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Topic: Just Messing Around With Layers

Having fun creating unusual stops for the harpsichord, such as a 'mutation' of 2-2/3'. (I don't know what the limitation is for the diapason setting, but I had to revert to using transpose (see image) to move the stop up to the 5th.) Listen to the second section and the last section where a 4' stop is mixed with an 8'.
   By using the diapason setting to shift the layers you get the full compass of the keyboard, transpose does'nt offer the same - which is understandable. It's possible, therefore, to have a 16'+8'+4' setting for a really rich harpsichord stop. You could probably go 'mad' and have a "Jeu de Tierce."


Creating An Organ Inspired Harpsichord Stop


Beethoven - Sonatina I in G each section uses a different, layer-created stop

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Re: Just Messing Around With Layers

Nice lateral thinking - love the idea of pushing the diapason for transposition with other stops in layers. Super!

Result sounds like a lovely instrument.

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Re: Just Messing Around With Layers

Qexl wrote:

Love the idea of pushing the diapason for transposition with other [...] layers.

Thanks !

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I tend not to use exact values: ie 220, 440 & 880 but detune them for more interest and a fuller sound, say 220.25, 440, 879.75...