Irish whistle - help (Sharp perhaps??)

[karmathanever]

Hi guys

I REALLY want (need) this sound - love it!!!
Played here in the unplugged version of The Corrs cover of "Little Wing"
http://youtu.be/CUX7vswXbJE

Anyone help/advise please?

FYI:-
I believe this is a "Little Black D" Whistle, made in Dublin, Ireland by Walton's, and is tuned to the key of "D".



Cheers

Pete

[Thoraldus]

Hi Pete,

Sounds like she had a fiddle backing her on the whistle. I used a Pan pipe + a little fiddle mixed in and got a close facsimile. Something to try out and play with until you can get some good samples. Maybe Sharp has a suggestion?

p.s. I have that exact whistle. Nice! I like my WhistleSmith's low G a bit better tho.

[calaf]

Dragging more information from the video.

Is she using two separate effects there? There seems to be quite a lot happening at times. I can be quite restrained with the effects (from a separate processor in the rack) as I don't want the kids I work with to sound over processed.

All of which leads me to a question about how much people use, with the passage of time, the onboard TCHelicon. Was it a pleasant thing to dabble with when starting with the board, but with the passage of time becomes less important or is it a piece of kit that gets better the more you get acquainted with it.

Chris
(Thanks again Rick for your help with the Fairground organ!)

[karmathanever]

Hi Chris

This is close to completely unplugged so her sound is pretty raw in terms of effects. However, of course she is playing in unison with the violin which creates a nice overall sound.
Someone just pointed out that there is a "Tin-Whisle" sound already on my Kronos so I'll have to check that out.

Cheers

Pete

[calaf]

'twas more the vocal side I was listening to, Pete...but perhaps I am at risk of hijacking a thread, given that the OP was to do with the tin-whistle.

Apologies
Chris