Publisher: Hephaestus Sounds
Website: Hephaestus Sounds
Format: KONTAKT 5.2.1+
Quality: 24 bit 48 kHz stereo
Description: Agatha, winner of 13 harp competitions, has been selected for our new Celtic Harp product. Agata was also the first to listen to this final instrument for Kontakt and praised the authenticity of the sound.
We met Agatha at a harp convention here in Italy. We were impressed with her performance and the way she brought out the sound from her instrument. Sixteen-year-old Agatha told us that she will soon be performing in Paris, and she likes to compose music, transforming music from cartoons.
Playback Mode Menu – You can choose from 14 different sound modes. You can also use the shift keys on your keyboard.
Live mode! – uses a special script for the best realism during normal keyboard playing and controls many samples, attack and release, noise, etc.
Sound Presets Menu – Here you can choose between 7 different sound configurations, controlling the stereo effect,
delay, reverb and equalizer.
SPECIAL FUNCTIONS Tab – Glissando is a powerful tool that is great for instantly creating realistic harp glissandos. To perform an aglissando, simply press the Glissando button and select a key using that tab’s dual menus (e.g. D and Major). Now you must press the 1st note of the glissando and then the 2nd note while holding down the 1st, but these 2 notes MUST be part of the selected key. Example: my song is in E major. So I need to create a glissando. Now I select E and Major using the menu. Now the major scale consists of the following notes: E, F#, G#, A, B, C#, D#
– If I press E1 (1st note) and G5 (2nd note), I don’t hear a SOUND!
– If I press E1 (1st note) and G#5 (2nd note), I hear a wonderful glissando in E major!
– If I press E1 (1st note) very softly and G#5 (2nd note) very hard, I hear a dynamic glissando!
– And vice versa!
The Bisbigliando works in the same way, but produces a sort of tremolo.
The HARPEGGIATOR tab is a tool that is well suited for creating rhythmic patterns according to chords or groups of notes. The tab includes sections: Rhythm, Global, Pitch, Timing, Swing.
Characteristics :
– Sampled at 96KHz, rendered at 48KHz 24-bit Stereo
– 5 dynamic layers
– 14 sound modes (GUI or key-switches)
– Live! technology to ensure the best real-time playing experience (not for all modes)
– MIDI CC 1 (Modulation) simulates the “open hand” harp behavior (octave)
– 7 sound presets to instantly call different FX settings
– Stereo, 3-band-EQ, Delay & Reverb controls
– Dedicated harp tools like Glissando and Bisbigliando
– Arpeggiator function
– Touch curve manager
– Pitch correction tool (both MIDI and Audio)
– GUI developed by Divergent Audio Group team
