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No matter if you’re making classical music, writing underscores or producing hip hop beats, harps are beautiful instruments that can add a whole other level of atmosphere to a track. Unfortunately, many commercial harp sample libraries are pretty expensive – especially if you want to use harp sounds only occasionally. That’s why I’ve put together a short list of good free harp VST plugins and libraries on this page.
Free Harps & Celtic Harps
Versilian Studios: Etherealwinds Harp II: Community Edition
Formats: VST, AU, SFZ
Audio example:
A few years ago, Versilian Studios released Etherealwinds Harp. This free harp VST became so popular that Versilian has now published version 2, which updates both interface and sound. Etherealwinds Harp II: Community Edition is a reduced version of Etherealwinds Harp II, which the company calls “quite possibly the most complete lever harp library in existence”.
The 255 samples span over five octaves (C2 – A6) and come across very smooth, harmonious and easy to blend into any soft, dreamy arrangement. To get more control over your sound, you can change the amp envelope, volume, pan and reverb. While not accessible through the instrument interface itself, the download of Etherealwinds Harp II Community Edition comes with seven effect samples (.wav) and 16 vocal samples, taken from the vocal library included in Etherealwinds Harp II.
DSK Music: DSK World StringZ
Format: VST
Audio example:
DSK World StringZ offers more than just harp sounds. In fact, the instrument includes a total of eight world instruments: cumbus, dobro, kanun, koto, dulcimer, tar, Turkish oud and a Celtic harp. Obviously, this Celtic harp is what I was mostly interested in for this list. Playing around with it, I found the sound to be quite present and earthy as I would expect from a Celtic harp. I especially enjoyed the lower tones, which feel a little more mysterious.
The interface offers you control over the amp envelope, the fine tuning and a filter (HP or LP). You can also automate all these values via MIDI. One word of warning: The fine tuning slider does not give you numeric values or offer a simple way to reset (that I know of) – so if you change the tuning, it might be difficult to get back to the original tuning setting. One feature that DSK World StringZ doesn’t have is a built-in reverb. Obviously, you can always slap on your DAW reverb (or any of your favorite effects plugins) if you want to add more space. No matter if you’re looking for a Celtic harp or if you can use some world strings in your production, this is a cool little plugin to try out!
DAT: Microharp
Format:Kontakt Library; full retail version of Native Instruments Kontakt 4.2.4 or higher is required
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Audio example:
Microharp from Dream Audio Tools is another Celtic harp. In this case, a “very small wooden Celtic harp” was sampled with four round robins for each articulation. The instrument comes with two main articulations, picked and fingered, as well as with a patch that mixes both articulations. While the picked samples sound smoother and more traditionally harp-like, the fingered patch has an almost surprising “ethnic” feel to it. Its particular character might not work that well in classical pieces, but it could add some interesting textures to other genres.
The Kontakt library features four octaves, with the lowest note being C2 (not surprising due to the size of the instrument). For effects, it offers a delay and a reverb. Not a ton, but certainly useable!
To get DAT Microharp, you will have to add it to your shopping cart on the Dream Audio Tools website and check out.
Performance Samples: River Harp
Format: Kontakt Library; full retail version of Native Instruments Kontakt 5.5.1 or higher is required
Audio examples:
River Harp by Performance Samples is a little different from most instruments in this article. Instead of offering individually plucked string samples, you will find a collection of textures and glissandi here. The name “River Harp” is quite a fitting description of the sound as the performances come across as flowing and organic. These are the kinds of textures that we composers and producers would love to create and re-create with harp VST plugins but typically have a hard time doing so.
While the sounds themselves are fun, using them can be tricky because they’re not time-synced. While this is not such an issue with the glissandi (which you wouldn’t expect to stick to being time-synced anyway), it might take some additional time stretching work to fit the textures into an existing arrangement.
What’s really cool (and definitely not expected for a free instrument) is that River Harp is recorded with two mics (close and far), which you can mix and pan to your taste. This added flexibility makes the River Harp easier to mix. The creators of River Harp also want you to know that some of the tails are cut-off and only minimal noise reduction was applied (the honesty is appreciated!).
To get River Harp, you will have to check out through Performances Samples’ online shopping system.
Sonatina Symphony Orchestra Harp
Format: Kontakt Library; full retail version of Kontakt is required (unfortunately, I’m not sure which one, but I’m guessing 4 and higher).
Audio example:
Sonatina Symphony Orchestra was a project by Mattias Westlund. More than 10 years ago, he created a free orchestral sample library primarily aimed at beginner composers. Today, this original library is not online anymore, however, a derivative version still exists at Bigcat Instruments. This version also includes a concert harp patch, which I found surprisingly useable due to its straight, classical sound.
The Kontakt patch allows you to change the amp envelope, the reverb and the EQ (at 100 Hz, 1kHz and 5kHz – which turn out to be great frequencies to play with). I would probably use this with a convolution reverb, since the built-in reverb sounds somewhat unflattering (at least in the wetter settings).
Sonatina Symphony Orchestra Harp is super easy to install: Simply download and save the patch into your Kontakt libraries folder.
Other Harp Instruments
Decent Samples: Bowed Nagoya Harp (Taishōgoto)
Format: Kontakt Library; full retail version of Native Instruments Kontakt 5.3.1 or higher is required
Audio examples:
The Taishōgoto is also known as the Nagoya harp and is a relatively modern string instrument, being invented in 1912. The pitch of the individual strings can be changed by pressing a number of typewriter-like keys. Although the Taishōgoto is typically strummed, for this Kontakt library by Decent Samples, the instrument was played with a violin bow. So if you’re looking for a plucked sound, this instrument won’t match your needs.
Instead, this library offers a texture-heavy bowing sound that lies somewhere between viola, harmonica and world instrument (check out the audio example to hear what it sounds like). While this is maybe not the most powerful sound on its own, I could imagine using this as a layer to add an interesting texture. One drawback I found while playing it is that the samples are somewhat short and the loop very noticeable. Unfortunately, this means that the library is not great for creating longer static pad sounds (if you use different note start points, you can achieve a nice effect where notes are rhythmically fading in and out, though).
Besides ADSR envelope and reverb, you also have control over the level of the two microphones that were used: an Oktava mic and a contact microphone. Since these are quite different in character, I’ve found it fun to play around with them and dial in a sound I enjoy.
Freeware vst plugin pack installer. To get the Bowed Nagoya Harp by Decent Samples, you will have to register with your name and email address.
Over to you…
Do you know of any other good free harp VSTs or libraries? Let us know in the comments!
TimeStretch Player is a free online audio player that allows you to loop, speed up, slow down and pitch shift sections of an audio file.
This makes it a great tool for practicing or transcribing music.
It is developed by Jonas Wagner.You can read more about it in this blog post.
Usage
To get started open a audio file.The supported file types depend on your browser but mp3 and ogg should generally work.You can do this by clicking on 'Open Track' or dragging and dropping a file onto the page.On Android you need to select an App that can provide an audio file for instance google drive.
After you have selected the file time stretch player will need a few seconds to process it.Once it's done it will display you the waveform of the track. You are now ready.
To play the track you can simply press the play button or hit the space key on your keyboard.To jump to a specific location either drag the yellow play head with your mouse or click on location in the wave form.
To change the speed of the playback without affecting the pitch simply turn the stretch dial.The more stretch, the slower the playback will be.
If you want to shift the pitch of the track turn the pitch dial.This will change the pitch in semitone increments.For finer adjustments you can use the tune dial which changes the pitch in cents.
To loop a region of the track enable loop mode by clicking on the loop( loop ) button.To select the start and endpoints of the loop you can drag the handles atthe edge of the waveform display.Another way to select the loop endpoints is to use the [ and ] buttonswhich will set the endpoint to the current playback position.
The player will remember the settings you used for every file.This is helpful for practicing but if you don't like this behavior youcan also turn it off in the settings.
Keyboard Shortcuts
| Action | Key |
|---|---|
| Play/pause | SPACE |
| Set loop start | s |
| Set loop end | e |
| Toggle looping | l |
| Show help | ? |
| Close dialog | ESC |
| Rewind n seconds | 1.9 |
| Rewind | 0 |
FAQ
What file types are supported?
That depends on your browser. MP3 seems to be decoded by most browsers.Support for MP4, and OGG depends on the browser. FLAC seems to be generally unsupported.There is a table that lists the supported by file types on developer.mozilla.org.
What other similar software can you recommend?
I also wrote a similar tool for linux called play it slowly.
I get a DECODING ERROR what does this mean?
It means that your browser could not decode the audio file selected,likely because the file type or codec is not supported.
Why does the player stutter when it is running in the background?
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Browsers throttle websites that are running in the background to try to save power.This can interfere with playback.
Which browsers/devices are supported/recommended?
I develop using Google Chrome and Firefoxso those are the browsers that I recommend.
If you are using Android I suggest chrome, firefox seems to be too slow on Android.
Safari on a mac works too but is in my expirience more buggy.
Safari on iOS does not allow you to open audio files so while it might work in theoryit's practically useless.
Internet Explorer is not supported. Microsoft Edge should work but I didn't have a chance to verify that so far.
Are my songs uploaded to your server?
No! I respect your privacy. All of your songs stay on your computer.
Can I use this app offline?
Yes you can if you are using a modern web browser like firefox or chrome.
Offline mode is enabled. You can open this application even if you are offline.Offline mode is not working with your current setup.
Can I download the timestreched audio?
Yes you can do that using the save menu item in the top bar.
Changelog
1.3.0 (2019-08-18)
- Added the option to save files as MP3.
1.2.2 (2019-08-18)
- Made limiter a bit more agressive to prevent clipping
1.2.1 (2017-11-20)
- Added support for mono files by converting them to stereo
- Fixed a bug that caused audio playback to stop slightly (1 buffer) prematurely
1.2.0 (2016-07-01)
- Added offline support
- Added save/download option
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1.1.0 (2016-02-27)
- Changed stretch dial to speed.
Credits
Papers
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These papers inspired the design of the algorithms that power TimeStretch Player.But it's not using an exact implementation of either.
Improved phase vocoder time-scale modification of audio.
Jean Laroche and Mark Dolson
In IEEE Transactions on Speech and Audio Processing, Volume 7, pp. 323–332.
PhaVoRIT: A Phase Vocoder for Real-Time Interactive Time-Stretching
Thorsten Karrer, Eric Lee, and Jan Borchers
Open Source Libraries
This software was built using the following open source components.I want to thank all of their authors for making my life easier, and projects like this possible.
- LAME, compiled using Emscripten Source CodeLicense