Old Tape Piano
The Instrument
Always wanted to sample a grand piano, but what’s the point? The market is oversaturated of piano libraries, and making another one is pointless unless you make it differently. We sampled a grand piano in mono using a low quality cassette recorder. When I say “low quality” I mean “very low quality”. Unlike other libraries availabe, the piano used was new and tuned, just the recorder was old.
It has a lofi vibe to it, but without sacrificing dynamics. Don’t expect a clean sound, it’s the opposite.
You can hear it on the demos, it’s perfect for music from the 40s, 50s, 60s… But it reminds me too that kind of “rare demos” from the stars of the 60s and 80s.
8 velocity layers, all notes sampled (no pitchshifting). The background noise was annoying (and there was a lot!) so we applied noise reduction but we made a loop file with the noise itself for if you want to use it.
We love this instrument, we could play with it all day long, it’s completely addictive! And we loved the making of it, so you can expect other instruments recorded with this method.
For Kontakt and EXS24.
Get this instrument now for only €9.95!
Tech Info
- Grand Piano.
- Kontakt/EXS24 patches.
- 88 keys.
- Mono WAV files 44.1 kHz 24 bits.
- 861 Mb installed.
- Recorded directly into cassette tape.
- Low quality recorder.
- Recorded in mono.
- 8 velocity layers.
- Flutter, natural saturation and compression.
- Noise reduction applied.
- Noise file attached.
- Very fun to play with!
- Full version of Kontakt 3.5 or superior required. Kontakt Player will run in demo mode.
- Only €9.95!
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Old Tape Piano
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This library has so much vibe and character — it sounds fantastic!
The demos sound awesome. I can’t wait to play this. Very reminiscent of the tron tape piano but with much better velocities.
Super work. transporting. i LOVE the character libraries, and this shoots to the top of the heap. very playable, the vitality of the built in tape compression is awesome. big chords and fast runs are still articulate, but the over all sound breaks up nicely. and it’s in tune. and it’s very reasonably priced. thank you.
Piano patina! Lovely!
I can already hear how I’m going to use this in a theatrical steampunk project. Warm, beautiful noise with perfect distortion in exactly the right places — it sounds like an old gramophone recording. So damn cool!
Wow! The piano sounds great:) Must say also that the demos are fantastically well done… some of the nicest I’ve heard. Now where did I put the phone number of Bessie Smith.
Crazy good !!! and the demos… WOW.
Full of character, very sensible pricing ….. love it
Waw! It sounds wonderful!
What other soundbanks are used on the demo “Real Love”?
Is guitar live recorded or also a soundbank ? I love its side (and no mid-) panning! Great mixing of this demo!
Guitars are real (6 string and 12 string), real drums mixed with Tea Towel Drum and real bass (the bass sampled for W-FabBass). Thanks for the kind words
I just love this !!! Giving me plenty of ideas of how to use it right away.. I’d been looking for such sound for ages. Thank you, guys! Keep up good job! God bless!!
This is so awesome! Even if it’s “just a piano”, it is very inspiring.
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Thank you! (and thank you for this phrase in the email : “..and please, don’t use Internet Explorer.” haha
Absolute fantastic! Thanks.