Virtual Clavinet

US GSi releases physically-modelled GSi Model D6 16/05/23

GSi has released Model D6 a physically-modelled Clavinet instrument. Here's the story in their own words...

It was back in the fifties when German inventor Ernst Zacharias invented one of the funkiest keyboards of all times. At first the intention was to make a portable version of a harpsichord, but it soon developed into one of the most used keyboards in rock and pop music. You will surely recognize it in the famous pop song "Superstition", and in many other funky songs of the seventies. Many crime movies and TV shows of the 70's and the early 80's had music themes based on funky accompaniments made with the D6, a slap bass and drums. This instrument can reproduce the sound of an electric guitar and can be treated with the same effects used by guitarists (wah-wah, distortion, phaser, chorus, etc.) for both rhythmic and melodic textures, since it is actually based on a set of 60 strings and two humbucker pickups very similar to those used in electric guitars.

The sound engine of GSi Model D6 comes from the exact same code that powers the GSi Gemini and the Crumar Seven as well as the Crumar Mojo 61. Some more parameters have been added to the model in order to make the instrument sound even more versatile and adjustable to personal taste.

Main features

    Physical Modeling engine (no samples)

    Full Polyphony (60 strings)

    Authentic string sympathetic resonances

    Authentic recreation of the 4 D6 filters

    Two Pickups with adjustable positions

    Authentic damper lever

    String quality setting

    Hammer Tip quality setting

    Wool damper quality setting (Release length)

    Responds to pitch bender (Whammy bar mod)

    Responds to aftertouch (string tapping overpressure)

    Built-in Wah-Wah effect modeled after the famous JH-1 pedal

    Wah-Wah can be modulated by LFO, Dynamics or via Midi CC message

    Built-in Phaser effect modeled after the famous Phase 90 pedal

    Built-in Amplifier simulator with 5 models (Twin, JCM, AC, RJC and Bass)

    Amp Distortion and pickup feedback

    Built-in Stereo Delay effect

    Built-in Stereo Reverb effect

    Built-in programmer with unlimited Programs

    Embedded user's' manual

    Available as Stand-alone application and audio plugin

    Very low CPU and RAM usage