Topic: Lautenwerck
While playing the Concert Harp in PianoTeq, I realized a way to create the sound of a Lautenwerck, or Lute-Harpsichord.
This instrument has gut strings and no dampers, so the Concert Harp provides a good head start. A few tweaks, and we're there. Here's what I did:
Start with the Concert Harp "Daily" preset; move the plucking point to around 1/10.0; increase the plucking brightness to about 1.70 for all three dynamics; lower the soundboard impedance to about 0.66; then set dynamics sensitivity to the minimum (1 Db), or create a flat velocity curve for the Keyboard.
Now we have a harpsichord variant with harp-like (or lute-like) characteristics. To my ear, this setting out-performs the Sampled Sets I have for the same instrument, giving a much fuller and more satisfying sound yet still with all the desired characteristics.
Score one more for PianoTeq!