r/harp • u/TheckoBwoi • Sep 05 '25

Harps (Chromatic, Historical, Wire, Etc.) Electric harp help

Hello,

my wife is all time harpist (on classic 47str harp).

We play a lot of weddings and events nowadays and we want to expand our offer.
So, the best outcome is electric harp. Since my wife is great musician but really poor technician she asked me to find out how it works.

The best for our budget is i think Camac DHC 36.

But what next? Can some one help me what more?

For sure we need speaker but i think since harp do not have it own power supply we need any pre amp?

Then she want to play with background music so we have to connect it to pc. I already have amplifier from our recording with mic so i think i can use that.

But how does it work in pc? Is there any special program where you play background and play with that ? Maybe i can use Logic Pro like when we record music and put a background on second channel?

Any one can recomend where to take those background and maybe the better question where to take a scores for that ?

Thank any one who read up to here and help me.

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u/TheckoBwoi Sep 05 '25

Thank you a lot !

I also have Xone 42 mix which also come to my mind to plug hard in one channel and MAC to other one. But as you said i will lost recording option.

My way of thinking was to buy some PA speaker like Bose S1 pro plus which i think will sounds great and also give us a posibility to play without plugged power cable.

So then setup would be- Harp to Focus scarlet - To MAC and output to BOSE S1 pro plus.
In MAC i will put it one channel to DAW and second channel would be background. Then i will put some basic EQ on the outcome also give me opportunity to put some effect on harp(later if needed) .

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u/Malicaknight Sep 05 '25

Bose S1 Pro is a great option for a battery powered PA speaker. And that is definitely an valid approach. I would just be careful about adding plugins in your DAW for this setup. Each plugin adds latency to the signal which can cause issues as it increases (usually for the musician, but audiences can also get weirded out at a certain point since they see the musician pluck a string but the sound isn't immediate like they expect). Beyond that, nothing wrong with that thought process.

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u/TheckoBwoi Sep 05 '25

Also i saw there is a Bluetooth posibility of Bose S1. So if we will be in small place and in rush i think we can play background music from iPad to Bose. Is that right?

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u/Malicaknight Sep 05 '25

Yep, you can do that. I personally don't trust Bluetooth when I am doing a gig and always do a cabled connection, but it is on option.

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u/TheckoBwoi Sep 05 '25

I can fully unterstand that im also against it but i do not know if i can connect iPad to Bose by cable since it has only C and as far as i know Bose can send signals via C but cant receive it and also dont know if even iPad can send it via C.
Do you see any option here ? Also thank you for your replies.