Precisionsound Swedish Key Harp

Contains 289 individual 24 bit Stereo WAV samples & 11 programs each for HALion 1.* & NI Kontakt 1.2. And 4 SoundFont programs (16bit)

Typical Swedish hand crafted Key harp "Nyckelharpa"
probably most known by Swedish folk music lovers. The "cross over" world music instrumentalist Åsa Jinder has made the sound of “Nyckelharpa” more wildly spread & are probably the most famous Key harp player.

The bowed sustained instrument has both straight notes (2 velocity levels) & half note gliss&o "up" & "down" & 2 velocity levels of the resonator strings as release samples. Key click noises, both "up" & "down". Plectrum picked version with 2 velocity levels. 47 unique "clicks", "knocks", "hits" & "scrape" noises.

The complete SampleSet contains 289 individual 24 bit Stereo WAV samples & 11 programs each for HALion 1.* & NI Kontakt 1.2.

Now updated with 4 16bit SoundFont programs; "PS Keyharp Gliss", "PS KeyHarp Noises", "PS KeyHarp Plektrum" and "PS Keyharp Sus" and a special Kontakt 2 legato program combining the sustain and gliss samples for modulation control between the two articulation.


Swedish KeyHarp - Sustain 9 programs
PS Keyharp Sus R K
2 vel. levels notes & resonator strings (R) release samples & (K) key clicks
PS Keyharp Sus R
2 vel. levels notes & resonator strings (R) release samples
PS Keyharp Sus K
2 vel. levels notes & (K) key clicks
PS Keyharp Sus
2 vel. levels notes
PS Keyharp Gliss R K
gliss up & down notes & resonator strings (R) release samples & (K) key clicks
PS Keyharp Gliss R
gliss up & down notes & resonator strings (R) release samples
PS Keyharp Gliss K
gliss up & down notes & (K) key clicks
PS Keyharp Gliss
gliss up & down notes
PS KH Choruspad
detuned notes for a chorused beautiful pad sound