Autoharp v3.5 is a Kontakt instrument from Cinematique Instruments that models the autoharp, a chorded zither with 36 steel strings. It offers plucked, muted and bowed articulations, a strumming engine, glissando and tremolo.
The autoharp is a chorded zither with 36 steel strings, and it is often used to add a light, textured shape to a track. Autoharp v3.5 is built for Kontakt and focuses on capturing that sound in a realistic, organic way. Cinematique Instruments recorded the main articulations with a condenser microphone, using four round robins and three velocity layers per note. The result is a library of roughly 900 samples totaling about 700 MB of compressed data.
Autoharp v3.5 includes several playing styles. Thumb plucks the strings with a thumb, Hammer uses a piano hammer, and Rough is the plectrum articulation carried over from Autoharp v2. Muted damps the strings for a close, pizzicato-like tone, and Bowed draws a violin bow across the instrument for a distinct, organic sound.
The articulations can be layered. Adding Muted to Bowed, for example, creates combinations that are not possible with a single playing style.
The strumming engine provides both strummed notes and dead notes. A step sequencer lets you choose, step by step, whether each step plays a note, a dead note or nothing, and these patterns can be programmed dynamically.
The Strumming Speed Slider sets how quickly the strums occur, from fully quantized to close to a glissando. Glissando and tremolo are also included, with tremolo triggered by the release of a note.
Formats, systems and requirements as listed by Plugin Boutique. Missing details are left out, not guessed.
| Developer | Cinematique Instruments |
|---|---|
| Type | Plugin |
| Category | Kontakt Instrument |
| Requires | Kontakt |
| Formats | Kontakt |
Autoharp v3.5 is a Kontakt instrument and requires the full version of Kontakt 5.8.1 or higher. It will not run in demo mode in the free Kontakt Player.
Autoharp v3.5 is available in the Kontakt format.
The instrument includes Hammer, Thumb, Rough, Muted, Bowed and Strummed/Dead Notes. Muted and Bowed are among the most distinctive, and they can be combined.
A step sequencer decides per step whether to play a note, a dead note or nothing. The Strumming Speed Slider sets the timing of the strums, from fully quantized to almost glissando.
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