Northumbrian Pipes Custom Instrument Factory

This tool generates a Northumbrian Pipes custom instrument for Celtic Sounds using parametric sound modeling.

Generated Chanter Note Length (seconds)

Purer / Sweeter

0.60

Chiffier / Reedier

2.0

Tone Dampening

0.24

Northumbrian Pipes Sound Character

0.77

Chanter Attack Transient Softness

0.48

Attack Click Reduction

0.86

Per-Note Spectral Shaping

0.62

Nasal Edge

0.1

Preview Volume

0.5

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Sample Preview

Click the buttons to preview the individual samples. Drones will loop until stopped.

Custom Instrument Range and Tuning:

The custom Northumbrian Pipes instruments created by this tool are natively in the key of F.
They are designed to be played using Tin Whistle/Flute or Uilleann Pipes fingering patterns on the WARBL.

Playable Range (WARBL / MIDI input)
B3 (59) → D6 (86)

Sounding Pitch (what you hear)
D4 → F6 (two octaves above)

Drones
The drones sound at Eb3 (MIDI note 51).
The lowest chanter note that matches the drones is D4 (MIDI note 62).

Transposition
The instrument can be transposed to any key using Transpose (semitones) in Celtic Sounds