Kontakt Piano

Piano In Blue captures the historic sound of the Steinway D concert grand piano used at Columbia Records for Miles Davis' "Kind Of Blue" and Glenn Gould's "Goldberg Variations." Experience a beautifully playable grand piano, encoded for the free Native Instruments Kontakt Player 6.6.1 and Komplete Kontrol. The opportunity to preserve this iconic combination of this piano in this space has been worthwhile, and now we are able to make it available to music creators worldwide.

Cassette Toy Piano is a collection of 5 instruments based on a children toy piano. First of the five included instruments is of course just a raw toy piano recorded on a cassette and while it is a nice and useful sound most toy pianos are very… imperfect in their nature. Because of that the main aim for this collection was to create additional variations of the raw sound to embrace what’s good in it (with things like spring reverb, granular synthesis, etc.) without losing its original (and sometimes) creepy sound.

Adam Monroe's Austrian Grand piano was sampled from a 100 year old Bruder Mikula Wien Austrian grand through a pair of AEA R84 ribbon microphones into an AEA TRP ribbon microphone preamp. Prior to recording, the piano's hammer felts were sanded down to warm them up a bit. The piano was sampled in stereo under the lid, because that's where the tone sounded best, at a sample rate of 44.1 kHz. It took many weeks to sample the piano entirely, as it was in such a state that most of the tuning pegs could no longer hold a pitch for any length of time. The piano was sampled labriously, with the softest to loudest dynamics being played, resulting in a library that can boast 10 velocity layers and 2 note round-robin.

In this update we've rebuilt the library from the ground up in our new EVERGREEN framework. There are 8 new textures and the library in now Kontakt PLAYER and NKS compatible.

In this update we've rebuilt the library from the ground up in our new EVERGREEN framework. There are 8 new textures and the library in now Kontakt PLAYER and NKS compatible.

A cinematic prepared piano like no other. Water Piano allows you to morph an intimate studio grand piano into infinitely evolving, atmospheric sounds that fit everything from new age to horror to action to chill. Created in partnership with YouTuber engineering genius Mattias Krantz, who filled the piano’s case with gallons of water and recorded it at different water levels you can control, from dry to fully submerged.

The insides of a vintage Stage 73 electric piano are a fascinating place. The classic keyboard sound is just the begining - the large electromagnetic harp holds entirely new sonic worlds - if you're prepared to look for them. Taking our cue from Broken Wurli and our Xtended Piano instruments, we first sampled the keyboard in unprecedented detail, taking not only line-out samples but also close-miked hammers and a contact mic signal from each tine.

This massive 6.2 GB collection (2.5 GB of 24-bit WAV files) of Ambient and Cinematic Piano Styles is the perfect collection for crafting dramatic Ambient and Cinematic styles. Whether you’re needing a mysterious piano soundscape for your documentary, a two-note quirky melodic motif for your commercial spot or simply wanting some melodic phrases for your ambient tracks, Ambient Piano has you covered.

This Bundle Includes: Ambient Tape Machines, Lush Atmosphere, Spooky Chorus, Spooky Piano, Taps. Ambient Tape Machines: C1 was created by first capturing 3 unique raw sets of samples, recording them onto cassette tape, and then playing them back at full and half speed on a vintage Library Of Congress C1 cassette player.

Unleash the timeless elegance of a vintage Fischer Upright piano from 1900, meticulously rebuilt and custom-made by the talented Steve Benjamins.