Description
We visited upright pianos and captured their homey sound. There’s a lot of character, a lot of depth, a bit of intonation, but heaps of playability in this unique sample library.
Captured on a 20-bit Layla recording system using vintage Cole Ribbon microphone and clip-on Sony mics, the unique approach to recording these pianos capture the years of history residing within the black and whites.
We also then created tunings of each keyboard mapping that were tuned against a chromatic strobe tuner. Electronic musicians might think that one should tune a piano by using a chromatic tuner to tune each note. Unfortunately, this leads to something called “inharmonicity” and makes an acoustic piano sound a bit strange. Ideally, low notes on an acoustic piano are tuned a little flat, and high notes are tuned a little sharp. The tunings SoundEngine created in this manner are really for layering with other electronic sounds when a desired precision and elimination of any “frequency beating” is occurring.
– These instruments have character.
– These instruments are noisy.
– These instruments are an authentic upright piano collection that will be unique in your collection.
Listen to the demo – if want a unique, expressive piano tone in your composition, this bargain-priced collection is well worth the small investment.
Demo:
Included Sounds:
| 000 HansonPianoForte | 001 Hanson Piano Forte – Chorus | 002 Hanson Piano Forte – Needs Repair |
| 003 Hanson Piano Forte – Old Record | 004 Hanson Piano Forte – Dark Dream | 005 Hanson Piano Forte – Creeper |
| 006 Hanson Piano Forte – Distance | 007 Hanson Piano Forte – Dark Dream 2 | 008 Hanson Piano Forte – Formant Shift |
| 009 HansonPianoForte – Untuned | 010 Hanson B Mono | 011 Hanson B Mono – Chorus |
| 012 Hanson B Mono – Needs Repair | 013 Hanson B Mono – Old Record | 014 Hanson B Mono – Dark Dream |
| 015 Hanson B Mono – Creeper | 016 Hanson B Mono – Distance | 017 Hanson B Mono – Dark Dream 2 |
| 018 Hanson B Mono – Formant Shift | 019 Hanson B Mono – Untuned | 020 Charlie’s Piano |
| 021 Charlie’s Piano – Chorus | 022 Charlie’s Piano – Needs Repair | 023 Charlie’s Piano – Old Record |
| 024 Charlie’s Piano – Dark Dream | 025 Charlie’s Piano – Creeper | 026 Charlie’s Piano – Distance |
| 027 Charlie’s Piano – Dark Dream 2 | 028 Charlie’s Piano – Formant Shift | 029 Charlie’s Piano – Untuned |
| 030 Ladbrooke | 031 Ladbrooke – Chorus | 032 Ladbrooke – Needs Repair |
| 033 Ladbrooke – Old Record | 034 Ladbrooke – Dark Dream | 035 Ladbrooke – Creeper |
| 036 Ladbrooke – Distance | 037 Ladbrooke – Dark Dream 2 | 038 Ladbrooke – Formant Shift |
| 039 Ladbrooke – Untuned | 040 Hanson A Stereo | 041 Hanson A Stereo – Chorus |
| 042 Hanson A Stereo – Needs Repair | 043 Hanson A Stereo – Old Record | 044 Hanson A Stereo – Dark Dream |
| 045 Hanson A Stereo – Creeper | 046 Hanson A Stereo – Distance | 047 Hanson A Stereo – Dark Dream 2 |
| 048 Hanson A Stereo – Formant Shift | 049 Hanson A Stereo – Untuned |
Delivery:
This Kurzweil K2700-compatible Forte Sample Pack is delivered via the Pulse Downloader App.
