Hammered Dulcimer v2

P2P | 02 August 2022 | 937MB

62 TRAPEZOIDAL STRINGS

The Hammered Dulcimer is a high fidelity sounding string instrument with 31 pairs of strings. Its sound is well-known in film scores and in ethnic Arabian music. It is a wonderful instrument to enrich your music with lovely strings’ shining and glimmering sound. The Hammered Dulcimer is a stringed instrument with 31 string pairs stretched over a trapezoidal soundbox. Usually, the Hammered Dulcimer is set on a stand in front of the musician, who holds small wooden mallet hammers to strike the strings. The dulcimer has two bridges, a bass bridge near the right and a treble bridge on the left side. The bass bridge holds up bass strings, which are played to the left of the bridge. The treble strings can be played on either side of the treble bridge; playing them on the left side gives a note a fifth higher than playing them on the right. The strings of a Hammered Dulcimer are found in pairs, two strings for each note. Each set of strings is tuned in unison and is called a course. As with a piano, using multiple strings per course makes the instrument louder. However, as the courses are rarely in perfect unison, usually it results in a chorus effect – such as with a mandolin.

Hammered Dulcimer HALion

P2P | 5 June 2022 | 1 GB

BEAUTIFUL SOUNDS CRAFTED FOR BIG SCORES

The beautifully sampled Hammered Dulcimer brings its dark and exotic sound directly to HALion. It was recorded with different mallets and sticks in two mic positions to create gleamy and fascinating atmospheres.

Hammered Acoustic Guitar v1.5

P2P | 05.02.2020 | 5.39 GB

Hammered Acoustic Guitar (HAG) is the result of „playing“ an Ibanez AE acoustic guitar with drum sticks and brushes. In order to make it punchy and powerful we used two steel strings and tuned them to same pitch. This way we could maintain a slight modulation of the sound, a beat frequency. But we did not stop after recording single notes. In fact, we have expanded the concept and did additional recording sessions dedicated to percussion and effect sounds. Especially the FX content is heavily processed and offers great material for musical sound design. Check out the special features of each package in the tab menu below. Also, you shouldn’t miss to take a closer look at the patch list.

Santur KONTAKT

TALULA | 30.03.2020 | 508 MB

Again we have set a great focus on creating an instrument with an organic and realistic feel. We have beaten the 72 metallic strings with two different kind of mallets. We have used a hard mallet that creates the typical bright, rather clear sound as well as a soft mallet which generates a more mellow, less aggressive timbre. The overall sound can be altered by determining the length of the notes, adding distortion or adjusting the high as well as the low frequencies. The Santur provides our – from Hammered Duclimer known – „Tremolo-Option“ which can be controlled in different ways. Generally the tremolo option is capable of creating a very tragic and dramatic. The Santur is an extraordinary instrument with quite a lot of possibilites which you can use to add a special character to your music.