Sample CD
The most detailed collection of the world's finest grand pianos, recorded in one of the 'temples of sound', EASTWEST STUDIOS (more RIAA certified platinum and gold records awarded than any other recording studios) with 3 mic positions for each piano.
This item ships last week of January 2008!
Over half a million dollars worth of pianos are included:
- Produced by DOUG ROGERS and NICK PHOENIX
Pianos:
- Bechstein D-280 Concert Grand Piano - close mics engineered by KEN SCOTT (Elton John/Supertramp/David Bowie/Beatles)
- Steinway D Concert Grand Piano
- Bösendorfer 290 Concert Grand Piano
- Yamaha C7 Grand Piano
Quick Facts
- 150Gb of content at 24-bit/44.1k quality (most detailed piano recordings - EVER)
- Sample management system offers approx. 40% more efficiency compared to other piano collections
- Load any piano or mic position
- 3 positions are included per piano for maximum flexibility
- 10-16 velocities per note (and again in soft pedal, sustain pedal, and soft sustain)
- 16 velocity staccato on every piano
- Repetition samples taken from 180 BPM performances for a TRUE repetition sound and not simply an alternate take.
- Software detects true repetitions
- Resonance - pedal resonance recorded for every note at multiple velocities, as well as with the soft pedal down
- Proprietary resonance captured on the Bosendorfer
- True multi-velocity soft pedal samples with and without sustain pedal
- Release samples with software envelope follower
- Articulations on each piano include
- a. pedal resonance
- b. staccato
- c. soft pedal
- d. sustain
- e. repetitions
- Recorded in a proper piano environment with vintage Neumann microphones, Meitner AD converters and a vintage 8078 Neve console
- Stereo swap possible in software
- Mic position mixing in software
- Lid position simulation
- Articulation matrix for quick and straightforward loading
- Most powerful streaming engine available with highest polyphony counts
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