BBO Harps

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BBO Harps

€99

Also available as a 30-day .

BBO Harps

Audio
Overview
Articulations

BBO Harps

€99

Also available as a 30-day .

Three Harps. Big Magic.

When three harps play together on the large Stage A of Vienna Synchron Stage, something magical happens. Glissandos, chords and arpeggios played simultaneously by three harpists merge in the hall’s exceptional acoustics into a shimmering tapestry of sound that fills the room, and now your studio. BBO Harps brings this rare orchestral color to the Big Bang Orchestra and adds a touch of magic to grand orchestral swells, enchanting transitions and every moment that calls for wonder.

Audio Demos

BBO Harps

3 Tracks

Beneath the Surface

Guy Bacos

3:42

A Beautiful Nightmare

Overview

Ensemble of three harps, recorded together on Stage A of Vienna Synchron Stage
Glissandos in all keys and modes, up and down, in various tempos and lengths
Chords, bisbigliandos, looped and random performances, plus gong and thunder effects
Multiple microphone positions, including two different close mics per harp
Flow View for quick access

When one harp isn’t enough, the lush sound of three harps playing together adds rich, radiant and resonant colors to your arrangement. Composers have long known this: Rimsky-Korsakov writes in his orchestration treatise that at least three harps are needed if they are to be heard against the full orchestra. Stravinsky scored his original Firebird for three, Bruckner asks for three harps in his Eighth Symphony, and Richard Wagner called for no fewer than six in his Ring cycle. Modern film scores continue this tradition, doubling and tripling harps for that unmistakable sense of wonder.

Harps

The harps play in 8 different scales and chord types:

Major
Minor harmonic
Minor melodic
Dominant 7
Diminished
Pentatonic
Whole tone
Chromatic

In addition, you will find a slot that offers special thunder and gong sounds.

Mixer Presets

The most resource-friendly presets: Based on a room mix we created from all available room microphones, you will get an impressive sound that will help you to manifest your orchestral ideas on every device.

Microphone Setup

Main (Decca tree stereo)
Main (Decca tree center)
Main surround stereo
High stereo
High surround stereo
Mid stereo
Harp 1–3 close 1 (mono)
Harp 1–3 close 2 (mono)

Data Size

Sample Amount

12,688

Download / Installed File Size

6.3 GB

System Requirements

Minimum:

Windows 10 (latest update, 64-bit), Intel Core i7 or AMD Athlon 64 X2
macOS 12 Monterey (latest update), Intel Core i7
SSD (M2, SATA 6 or USB3/3.1, UASP Support - HFS+, APFS or NTFS formatted)
16 GB RAM
iLok Account for license activation on a physical iLok 2/iLok 3 key or in an iLok Cloud Session (the iLok Cloud requires a constant internet connection!)