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17th Small Italian Sf2-Eng

This document describes a soundbank for a virtual 17th century Italian harpsichord. It has one manual and two 8' stops, plus a lute stop. The bank aims to faithfully reproduce the sound with one sample per note, lasting up to 15 seconds. It was recorded dry and transposed to A=440 Hz for easier use. The bank is freely distributed under a license prohibiting commercial use or modification of the samples.

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17th Small Italian Sf2-Eng

This document describes a soundbank for a virtual 17th century Italian harpsichord. It has one manual and two 8' stops, plus a lute stop. The bank aims to faithfully reproduce the sound with one sample per note, lasting up to 15 seconds. It was recorded dry and transposed to A=440 Hz for easier use. The bank is freely distributed under a license prohibiting commercial use or modification of the samples.

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17th SMALL ITALIAN HARPSICHORD

sf2 version

PRESENTATION :

Using this soundbank in a sampler, you can play a virtual harpsichord copied after a 17th century anonymous
italian harpsichord. It has one manual, two 8' stops, plus a lute stop.

Please note that with a real harpsichord, you can play the first stop alone, or the second stop alone, or the first and
the second together, but you cannot play the lute with them. The lute can only be played alone. Respect this...

SOUND ESTHETICS

This bank has been created according to the following aims : we tried to produce the best soundbank possible,
without any concession, i.e. without any consideration of size.

1) According to this, we have one sample for each note, and it lasts as long as the sound is audible : the files last
between 4 et 15 seconds, but in sf2 format, there are no release samples.

2) You may find this recording too dry, not reverberated enough. It is a deliberate choice, because we want this
bank to be used in many contexts, mainly in a sequencer. So, it is possible to modify its sound, and add some
reverberation or other effects, exactly as the user likes, what would have been impossible with a less neutral sound
(for ex : church or concert hall).

3) The harpsichord has been tuned to A 415 Hz and to equal temperament. But, in order to make it easier to use
with most of modern instruments (in a sequencer for example), we transposed a semi-tone, to get a 440 Hz tuned
harpsichord. So you can play it in your compositions without problem.
LICENCE

The 17th SMALL ITALIAN : CONDITIONS OF USE

Copyright by Eric BRICET et Jean Yves GARET. August, 28th 2007

The soundbank « 17th Small Italian » has been sampled by Eric Bricet and Jean Yves Garet, in August 2007. The
authors have decided to distribute it freely to anyone who will find it useful.

The free licence grants you the right to use the soundbank according to these conditions :

§ 1 - The licence is granted for an indefinite period of time. Were the obligations of this contract not respected, we
could require the user not to use the bank anymore.

§ 2 - It is forbidden to sell this soundbank or to insert the samples in any commercial application. It is forbidden to
modify the samples (except for a strictly personal use). However, it is possible to create new mapping files (for any
software) but this has to be reserved for personal use, and these creations have to be transmitted to the authors, who
might distribute them freely. Public use and recordings are accepted freely.

§ 3 - Even if it is distributed without any restriction, the authors keep property and rights on the soundbank «Le
Petit Italien ».

§ 4 - If the user do not comply with these conditions, it could lead to legal prosecution. The court of jurisdiction
will be in France. The french version of this contract will be applied.

Commercial distribution of this soundbank is illegal and can lead to legal action.

§ 5 - It is forbidden to distribute this soundbank without permission.

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