acousticsamples AS Piano Collection Virtual Instrument Bundle (Download)

Get yourself five bundled piano virtual instruments for your DAW-based MIDI compositions and productions with the acousticsamples AS Piano Collection, available for download. The bundle offers four grand pianos—a Kawai-EX, an old Pleyel, an old Gaveau, and a 1963 Steinway D. An old out-of-tune upright has also been sampled for more esoteric productions.

3 Stereo Microphone Perspectives

The Close microphone perspective is placed inside the piano very close to the strings and gives powerful bass, detailed sound, and a wide stereo image.

The Player microphone perspective is placed above the head of the piano player. The stereo image is almost like the one you get when you play. The sound is brighter and has more air than the Close position.

The Rim microphone perspective is placed exactly where a soloist would be located. It has more air than the other two perspectives.

Resonances

The Instrument has two advanced types of resonance simulation

Sympathetic resonance between notes held in the sustain pedal are captured. Here, every note will interact with all of the other pressed notes and make them resonate. String behavior was modeled based on samples of real resonances. You can adjust how much of it you want and also how much polyphony you want to allow for this feature

Sympathetic resonances between all notes are also captured for True Pedal Action. Like a real piano, this effect allows the resonances to play even if the pedal is depressed after you play a chord, and even if you release the pedal and press it again while still holding a chord. It's complex acoustical behavior has been truly preserved in this digital instrument.

Resonances

There are two kinds of resonances that are important to model on a piano, the pedal down resonances and the sympathetic resonances between the held notes. Both these effects are present in the OldBlackGrand, and you can even change the amount of each of them.