Though delivered in 44.1samples per second, these pianos were originally recorded at 96 KHz in a Toronto studio using a Neve console and either API or Neve preamps, with Burl Brown converters, and they sound like it.
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While the four pianos vary greatly in their tone, with the compact libraries Production Voices really nails a bright, full and sparkly sound that energizes a mix in a way no other piano libraries I use do. Users that have a tendency to rack up high voice counts (for instance through sustained pedal use) will want to note that the Sforzando Player has a hard limit of “128 groups” per plug-in instance, unlike Kontakt which is primarily limited by hardware, given that the software’s instrument limit is 50,000 voices.įree downloadable demos that are not time-limited but provide an octave of the piano (plus 1 note per octave throughout the rest of the range) are available for each of the compact Sforzando pianos, while the Estate Grand Piano has a donation-ware LE demo (suggested donation $5.00) that can be used to try its sound out. The first two libraries are single mic position versions of their bigger brothers (Kontakt libraries that range up to 8-9 mic positions with hundreds of gigabytes of 96 KHz 24-bit samples) and are thus labeled “compact” while the latter two contain the top of the line samples (identical in scope and content to the Kontakt versions also offered in the site). 9 in.) while the Death Piano features a variety of content, this time with an eye towards sound design (both acoustic and electronic) and prepared piano (including sampled plucks) but also including a more ambient Steinway recording in a recital-hall space.
Concert Grand Compact samples a Steinway D Production Grand Compact samples a Yamaha C7 Estate Grand Piano samples a Kawai GS60 (6 ft.
The four pianos included are Concert Grand Compact, Production Grand Compact, Estate Grand Piano and Death Piano. The library is frugal on space and runs well on older systems, yet these are pianos you may well choose to use alongside much more demanding libraries.
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Production Voices SFZ Piano Bundle ($199 USD from ) is a collection of four pianos for the free Sforzando player (plug-in and standalone) that thanks to lossless FLAC compression only take up 9.16 GB of space combined, despite totaling over 30 GB uncompressed. Presenting a collection of four sampled pianos that are economical on space but with sound and playability that competes with larger libraries.