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Soundiron – Waterharp
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Description
Waterharp is a deeply-sampled bowed and tuned percussion and special FX library that captures the resonant waterphone, first developed by Richard Waters. It also offers a wide selection of creative presets, ambiences and sound-designed pads, with an intuitive GUI for Kontakt and Decent Sampler.
The Soundiron Waterharp is a deeply multi-sampled percussion and effects instrument library that captures the heart and soul of the waterphone. This unique instrument concept was originally developed by Richard Waters in the late 1960s. Waterphones — also commonly known as Water Harps — are found in all shapes and sizes, but they generally follow the same basic design: a brass vessel with a hollow brass water chamber and a long neck. The top side of the chamber is adorned with vertical brass tines or bars. It is played by strumming, striking and bowing these tines, which resonate together creating darkly harmonic or dissonant tones and textures. The tines are cut to specific lengths and arranged to create scales as they wind around the body of the waterphone. Adding water to the chamber and changing the position of the waterphone drastically changes the pitch and harmonics that are produced when the instrument is played. The water chamber itself can also be played as a percussion instrument. Overall, the waterphone can be considered as both a tuned and un-tuned percussion instrument, but is most often used in suspense and horror soundtracks and sound design as a dramatic sound effect tool.
We played it with lots of different mallets, sticks, metal rods, fingers and palms, bows and even voices to explore every nuance and hidden musical potential of this instrument. We recorded it both empty and full of water. We even recorded it from the inside out using hydrophones (underwater microphones), while being cooked over open flame and while filled with machine screws. And finally, we created a wide selection of ambient soundscapes, pads, drones, ambiences and atmospheres using the recordings and all manner of creative sound design techniques to take this library to the next level.
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Contents
- Bowing (no water) Slow, Medium, Fast FX
- Bowing sweep (water) Slow, Medium, Fast FX
- Bowing 2-note legato
- Bowing Sustain (with and without water)
- Bowing Staccato
- Bowing FX grinding w/ tine buzz (with and without water)
- Bowing FX w/ magnets
- Bowing FX w/ hydrophone (underwater mic)
- Bowing FX w/vocals
- Bowing FX boiling at four different temperature levels
- Mallet Rubber (6-7 velocity layers – 6 round robin) at +16 tines
- Mallet Metal (6-7 velocity layers – 6 round robin) at +8 tines
- Hand Played “Metal Tabla” (10 velocity layers – 10 round robin) bottom and top
- Wooden Mallet (6-7 velocity layers – 6 round robin) at +20 tines
- Hydro Mallets (6 round robin) at +20 tines
- Rubber, Metal and Wooden Mallet Sweeps (Slow, Medium, Fast)
- Hydro-Vocal drones, phrases and more…
- Custom ambiences, including patches by Steven Tavaglione (Ambient music on Wall-E, American Beauty and more)
Multi-Format
This library is designed for the full retail version of Native Instruments Kontakt 6.2.2 or later. Kontakt is an industry-standard advanced virtual instrument software platform. You can view screenshots of this library’s custom graphical user interface in the image gallery above. This library is packed with features to provide you a wide range of sound shaping parameter controls, each one totally automation-ready in your host environment or Kontakt’s stand-alone mode. Learn more about Kontakt by Clicking Here.
This is a standard Kontakt open-format library, so the free Kontakt Player does not fully support it and can only run it in a limited “demo mode”. However, the sample directories are unlocked so you can use them in other wav-compatible software, sampler and synth formats. The special Libraries tab doesn’t support this open-format Kontakt library, but you can use the standard File browser tab and import this library into the Kontakt Quickload window for easy loading and navigation.
Product Specs
- 3,017 Samples
- 21 Kontakt 6.6.2 .nki instrument presets
- 15 Decent Sampler 1.11.18 .nki instrument presets
- 24 bit / 48kHz uncompressed PCM wav audio
- Unlocked Kontakt and Decent Sampler presets and wav samples to allow complete flexibility and freedom
- 100+ Bonus Pads, Soundscapes and Atmospheres
- Dozens of our custom convolution reverb impulses with a variety of different room, hall and special effect acoustic environments.
System Requirements
The full retail version of Native Instruments Kontakt version 6.2.2 (or later) is required to use .nki instrument presets included in this library. The free Kontakt “Player” and “Add Library” import process do not support these standard open-format Kontakt libraries. The free Decent Sampler engine is required to use the .dspreset instrument presets included in this library. Windows 7 or higher. Mac OSX 10.12 or higher for Kontakt. Mac OSX 10.9 or higher for Decent Sampler. Linux x86 64bit supported for Decent Sampler. Multi-Core CPU, 3 GB System Ram, SATA or SSD hard drive recommended for this library.
Click Here to learn about the differences between the full unlocked version of Kontakt and limited Kontakt Player. This software is delivered as a digital download, so a broadband connection is required. Please see our Help Page for download and installation instructions, tutorials and the End User Licensing Agreement before purchasing this software.
Specification
Size
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6.2GB |
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Brand
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Soundiron |
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Customer Reviews
9 reviews for Soundiron – Waterharp
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Amelia Cooper –
I was blown away by the unique sounds and versatility of this instrument – definitely exceeded my expectations!
Ava Morgan –
I was blown away by the unique and haunting sounds this instrument can create – definitely worth the investment!
Delilah Lawson –
I am blown away by the beautiful sounds this instrument produces. The samples are so realistic and add a unique touch to my compositions. Would definitely recommend!
Julian Powell –
The unique tones and textures produced by this instrument blew me away – definitely added some magic to my compositions!
Owen Ford –
The water sound is so soothing and realistic, it adds a whole new dimension to my music production. Highly recommend giving it a try!
Alice Ford –
I am blown away by the beautiful and unique sounds this instrument produces – truly mesmerizing!
Victoria Mason –
This instrument exceeded my expectations with its unique sounds and easy-to-use interface – definitely a must-have for any musician!
Leah Baxter –
This unique instrument has added a new depth to my music production, easy to use and sounds amazing.
Andrew Hunter –
I was blown away by the ethereal sounds and unique textures this virtual instrument produced – definitely a great addition to my collection!