Anyone know of a good free harpsichord vst?

Cantabile
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Looking to do harpsichord solo on Beatles In My Life. Only need for this song. Did find RMI samples that play in NKI but not the best.

Thanks!

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You do know, of course, that it is actually a piano sped up on tape. :wink:

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Hi Thomas,

In a pinch this free clav plugin will make a harpsichordy sound. Might not get you there but it’s all I can think of that is free …

https://www.2getheraudio.com/instruments/ticky_clav_2/

Their string machine is nice too and also free …

Dave

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Corky is right though, if you take a not so great piano and artificially pitch the samples up an octave (no proper stretching) it should nail it. I bet the new Arturia Mellotron piano would rock that sound.

actually

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Thanks guys. I’ll take a look at that

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PMI used to have a very nice set of harpsichords for Giga that eventually got released for K2. They don’t seem to exist anymore and Sampletekk (what’s left of them!) has two of them for $12 apiece on their website. So, not free but pretty cheap. But then again, for close to 20 year old samples there may be better alternatives even in that price range.

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Hi Fred

1stly…how did you find that accurate illustration of me? I thought I destroyed it.

2ndly…I also believe the Arturia Mellotron would nail it. The original did not have the “pluckiness” of a harpsichord, because it was a piano.

Apologies to OP for going OT.

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“Because technically correct is the best kind of correct”

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