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Happy New Year! A time of celebration, hope for the future and .....bagpipes. There's always a sting in the tail isn't there? Recently a friend of mine asked me what I thought were the most useable sampled bagpipes available so I went to find out.
The two libraries I looked at were
Celtic Era 2 from Best Service
www.bestservice.com/celtic_er...
East West Ra (included in Composer Cloud)
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I also found a bagpipe recording on Splice
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[@charlesgaskell5899]

Greetings from Edinburgh! It's amusing to hear you talk about legato - because of the way the instrument works, legato is the

[@IanWaugh]

Only you, Guy, could make a video about bagpipes that kept me watching - and listening 😱 - to the end 😊 A Very Happy Musical New Year to you and your team.

[@jmacd8817]

I'll agree with your first assertion that we need more pipes.

[@DarrenCurtisMusic]

Eduardo Tarilonte always comes up with great libraries. There are also bagpipes in his Era II Medieval Legends, if I remember correctly. Also, maybe a slightly lesser known library is Dicky Deegan's Uilleann Pipes. Not bagpipes, I know, but they sound pretty good and have a slide control for the "legato" and separate volume knobs for the chanter, drones and regulators. Don't know what they retail at, but they were on sale at Audio Plugin Deals for like $15 or $20 awhile back.

[@mradisic11]

Thank you Mr. Michelmore for all the wisdom you give us. I always have a great time with your posts. This time, minute

[@lawnsmusicandrollercoaster9233]

The second bagpipe sound actually sounds awesome. Here's a tip for you though, bagpipes only go to a low g, in this case a low a flat. So try to stay within that range of the bagpipes, other than that it's a great sounding bagpipe sample. The bagpipe notes are as follows from lowest to highest. Low-g, low b, c, d, e, f, ig, and hi a. In this case, it would be the b-flat mixolydian scale. Low a flat, low b flat, c, d, e flat, f, g, hi a flat, and high b flat. By the way, I meant to say low a, I accidentally skipped a. On the lower notes on the bagpipes. But that is actually the range of the bagpipes. I actually play keyboard, and whenever I play the bagpipe on the keyboard, I actually try to stay within the range of the bagpipe. If I play any lower, you can say that I might as well be playing a set of uilleann bagpipes.

[@AnnexationMusic]

Unlockinging the secrets of bagpipes with Guy Michelmore is a great way to spend some of the New Year!

[@MarcusGPG]

Happy new year!

[@FLH3official]

I actualy love bagpipes!

[@MartinJG100]

My favourite sound on the bagpipes is when they gradually expire and the last drop of air escapes in a sort of depressing down tuned drone...and then silence.... Happy New Year, Guy :).

[@SaintElsewheres]

I like Bolder Sounds' Kontakt library the most. The have a triple bagpipe patch where you can detune the 3 pipes against eachother. You open about three or four of these patches and you'll have a whole battalion of these noisy buggers in no time, albeit very impressive sounding if that's what floats your boat.

[@KenMyrheim]

Happy New Year, Guy, and everyone else! I'm one of those weirdos who actually enjoy the sound of bagpipes. Don't know why, I just do. I know people like to make fun of bagpipes, but let's not forget Hans Zimmer won an Oscar for a score that featured (among other things) 30 bagpipes.

[@racl1954]

Hello Guy. Thanks for sharing.

[@MHlovesz]

Happy New Year! Thank you Guy for showing that sampled bagpipes can sound convincingly good!

[@janus8159]

Guy, the tunes of the great highland bagpipe are written in D Major. The instrument itself sounds slightly higher pitched than b flat mixolydian with tendency to b. Concert players can tune their pipe to b flat down. So an E flat Major Tune is perfect for example with brass. And of course the chanter notes of the pipes are not triggered separately, that’s why you are having grace notes

[@saedsounds493]

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[@andyp4673]

Happy New Year! 🍷🌟

[@PeterTMusic]

The ones from CineWinds Pro are my favorite!

[@beverlyvanwingerdenmusic4334]

I've written some Celtic music and the bagpipes I use are the Great Highland Pipes from Celtic Instruments. They are for Kontakt and sound great.

[@kayceparkinson9018]

Happy New Year Guy! Thank you for putting together all the content for this channel. I almost joined the society of pipers but considering the 2k outlay for a decent set of pipes passed on it. I use Dicky Deegan’s Uilleann pipes (Irish not Scottish) from XTant audio but really only the professional version will do. Fun video. Again, Happy New Year.