Which Harp do you recommend?

[DTrevino70]

I need advice in getting a Harp (not a real one), I\'ve been looking to Garritan\'s or X sample, since both are about the same price, which one would any of you recommend?, I know te X sample has another instruments but I only need the harp, unless the other instruments are really good too..thanks for your help.

Sorry for my english, im from Mexico

Daniel

[Sapkiller]

hi
I have the Xsample harp - and I love it.
I don\'t know how good the Garritan Harp is, but
the Xsample is great.
As for the other instruments, the psalter
and klavicymbal I haven\'t really used so I
don\'t know. The Celesta is more middle of the
road - its ok, but not excellent like the harp.

Bjk

[Doug Marshall]

Garritan\'s harp is also excellent. I would characterize it as intimate, close-up, beautiful stereo image. I\'ve never heard Xsample\'s. Are there demos of these sounds available anywhere?

[steve_t]

\"Are there demos of these sounds available anywhere? \"

Look here: http://www.m-r-d.de/xsample/xmp3_08.htm (\"http://www.m-r-d.de/xsample/xmp3_08.htm\")
Mp3 demo: http://www.m-r-d.de/xsample/harp.mp3 (\"http://www.m-r-d.de/xsample/harp.mp3\")

[Doug Marshall]

Thanks, Steve, for the link. From my experience with Garritan\'s and now hearing the Xsample demo I have to say both harps are really excellent. It sounds like the decision probably comes down to the implementation of the articulations, etc. - Doug

[A_Sapp]

Can\'t really go wrong with Gary\'s GigaHarp. It has a nice tone and you can create some pretty damned realistic glisses, and just appegiated works are believable.

[steve_t]

I havent tried any of them but on the Xsample cd you also get a Celesta that sounds very nice to me.

[drg]

Xsample harp is great. No problems at all. I saw a post about problems w/ some of the notes on Garritan\'s Harp, but I don\'t own it so I cannot say for sure.

[Z6]

I own the Xsample harp and think it\'s wonderful: well worth the price.

And yes; the other instruments on it are really good also - a great bonus.

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[Crispin]

I\'m a really big fan of Gary\'s harp. It has some really cool tuning articulations that allow you to create your own glisses that sound realistic and match whatever key/tempo you decide to work in.

Aside from the beautifully intimate sound and great imaging, you can also get a really gorgeous orchestral sound from it by running it through a reverb with the dry signal attenuated and a tiny bit of low pass filter.

It also has mutes and harmonics via the modwheel. Very cool and useful stuff.

Crispin

[Rach3]

Crispin,

What do you mean by \"tuning articulations\", and how does it affect the realism of the glisses?