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The Ghent Carillon







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This sf2 soundbank, called the Ghent Carillon, is made with free samples found on the following site :
http://bimbam.be/EN/klokken.html

They are mono but good sounding, and respect the resonance of the 54 bells, from B flat to F, on 4 octaves. The samples have been converted from mp3 to wave, and regularly disposed in space from left to right, using the pan adjustement in the soundfont with Vienna Soundfont.

In this belfry, there are no bells for the B and the C sharp of the first octave. To respect the original instrument, i did not add these missing notes. If you want them, and if you know how to make soundfont, you can interpolate them easily. The whole soundfont weighs 26,2 MB. If you want the Hauprtwerk version, please go to Soni Musicae / Hauptwerk.



If you want to know how it sounds, you can ear this little tune, a shepherd's song from 1526, that was played each hour in the Ghent belfry :

                Original version (high notes)                              Around 2 octaves lower version

                   Ik zag Cecilia komen                                       Ik zag Cecilia komen 2


Download the Ghent Belfry Carillon, in sf2 format, a 9,6 MB self-extracting zip archive :
  Ghent Carillon


The sf2 version is compressed with sfark. To decompress it, you must use this software which exists for Windows, Mac OSX and Linux, downloadable there :  http://melodymachine.com/sfark.htm

If you are interested in seeing pictures of the Ghent belfry carillon, you can find good ones on a flemish site,  There

If you use Hauptwerk 1 or MyOrgan, you can find a version adapted to those softwares on Soni Musicae / Hauptwerk


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The Grandfather's Clock


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This little soundbank gives you the grandfather's clock you ever dreamt of, and its true original tick-tack you need for suspense purpose. This clock has a special deep and heavy sound.  

the sounds are organized on the keyboard as follows :

- B2 : looped tick-tack as long as you press the key.
- C3 to B3 : All the strokes from 1 to 12, 1 hour on C and 12 on B, with the noise of mechanism.
- C4 to B4 : almost the same thing, but without the noise of mechanism.
 
Before you download the soundbank, please read the license and conditions of use


The Sound

Please do not give direct link for download on forum or web sites !

Download the sound bank "Grandfather's clock"
 Kontakt 2 (46 Mb)
The sf2 version is compressed with sfark. To decompress it, you must use this software which exists for Windows, Mac OSX and Linux, downloadable there :  http://melodymachine.com/sfark.htm
This is our first sound bank to be turned in a vst and standalone software with Maize Sampler. It does not need any sampler application to be played. You can use it as you like, easier than ever...

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Download the virtual instrument "Grandfather's Clock" :

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