Description
This library started with the restoration of a badly bruised Clavinet / Pianet purchased from a second-hand shop in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. New strings, new dampers and a new pickup were part of the restoration, as well as a deep clean and tuning.
Demo:
The Clavinet / Pianet itself is a bit of a strange combination – full of recognizable, classic keyboard sounds from the 70’s. When you think of “Feeling Stronger Every Day” from Chicago, “Space Race” from Billy Preston, or “Life During Wartime” from Talking Heads, you are thinking of either Pianet or Clavinet sounds.
The Clavinet has, in addition to a physical mute damper for all of the plucked strings, four pickup switches that were faithfully sampled in this library. The SoundEngine Big Block Library preset names indicate which switches were in the “down” position during sampling: AC, BC, BD, or DA. Samples were captured with the Full Mute Damper in place for the AC and BD pickup settings. Key Up noise was also sampled and programmed … a critical component of the Clavinet and Pianet sound.
The Clavinet / Pianet was sampled at 48Khz, 24-bit through a PreSonus Studio Live 32 console over Firewire directly into a Mac. From there, a number of editors were used to get you the samples you hear today, including SoundForge Mac, DSP Quattro, and Wavelab. iZotope Noise Reduction was used in some instances to get rid of pickup hum from the Clavinet – these things are noisy.
In this premium library, you will receive at least 950 samples and at least 45 presets – I’m programming more all the time as these instruments continue to be inspirational. As always, free updates and free restore downloads (in case something goes wrong) are available from SoundEngine.com.
Included Sounds:
| 000 Clavinet AC | 001 Clavinet AC Filter |
| 002 Clavinet AC Chorus | 003 Clavinet AC Driven |
| 004 Clavinet AC Auto Filter | 005 Clavinet AC Driven Chorus |
| 006 Clavinet AC Auto Filter Chorus | 007 Clavinet AC Fat Bass |
| 008 Clavinet AC Bedlam | 009 Clavinet AC Creeper |
| 010 Clavinet BC | 011 Clavinet BC Filter |
| 012 Clavinet BC Chorus | 013 Clavinet BC Driven |
| 014 Clavinet BC Auto Filter | 015 Clavinet BC Driven Chorus |
| 016 Clavinet BC Auto Filter Chorus | 017 Clavinet BC Fat Bass |
| 020 Clavinet BD | 021 Clavinet BD Filter |
| 022 Clavinet BD Chorus | 023 Clavinet BD Driven |
| 024 Clavinet BD Auto Filter | 025 Clavinet BD Driven Chorus |
| 026 Clavinet BD Auto Filter Chorus | 027 Clavinet BD Mid Solo |
| 028 Clavinet BD Bedlam | 029 Clavinet BD Creeper |
| 030 Clavinet DA | 031 Clavinet DA Filter |
| 032 Clavinet DA Chorus | 033 Clavinet DA Driven |
| 034 Clavinet DA Auto Filter | 035 Clavinet DA Driven Chorus |
| 036 Clavinet DA Auto Filter Chorus | 037 Clavinet DA Fat Mono |
| 038 Clavinet DA Bedlam | 039 Clavinet DA Creeper |
| 040 Pianet Velocity Switch | 041 Pianet Chicago |
| 042 Pianet Chorus | 043 Pianet Poor Man’s Suitcase |
| 044 Pianet Room Amp’ed |
Delivery:
This sample pack for Logic Pro 9.0 or higher is delivered via the Pulse Downloader App.
