Kontakt 4, (full version, it will open in the free player, but in a time limited/session mode) Controllable volume for Sympathetic Resonance and True Resonance.Controllable volume for key/pedal noise.Then we added our True Resonance feature and used Kontakts scripting facilities to make Real Time/True Pedaling, Sympathetic Resonance and some other nifty features, and, Voila: The Rain Piano MkII! We also added hammerback and pedalnoise samples and release samples. So, we got the original master recordings out, (and they where in 24 bits), made some refinements to them and built the instrument from scratch. ![]() Since the samplers has been become more advanced and the Rain Piano still are one of our most popular pianos, we decided to bring it up to date and add some functions in the line of the original ideas. It has been used, and is still used on countless productions where you want something that adds a different flavor rather then using a ”normal” piano. That was about 10 years ago, and even though it was released as a straightforward, 16-bit sample library without any release samples, it became a kind of a synonym for character pianos. We got a concept worked out where we set up the piano so that it would produce a lot more overtones but still be working with other, properly tuned, instruments. Me: ”I want the piano to sound like it’s been out in the rain for a few days” I fell in love with the piano sound on that record and decided to make something in that line.Īfter long discussions with our piano technician: Specially the ”Mule Variation” album, (great stuff!). The Rain Piano was recorded after some extensive Tom Waits listening.
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