The story
After sampling my Monington and Weston Piano I thought what next …
This instrument was made on 2 Sept 1966 by Hohner and belongs to my wife Jill, which she first played when she was 11. Jill played the instrument when I sampled it so I have recreated history 52 years later 🙂
This is the clean Melodica Soprano and at a later date I will mangle it and make some pads.
The major problem making this instrument (it probably demonstrates my “beginner” status for Kontakt Instrument making) is that it triggers every sample from the beginning. Thats fine for each breath or the first note played but if you already have a note playing on the real instrument the second and subsequent notes wont have the attack (breath) as air pressure is already inside the instrument. Hopefully a talented scripter may be able to help 🙂
Reviews for Melodica Soprano
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Don't sustain the highs!
This is a very lovely one - that is, if you avoid using the higher octave... Why that octave, you may ask. Well, if you play it as a sustain instrument, any note on that high octave will produce a not pleasant ringing sound, as if you just hit your head really hard. This can probably be fixed with some EQ though, preferably a dynamic one if you are going for a more complicated harmony.
The other part that I don't like is that each key has a click sound, but italso gives it some character that you might like. The option to reduce or remove it would be awesome!
A nice melodica
This is a well recorded melodica, and the addition of reverb in the GUI is welcome. There's a bit of unevenness in the attack of some of the notes, but I suppose that's part of the charm of the instrument.
A bit Honky but characterful
Its cool to have these more rare instruments on pianobook. We honestly have such a wide selection of free instruments here, its amazing. Although this melodica sounds cool and characterful, i find it a bit piercing and honky. Maybe blended with other instruments it would glue better but on its own its pretty unpleasant to me. I dont remember the name but i think theres another melodica on pianobook i prefer the tone of. This is still a fun and unique instrument though
