This CD ROM represents the first new development in sound sampling. It has become a standard in the music industry around the world. Every sampled note contains the resonance of the entire instrument, it is so realistic that it was used to record solo piano records. Our Virtual Reality recording method brings your sampler to live and adds awesome spatial sound to your mixes.
Bösendorfer 9' Imperial Grand Piano
Sampled in 3 room positions:
Players Position: Stereo experience as if you would sit at the instrument performing.
Singers Position: Stereo experience as if you would stand next to the instrument looking into the open lid.
Big band Position: Stereo experience as if you would listen to the instrument from the position of a Big band conductor in a live recording studio.
Yamaha C7 7' Grand Piano
Sampled only in players position.
Both pianos are represented in four different sample layers
(Soft Layer, Medium Layer, Hard Layer and Sustained Layer)
for maximum versatility. The minimum RAM required is 8MB.
By combining all the layers it is possible to create 64MB presets.
NEW !! A special EMU E4 version of the disc features 4 64MB banks with the sustain pedal programmed to add a 16Mb layer of sustained samples.
Piano Effects and Bonus Presets:
These Banks contain special sound effects alá 1940 horror flicks all created with the piano. Big Harpglisses, chains on the strings, harmonics ........... , slamming the lid, ... a treasure of unusual sounds.
