The Soundiron Elysium Harp is a top - notch virtual instrument library featuring a 47 - string grand concert pedal harp. It's fully compatible with the free Kontakt Player and Native Instruments' Komplete Kontrol S - Series Keyboards. Recorded with extreme detail, this massive Lyon & Healy bronze concert harp offers extended articulation choices, advanced controls, and easy play - assist features. It has warm presence across the entire key range. Classic Finger Plucks come with long sustains, deep round - robin, and dynamic layering for each string. There are also Hard Fingernail plucks, Harmonics, Xylophonics, Bass Pedal Buzzes, and a wide collection of 194 natural Live Glisses in 19 scales and styles by harpist Jennifer Ellis. With lots of custom ambiences, pads, and unique FX presets, it opens up endless sound design possibilities. You can freely mix and route using 3 stereo mic positions (sound board, rear ports & room), and enjoy advanced real - time gliss and arpeggiator sequencers, instant pedal presets, precise tone and presence shaping, and a full FX rack for total creative freedom. The deep - sampled articulations include 8 round - robin variations per dynamic layer and many other types. The dynamic user interface provides powerful and automatable access to performance controls, with different microphone positions captured by Neumann microphones. It also has a mixer module, an adaptive arpeggiator system, a dynamic gliss generator, an intuitive pedal system, and a modular DSP FX Rack panel. The library has 12,145 samples, 30.6 GB uncompressed or 14.7 GB installed with lossless ncw compression, 9 nki Kontakt instruments, 63 nks snapshots, and 24 - bit / 48kHz lossless NCW format samples. It works with the free Kontakt Player (version 5.5.2+).
Using the Soundiron Elysium Harp is a breeze. First, make sure you have the free Kontakt Player (version 5.5.2 or later) installed on your system. You can add this library to the Kontakt 'Libraries' browser and register the serial number online through the Native Access app. When you start using it, explore the different articulation options like Finger Plucks, Harmonics, and Xylophonics to create unique sounds. You can use the 3 stereo mic positions to mix and route the sound according to your preference. The adaptive arpeggiator system and dynamic gliss generator are great tools to create interesting musical patterns. Just play around with the presets and tweak the options to get the desired effect. For the pedal system, select from the classic harp pedal configurations to snap your keyboard to different scales and keys. As for maintenance, keep your software up - to - date to ensure smooth performance. Also, make sure your computer has enough storage space for the library. And remember, if you want to use it in a full - fledged way, you can take advantage of the cross - grade discount towards the full unlocked version of Kontakt through Native Instruments.
