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Hi all,

I spent a little time trying to get a virtual version of 1974 Dulcimer of my stepfather !



I was seeking for realism, natural vibe and a warm woody sound and feel, something directly inspiring. With the feel of pick attack.
I made a precise mic placement and tracked stereo sample of every string in different tunings, to expand initial capacity of the instrument with full sustain. I added some fifth chords, hand percs, slides…

Record : XY pair of Neumann KM184 —> Preamp + EQ Universal audio 2-610 channel—> Universal audio apollo converters.
Edit : soft tuning correction with melodyne and denoise with izotope RX5 and nothing more.

Demo is played on the Nord. I layered the ns2p program with a pad version of dulcimer, that you can hear at the end of the demo. Another mp3 with all samples dry.

I'm selling it on my website in two versions : Nord nsmp & ns2p only or with Exs instrument + individual wav files.
You'll find it here :
https://www.anaelpin.fr/produit/1974-mountain-dulcimer-nord/

Cheers !

• SAMPLED DULCIMER DEMO.mp3

• SAMPLED DULCIMER ALL KEYS DEMO.mp3

This is cool.

Sweet! Well done!

Much obliged! Reminds me of the hammered dulcimer or cymballon used by Hans Zimmer in one of the Sherlock Holmes soundtracks. What a great 19th century sound!