THE INSTRUMENT

The Bandoneon choosed for sampling is an historic
Alfred Arnold of 50s.
40 keys on the right hand
32 notes in left hand

RECORDING

Take it!

I recorded the BAndoneon with a Neumann TLM103 large diaphragm microphone thru an amazing Apogee Symphony I/O converter with its own Mic Preamp card for the best audio resolution and musical details. All the 440 samples are in 96kHz/24bit resolution!

ANALYSIS

Observation!

By a careful analysis of the sound I found a great variation of the harmonic spectrum during the dynamic range of the reeds. This fact depends on the high quality of the hand made reeds of the instrument.
Yes, I tried to reproduce this amazing feature!

LAYERS & FILTERS

Composing the sound

I used 4 dynamic layers and 2 round-robins for each note of the instrument.

LOOPS

Play it again Sam!

All the samples of the Bandoneon are perfectly looped with "DSPQuattro" audio editing software. In this way, you can play very long notes from your instruments without interruptions.

PRESET 1

Full Range

The "Full Range" preset consists of both left and right hands notes mixed, it allows you to have a 56 notes (from F2 to C7).

PRESET 2

Left Hand

The "Left Hand" preset implements the left hand keys of the Bandoneon, with 32 notes (from F2 to C5).

PRESET 3

Right Hand

The "Right Hand" preset implements the right hand keys, with 36 notes (from G3 to C7).