Published 23/7/08
Who needs keys?
Soniccouture have released a new product into their collection of sample-based instruments that run on the Kontakt 2 engine and in Logic’s EXS24.
Currently available titles in the range include Balinese Gamelan, Hang Drum and Kim, a multi-sampled Thai dulcimer, and their latest addition is equally left-field. It’s called Bowed Piano, and it comprises 1.5GB of 24-bit/44.1kHz samples from all 88 notes of a nine-foot Baldwin grand piano.
But the notes aren’t played in the usual way, using keys connected to felt hammers; they’re bowed with materials such as nylon fishing line coated in rosin, and horse hair. This creates a haunting, eerie sound that can be layered to make what the developers call “the ultimate pad sound: organic and evolving, yet totally playable and very musical”.
Bowed Piano is available for purchase from the 1st August 2008 on DVD or as a download. Both cost £58 and can be bought from Soniccouture’s web site.
www.soniccouture.com
Soniccouture have released a new product into their collection of sample-based instruments that run on the Kontakt 2 engine and in Logic’s EXS24. Currently available titles in the range include Balinese Gamelan, Hang Drum and Kim, a multi-sampled Thai dulcimer, and their latest addition is equally left-field. It’s called Bowed Piano, and it comprises 1.5GB of 24-bit/44.1kHz samples from all 88 notes of a nine-foot Baldwin grand piano.
But the notes aren’t played in the usual way, using keys connected to felt hammers; they’re bowed with materials such as nylon fishing line coated in rosin, and horse hair. This creates a haunting, eerie sound that can be layered to make what the developers call “the ultimate pad sound: organic and evolving, yet totally playable and very musical”.
Bowed Piano is available for purchase from the 1st August 2008 on DVD or as a download. Both cost £58 and can be bought from Soniccouture’s web site.
www.soniccouture.com
