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'Early Pianoforte: Beurmann Edition' offers the unique sound of a historical pianoforte by Johann Andreas Stein built in Augsburg in 1793. Clearly showing influences of harpsichords of that time, the instrument sports an uncommon piano sound: Svelte, present and with courtly elegance. Sporting a sound and feel far from any other pianoforte, the Stein instruments were a personal favourite of Mozart.

The 'Real Cello Collection' by Realsamples features a solo cello in all its glory. The instrument was captured with 32 velocity layers of each note plus additional pizzicato samples (32 velocity layers here as well). The pizzicato samples are also available in a stereo version with additional room ambiance.

Realsamples release their second immaculately conceived Italian Harpsichord library, featuring 8 different samples per note (4 releases per note), of a stunning rare Harpsichord recorded using the highest end channel strip. Some of the best harpsichord sounds on the market.

'Overdriven Guitar Collection' by Realsamples contains single notes of a Gibson SG guitar recorded in its classic overdriven sound. Just right for that guitar solo you'd like to play on your keyboard, or for these chords in the chorus. The guitar is sampled chromatically with 32 velocity layers of each note.

The most faithfully captured sample set of the "very special" (and very rare) Orphica Piano available, delivered in the classy realsamples way. The Orphica Piano library offers a very special little piano: Invented by Carl Leopold Rollig, the small portable piano type was exclusively built by piano maker Joseph Donal at the end of the 18th century.

'Acoustic Guitar Collection Vol 2' from Realsamples offers you an ultimate classic steelstring; a Martin acoustic guitar. If you're looking for a charismatic Western guitar sound, then look no further. Single notes were sampled chromatically with 32 velocity layers of each note, chords were multi-sampled. Recorded in 96 Khz and 24-Bit resolution, the signal was downsampled to 44.1 KHz/24-Bit (16-Bit in the GigaStudio version). The set includes ready-to-play presets for Halion, Kontakt2, EXS24 and GigaStudio format.

'Bass Guitar Collection' from Realsamples brings the sound of a Warwick® Streamer™ electric bass to your sampler with all its full bottom end glory. The bass was recorded directly through a Mindprint® DTC™ high quality channel-strip. Chromatically sampled, every note is available in 32 velocities, so you have 32 different samples of each note's dynamic range. Additionally, every string has been sampled up to higher regions (G-string up to the 15th fret) to provide great realism and flexibility. The set includes ready-to-play presets for HAlion®, Kontakt®, EXS24® and GigaStudio®. Sampled in 96 kHz/24-Bit, the set is downsampled to 44.1 kHz/24-Bit (GigaStudio-version: 16-Bit).

The lutheal is probably one of the rarest piano instruments in existence – with only one original instrument being left. Invented by the Belgian George Cloetens, it uses a grand piano as its basis and allows to change the tone of the piano by applying the Lutheal mechanism. Built in 1922, it has been completely restored and resides at the Musical Instrument Museum (MIM) in Brussels.

Invented over 125 years ago, the celesta remains a nicely obscure yet fascinating instrument: It sports a vibrant, mellow and charming sound remeniscent of a vibra- phone, glockenspiel, marimba and a piano - yet a sound of its own. The celesta offers rich harmonics and bell-like tone that chimes with force.

The German Harpsichord 1741 library features another rare German harpsichord built by Christian Zell in 1741. The instrument provides an elusive majestic texture and beautiful upper mid harmonics unlike any other harpsichord. Residing at the Organeum in the Northern Germany, the harpsichord is in excellent playable condition.