Clavichord and Grand Harpsichord Betas.

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Clavichord and Grand Harpsichord Betas.

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I think the Clavichord and Grand Harpsichord are ready for some Beta testing.

The Clavichord is made of samples I got from a free source. Here's a description from the author's website:

Fretted clavichord built in William Post Ross's Boston workshop in 1969. Most of the workmanship was probably by Joel van Lennup and Lynnette Tsiang, who worked for Ross at that time.

The instrument has a unique "bent" soundboard based on an Italian clavichord of the end of the 16th or early 17th century, in the collection of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. 

Compass BB to D''. A is pitched to about 390 Hz. 

Samples were obtained from  http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Sound_samples  Samples were collected by Lou Cohen, the owner of the clavichord.

I did some experimenting in the soundfont with velocity, tuning and brightness. Connect the "Vibr." knob to your swell pedal and you can even get a little vibato effect.

Clavichord Beta


Clavichord Demo


Grand Harpsichord began as an expansion of the McCoy soundfont. I incorporated sounds from MT_Clavicembalo_884 which are a little more to my taste.

Grand Harpsichord Beta


All "Buff" and "Nasat" are made as rank modifiers rather than as separate stops. I thought this was more in keeping with the way Buff and Nasat really work. (I used to play and tune a real harpsichord in college.) Any harpsichord experts out there?

Constructive comments welcome.

Paul

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