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Double Bass Harmonica
Double Bass Harmonica
This big harmonica is a double-deck instrument with two hinged bodies, fully two-octave chromatic, starting with EE
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bass_harp_s1What it is about...

The Double Bass Harmonica is not exactly a common instrument. It was more popular several decades ago, when harmonica ensembles were more common. The bass harmonica is a double-deck instrument with two hinged bodies, the lower having all the natural notes, and the upper having all the sharps/flats – so it is fully chromatic covering a range of two octaves, starting with EE (like the lowest note on a bass guitar). Each of the holes of the harmonica has two reeds tuned an octave apart – thus this harmonica has 58 reeds total. The double bass harmonica is an "all blow" instrument.

What they did...

It was a tough cookie to catch the real timbre and authenticity of this giant harmonica. Thus Cinematique Instruments tested several recording settings in which we recorded at least every second note in a long sustained and a short variation. They ran with velocity layer and Round Robin variation and came out with three separate sample sets recorded with different microphone set-ups. Beside this Cinematique Instruments recorded a typical flutter fx and added some scripting to provide more opportunities.

What you get...
  • Dbl Bass Harmonica Close MW Flutter KEY (very close and intimate sound, key switched, long, short and release notes, flutter FX, additional script)
  • Dbl Bass Harmonica Double (bright sound, real doubling because of two different sample sets, long looped notes, additional scripts)
  • Dbl Bass Harmonica KEY (authentic sound, key switched, long, short and release notes, additional script)
  • Dbl Bass Harmonica Mud (rich and muddy sound because of three different sample sets playing simultaneously, long looped and release notes, additional script)
  • Dbl Bass Harmonica Triple Texture (pad alike FX sound assembled out of four different sample sets, additional script)

"Saturday Night"

"Drear Trees"
->Just the Bass Harmonica

For all Cinematique Instruments products Kontakt 4 or higher full version is required.

System Requirements for Native Instruments Kontakt:

MAC
Mac OS X® X 10.5 or higher, Intel® Core™ Duo 2 GHz, 2 GB RAM
PC
Windows® XP (latest Service Pack, 32bit) / Vista® (latest Service Pack 32/64 Bit), Windows 7® (32/64 Bit),
Pentium® 4 2.4 GHz or Intel Core Duo or Athlon 64, 2 GB RAM

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Supported Interfaces:
Stand-alone, VST®, Audio Units™, RTAS® (Pro Tools® 8 or higher) ASIO™, Core Audio™, DirectSound®, WASAPI™

Please note: All Cinematique Instrumentsi products will be delivered via email and direct download. The download link willl be provided within one business day after you placed your order online.

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