact that I have access to so many different types of sounds and instruments. With a computer and some software I can make just about any kind of music that I want and with the quality of libraries these days, the music all sounds realistic. I would never have imagined being able to do that all those years ago when I first started. The technology we have available today is pretty incredible.
Scott
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Posted - 08/01/2010 : 11:31:08 AM
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Are you interested in any of these samplesets?
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Posted - 08/02/2010 : 12:01:28 PM
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| The Orphica Piano is an oddball one, but I'm just a sucker for this kind of thing. The ultra rare instrument. |
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