The story
With my mum’s passing a year ago, I had her old upright piano moved into my back room. It had hardly been played for over 20 years, so needed a good clean and tune up but, having got it to a reasonable state, I quite liked the sound it gives out. It was built by J. B. Cramer and Co from London and a little research indicates it could be early 20th century but not too sure about that! I’ve sampled it using a pair of Rode NT1A large diaphragm condensers about 12 inches off the strings, through a stereo UA Neve 1073 Unison preamp, with a touch of EQ to manage the bottom end build up, and some tape saturation. I have added Attack, Release, Tone and Reverb knobs. There are four round-robins currently: this is my first crack at sampling a piano, so will look to adding some additional sounds (velocity rounds, pedal noises, etc.) over the next little while.
Contributors
Mark Lowrie
Interface
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Just fantastic
I immediately got lost in this sample, and just played song after song while testing it out. It's rare that a sampled piano gives the same magnetic feeling of playing the real thing, but this pack really approaches that feeling. This is one of the most impressive samples I've found on this site and it immediately inspired me to write this review (my first). Download immediately and enjoy
Lovely...
This is beautiful.
Really great work - we need more humanity in our sample libraries!
Thank you for sharing.
TOP Atmosphere
A little scary ane beautiful ïn the same moment. Unique for my perception of the reality. Looking forward to use it on some ethereal pads... Thanks!!
Perfect Fit
working on a project that required a piano that was...old, detuned, close mic, realistic, with a bite to it. the perfect fit. great job.
