Hi there, I have a question.
Do somebody knows of there is a electronic harp like the sound of the Andreas Vollenheimer harp for Kontakt?
Thanks in Advance, Kees from Holland.

 

Vollenweider, not Vollenheimer

 

Thank you for correcting the name

 

you might checkout AudioXpression - Xtreme Harp. 68 mb! it is still on the sister site and rutracker,

 

Thanks, I am gone try this

 

Project SAM - Concert Harp EXP(Kontakt) is good enough for me. I know it´s old, but still gold

Edit: wrong answer, since it was electric harp, though you fx the shit of out it

 

Andreas Weider Voll or Andreas Voll im Eimer or Andreas Voll im Heim. LOL Anyway Nothing of them of course...Wortspiele...He is a Great rare but the most Famous Harp Player for me with a Unique Sound and Roots of the 80s (However...Times where Melodies was felt). Here is a favorite Song I like of him. Its called "Pace Verde" ....to hear how it Sounds the typical Vollenweider Harp Sound. Andreas Vollenweider & Friends

 

Last edited: Feb 24, 2026 at 2:36 PM

VSL harps are not suitable for this kind of Vollenweider-ish sound.

So I stacked the ancient Project SAM Concert Harp EXP with even more ancient Garritan GIGA Harp (both Kontakt instruments) to get a little sharper/clearer string attack, ran it through a home baked, (very) clean preset of Neural DSP Gojira amp sim, and eventually added a tiny bit of EQ in ProQ 3.

I rendered a piano piece in Cakewalk (for lack of harp specific ones) and here's how it sounds:


https://filebin.net/c6xi1m2w40dpwo4d

PS.
What makes it even more interesting is that both libraries have opposite default panning (R-L vs L-R), so if you mix them in appropriate proportions you get a quite pleasant scene filling. You may of course reverse channels for any of them in your DAW for more consistent sound image.

 

Thanks for your advice, I am gone look for this