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Spitfire Harpsichord

Baroque beauty

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  • Spitfire Harpsichord artwork

    Baroque beauty

    This truly spectacular harpsichord library features a beautiful baroque instrument, performed by London harpsichord virtuoso Steven Devine. Spitfire Harpsichord has been designed to blend effortlessly with our Symphonic and Chamber libraries, having been recorded in the same space — the world famous Hall at AIR Studios.

    We have also created a collection of atmospheres and pads derived from the organic harpsichord samples, presented in our Mercury Synth engine.

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    Requires Kontakt (full license)

    CTAO

    Kontakt Full

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    Playing the harpsichord

    Overview panel GUI

    The overview panel

    This is the main interface for melodic instruments. Its default view displays all available playing techniques, has a simple microphone mixer and includes the main feature controllers.

    General controls GUI

    General controls panel

    This view allows further in-depth control of the instrument, showing all available signals and feature controllers, as well as the ability to purge techniques from memory to reduce system usage.

    Ostinatum GUI

    The Ostinatum

    In this view you can add notes to a pattern sequencer, select which key it triggers on and then play for instant ostinato creation. It’s like an arpeggiator on a synthesiser.

    What's included

    Main

    • Spitfire Harpsichord - Hi 4' Lo 8'
    • Spitfire Harpsichord - Hi 8' & 4' Lo 8'
    • Spitfire Harpsichord - Hi 8' Lo 8'
    • Spitfire Harpsichord - Hi 8'
    • Spitfire Harpsichord - Hi Buf 8'
    • Spitfire Harpsichord - Lo 8'
    • Spitfire Harpsichord - Lo Buf 8'


    Other patches

    • Spitfire Harpsichord - The Punch Cog
    • Spitfire Harpsichord - Time Machine (Release)


    Chordospheres

    • 5TBU MW
    • 6bit return
    • A British Horror Story MW
    • A mystery remains
    • Celestial Tinnitus
    • Dazed nightmares MW
    • Deep underwater MW
    • Does not compute
    • End transmission MW
    • Ghosts shreak MW
    • Golden Days
    • Itch the Ticks
    • Mind Eraser
    • State of emergency
    • Suspense is suspended
    • Template - Synth
    • They come for us
    • Touched MW
    • Undo the past


    Mics

    • Close
    • Tree
    • Ambient
    • Outrigger

    Tech specs

    Mac system requirements

    Mac OS 11, 12 or 13 

    Both Intel and Apple Silicon/ARM are supported

    Minimum: 2.8GHz i5 minimum (quad-core), 8GB RAM

    Recommended: 2.8GHz I7 (six-core), 16GB RAM

    32-bit systems are not supported.

    PC system requirements

    Windows 10 or Windows 11 - (Latest Service Pack, 64-bit)

    Minimum: Intel 2.8 GHz i5 (quad-core) or AMD Ryzen 5, 8GB RAM

    Recommended: Intel Core i7 6th gen and later or AMD Ryzen 7, 16GB RAM

    32-bit systems are not supported.

    File size

    ~1640 samples

    3.3 GB download size

    6.60 GB disk space required during install

    Too large to download? Choose hard drive delivery at checkout

    Kontakt player

    Kontakt Full 5.6.8 or higher required

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