Too bad his samples are really badly out of tune... that's why it is suuuper important to tune any instrument with more than one string per note before recording.
Then the fact that he chose an XY pattern for his main mics (rather than much more common AB/spaced pair or Decca, a spaced-pair derivative, both of which give the instrument, which naturally has quite a wide spread, a realistic spread), and the "ambient" position is mono; only one velocity layer but 7 RR? That is the weirdest decision I have ever heard of, especially for such a dynamic instrument! These things explain why it's freeware, I guess.
Here's my hammered dulcimer in action- there are a lot of great techniques and articulations that can be used. It isn't the most in tune, but you can hear it's much better than his samples. I will see if I can sample it this week.
https://instaud.io/2HX
https://instaud.io/2G6
https://instaud.io/2HV (plucked)
https://instaud.io/2HS (diddles and muted)
Then the fact that he chose an XY pattern for his main mics (rather than much more common AB/spaced pair or Decca, a spaced-pair derivative, both of which give the instrument, which naturally has quite a wide spread, a realistic spread), and the "ambient" position is mono; only one velocity layer but 7 RR? That is the weirdest decision I have ever heard of, especially for such a dynamic instrument! These things explain why it's freeware, I guess.
Here's my hammered dulcimer in action- there are a lot of great techniques and articulations that can be used. It isn't the most in tune, but you can hear it's much better than his samples. I will see if I can sample it this week.
https://instaud.io/2HX
https://instaud.io/2G6
https://instaud.io/2HV (plucked)
https://instaud.io/2HS (diddles and muted)
Sample library developer, composer, and amateur organologist at Versilian Studios.