Manufacturer: Tonehammer / 8Dio
Format: NKI, NKR, WAV
Quality: 24 bit; Frequency – 44.1 kHz; Channels – stereo
System requirements: Native Instruments – Kontakt 4.2.3 +
BOWED GRAND PIANO
Welcome to Bowed Grand Piano – a library decided to deep sampling of bowed and FX based grand piano strings. Bowed Grand Piano marks the third chapter in our piano series, which also contains our hyper expressive: “Emotional Piano” and more experimental: “Plucked Grand Piano” The bowing of a piano is a delicate effort, since the instrument is not designed to be bowed. We developed a variety of new recording techniques that allowed us to get deep inside the piano and record a variety of bowings and FX that haven’t been covered in previous libraries.
The library is more ambient then our Emotional Piano and Plucked Grand Piano, since the concept of bowed piano tends to go in the more ambient/drony direction. We bowed every single string on a world class grand, including both sustains and staccato notes. We then did a variety of ambient recordings and started developing an entire drone section of the library, which is all based on source material from the piano.
In addition we added a massive FX section to the library, which contains tons of string glisses, scrapes, scary slams and percussive FX etc. We also programmed specific artificial legato, so users can experiment by using legato on the instrument.
ARTICULATIONS:
Deep Sampled Bowed Grand Piano
Powerful custom performance control interface:
Legato mode
Attack, offset, release control
Dynamics / velocity control
Dampening control, with pedal flip button for instant “harp” mode
Convolution reverb control (includes +45 great custom convolutions)
Full and lite patches for CPU conservation
Articulation List:
Bowed_Grand_Piano_lite.nki
Bowed_Grand_Piano_short-rls.nki
Bowed_Grand_Piano_short-rls_lite.nki
Bowed_Grand_Piano_Staccato.nki
Grand_Effects_dramatic_loops.nki
Grand_Effects_gliss_high.nki
Grand_Effects_gliss_mid.nki
Grand_Effects_gliss_low.nki
Grand_Effects_gliss_plink_high.nki
Grand_Effects_gliss_plink_thin.nki
Grand_Effects_gliss_plink_low.nki
Grand_Effects_knocks&taps.nki
Grand_Effects_nail scrapes.nki
Grand_Effects_gliss_high.nki
Grand_Drones_Balance-Fiction.nki
Grand_Drones_Blowdozer_pw-forment.nki
Grand_Drones_bowdrone_1.nki
Grand_Drones_bowdrone_2.nki
Grand_Drones_Depressure.nki
Grand_Drones_Dissontant.nki
Grand_Drones_High_Cluster_1.nki
Grand_Drones_High_Cluster_2.nki
Grand_Drones_High_Cluster_3.nki
Grand_Drones_Metallo_1.nki
Grand_Drones_Metallo_2.nki
Grand_Drones_Moaner_1.nki
Grand_Drones_Moaner_2.nki
Grand_Drones_Organdonor.nki
Grand_Drones_Pingpad.nki
Grand_Drones_Revdrone_1.nki
Grand_Drones_Revdrone_2.nki
Grand_Drones_Steamroom.nki
Grand_Drones_Transmission_Lines.nki
Grand_Drones_Wahdriver_pw-talk.nki
Grand_Drones_Watery_Clusters.nki
Grand_Drones_Watery_Glow.nki
Grand_Drones_Weeping_Stone.nki
Grand_Drones_Wobblewash.nki
Different sustain types and staccato (with RR)
Bowed Drones
Bonus: Piano FX
TECHNICAL:
47 Kontakt Patches
891 Samples
Approx. 1.4 GB installed (Lossless NCW compression (2:1 ratio)
Custom Kontakt Scripting
Custom Convolutions
Multiple download servers to ensure smooth download
Sample resolution: 44.1Khz / 24Bit stereo .wav format
Format(s): Kontakt
Note: Native Instruments Kontakt version 4.1.1+ full retail versions required
