Silver Octopus Studios
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Silver Octopus Studios
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ENGLISH CHURCH BELLS & CARILLON
Screen Shots of three of the libraries:-
Diatonic Peal Carillon 61 Diatonic Peal with effects A peal of 8 bells based on F#. The bells are situated in one of the highest parish churches in England at 1200' above sea level. MP3 DEMOS Grandsire Triples (Diatonic 8 in F# -Long Sustain). Bob Minor (Diatonic 8 in F#) 40 changes on 6 bells with narrower stereo separation. Bob Minor (Diatonic in G) As above but with original stereo separation Avignon Bridge (Carillon 61) There are several separate sets in the library as follows:- All samples are at 48k-16 bit 1. Diatonic 8 Bell set based on the original 8 bells. There are 3 sustain settings Long, Medium and Short plus a separate "Hour Bell". The bells are mapped to the centre of a 5 octave keyboard (F# below middle C to F# above). The Diatonic sets have been created so that players will not deviate from the original bell notes. Playing a note which is NOT in the diatonic scale will produce no sound. In addition the Diatonic 8 set has 10 sound effects covering rope noise, frame noise and click. 2. As above but with all samples pitch shifted up a semitone and mapped from G below middle C to G above. This has been done to assist those who have difficulty handling the F# Major scale. 3. Chromatic 12 Bell set based on the original 8 bells. There are 3 sustain settings Long, Medium and Short plus a separate "Hour Bell". The bells are mapped to the centre of a 5 octave keyboard (F# below middle C to F# above). Adjacent samples are different rather than merely being pitch shifted up a semitone. 4. As 3. but with all samples pitch shifted up a semitone and mapped from G below middle C to G above. N.B. The above 4 libraries retain the original tuning of the bells (slightly sharp of A440). 5. A 61 note carillon created from the original 8 bells. Long and short sustain versions plus Sub Octave, Unison Off and Octave couplers. The "Hour Bell" has been retained. The samples in the Carillon library have been retuned to A440 as closely as possible so that they can be used as part of an Hauptwerk organ. However, due to the nature of bells, there will be some minor tuning differences to the tempered scale on some notes.
Personal cheques in £ Sterling are welcome. However, due to the fact that I am traveling in Spain, please contact me by email for an address if this is your preferred method of payment. Users with a Paypal account or those outside the UK please click on the Paypal button. Thank you HAUPTWERK 3 VERSION £35.00 (inc Post & Packing)
Although created for Hauptwerk 3, a HW 1 version has also been created using the same samples. However, the HW 1version consists only of two libraries:- Chromatic 12 and Carillon 61 and differs slightly from the HW3 version because certain features are not available on HW 1. HAUPTWERK 1 VERSION £55.00 (inc Post & Packing)
* * * * * These bells were originally sampled for use by the BBC in the Ives Festival held at the Barbican in London and broadcast on Radio 3. The ring is quite well known and is considered to be particularly fine. We spent considerable time in finding a ring suitable for sampling since most are to be found in the centre of towns where traffic and other noise makes it impossible to achieve an usable sample. Ringing bells in the middle of the night is generally not accepted. Initially, we tried sampling the bells as struck by a leather hammer but this was not effective. The only way in which we could achieve the true sound of a ringing bell was to allow each bell to fall and strike as they would in real life and hope that we would not catch a second strike as the bell stopped swinging. This required great skill by the bell ringer. We have also included some noise samples of the frame, pulleys and ropes which can be used as required.
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