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EMOTIONAL PIANO

TONEHAMMER Emotional Piano

Emotional Piano
Produced by Mike Peaslee

Welcome to the Tonehammer Emotional Piano.

There are a lot of sampled pianos in this world and normally, our goal is to explore the
new and take the road less traveled. There are just some instruments that we feel have
never been captured in the way that our ears want to hear them. We need warmth,
tonal depth and movement,. We need resonance, more attention to the softer layers
rather than the loudest and finally, a wide and yet intimate sound. We arent interested in
clinical purity or technical precision. We want it alive and breathing.

Looking around, what we found was either too bright, too thin, or too narrow, or
captured from too far away... or simply not captured deeply enough. There are many find
piano libraries out there, but never one that we felt was meant for us. We needed a
piano that spoke to our emotions. And so, on we looked...

Until finally, we found this one. And so we brought it into our inner sanctum and went
to work. All in all, we think it turned out pretty good.

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TONEHAMMER Emotional Piano
About The Emotional Piano:

We've spent years searching for just the right one


to capture. With ears pressed to wood and eyes
hovering scant inches above strings, we tested
literally hundreds of them before finding this one
special piano.

The sound of a piano is defined by a thousand


things, from the lacquer on the wood to the
hardness of the felt in the hammers. Our goal was
purely sound: a soft, deeply resonant, rich, warm
and soulful sound.

We had no concern for brand, model, design or


pedigree. We're not even going to mention the
model and brand of the piano we chose for this
library. Not because it is important, but because it
is truly irrelevant. With all preconceived notions
and expectations aside, this piano will either speak
to you or it won't.

This is a big, dark, warm, lush, resonant piano. Its


intended to be a scoring piano. It is a piano for
epic soundtracks, not fancy dinner parties. This
piano wears a helmet flak jacket, not a tuxedo
with tails. This piano is a door gunner, not a
dancer. This piano doesn't retire to the New
England countryside triumphantly after an
extended run at the Met. It's buried 6 feet under
in the middle of a Chicago downpour after being
gunned down by the mob.

If you ever find yourself storming a beach in slow


motion or charging into a burning building to save
a baby, then this is the piano that will play when
your final credits roll. If you find yourself wearing a
powdered wig and leggings, then this is not your
piano... unless you're also carrying a musket and
you've just been ordered to fix bayonets. This
piano doesn't do romantic comedies. It does love
stories and, more often still, it does heartbreaks.

This piano isn't for everyone or every occasion,


but when we think of a piano and really hear it in
our heads and hearts, this is the sound that Troels
and I hear. This is our piano. Hopefully, it may just
be your piano too.

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TONEHAMMER
TONEHAMMER Emotional Piano

Emotional Piano
OVERVIEW

33 Kontakt patches
1800 Samples
4.81 GB Installed, 2.6 GB download
Custom Convolution Reverb Impulses
Powerful custom performance control interface

Note: Native Instruments Kontakt 4 Player or Kontakt 4 full retail version required.

INSTALLATION
We Use Winrar (version 3.80 or later) or other
compatible program to un-compress the
Tonehammer_emotional_piano.rar file into its own
folder in your sample library directory. Make sure to
preserve the included folder structure. This is usually
done by selecting the extract to'... option in Winrar or
UnrarX.

Click Here to download Winrar for PC.

Click Here to download UnRarX for OSX.

You should now be able to open and play the .nki files.
Be aware that all of this librarys .nki files are compatible
with full retail versions of Kontakt 4 and the Kontakt 4
Player only.

This library is designed for the full retail version of


Kontakt 4 and later. This library can also be used in the
free Kontakt Player, available from Native Instruments.

Click Here to download Kontakt Player 4.

This library requires registration through the Native


Instruments Service Center. For Installation and
registration instructions, please consult the Getting
Started guide included with this product or by clicking
here.

Please note that only certain Tonehammer libraries are


supported by this free Kontakt Player. The vast majority
of Tonehammer products are not supported by the free
Kontakt Player and require the full retail version of
Kontakt. Please read the instrument specifications for all
products before purchasing all Tonehammer products
to see the full list of software requirements, features and
format compatibility for each library.
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TONEHAMMER Emotional Piano

System Requirements

Please be aware that many instrument and multi-instrument programs in this library are extremely ram/
cpu and hard disk-streaming resource intensive. We recommend that you have at least 2GB of system
ram, a dual core cpu and at least a 7200 rpm SATA hard disk before purchasing this Tonehammer
library. Large sample sets like those found in this library may load slowly and may cause system
instability on older machines.

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Installation Instructions
After ordering, you'll receive the download link for the library and a follow-up email with the subject line
"Emotional Piano Purchase". In this email, you'll find your 25 digit serial number.

Once the library has finished downloading, use Winrar or UnrarX to extract the contents of the .rar archive file.
Extract the library to the location where you normally keep your sample instruments, making sure to keep the
internal directory structure of the Emotional Piano library unchanged.

The first time you load the library into Kontakt 4 or Kontakt 4 Player, you'll be prompted to activate the
Emotional Piano in the NI Service Center application. This is where you'll enter your serial number. Please note
that you'll need to be connected to the internet to complete activation. You can load the library with the Add
Library button in the Library view of the browser pane or by loading the instruments through the standard File
browser or the Load/Save system at the top of the instrument view. For further details and trouble shooting,
please refer to the official Kontakt manual.

If during the extraction process, any files were moved and can no longer be automatically found by Kontakt, then
you can use the "Batch Resave" command in the Load/Save menu at the top of Kontakt to automatically fix any
missing file links. Just point it to the Emotional Piano folder when it asks which library you'd like to re-save. Then,
when it asks where any missing samples are, just point it to the same Emotional Piano folder and it should quickly
find and fix any issues.
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Front Panel Controls:
TONEHAMMER Emotional Piano

We've added a variety of specialized tone, effect and


performance shaping controls on the front instrument
panel, providing everything from subtle tonal reshaping to
dramatic otherworldly effects. Please be aware that the
value ranges for many of our controls allow you to go way
beyond realistic behavior for this or any real-world piano.

We provide such extreme variability to allow more creative


potential. Extreme values on any one control that sound
horrible by themselves can sound amazing when combined
with complimentary values on another control. It's quite
easy to introduce distortion or clipping if you increase EQ
or Convolution Effect values without properly re-
attenuating your signal output to compensate for the
increase.

Simply put, this is just a very dark and soft piano, which is
exactly why we chose this one piano above the literally
hundreds of other pianos of all makes and models that we
tried. Therefore, this piano is not meant to work perfectly in
all possible musical applications. Increasing the amplitude of
the higher frequencies will absolutely produce audible hiss
and a more shrill overall tonality.

We are not artificially reducing high frequencies to make


this piano sound as soft as it does. Therefore, artificially
boosting the naturally weak high frequencies to make it
sound brighter and crisper is also bound to artificially
amplify natural microphone self-noise and ambient noise.

Please also note that numeric values ranges and intervals for
each control do note necessarily correspond to
milliseconds, decibels, cents, or any other specific scale. They
are simply mathematical multipliers that control underlying
processes. Some of them are on linear scales while others
follow distinct mathematical curves. Therefore, they're best
used by ear and feel, rather than by following any arbitrary
set of rules.

Attack Knob

This knob shapes how quickly the note bites, ranging from
natural and quick to very smooth. More moderate values
allow you to simulate softer hammer felt, while extremely
high values allow for a long, slow fade-in.

Decay

This knob shapes the actual note release characteristics.


Basically, it determines how quickly the damper takes effect
after releasing a note or the sustain pedal. A value of 0 or
100 produces obviously exaggerated effects, which can be
useful for certain playing styles and special applications.

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Release
TONEHAMMER Emotional Piano

This knob controls the decay duration of the release


samples. These are the sounds of the overtones and residual
vibrations fading away after a string has been dampened by
the felt, whether after releasing a single note, or multiple
notes at once when releasing the sustain pedal.

Dynamics

This knob shapes the overall dynamic response of the piano,


to allow for a wide range of personal playing styles, tonal
flavors and performance characteristics. The lower the knob
setting, the less the tonal and dynamic difference between the
lowest and highest velocities. Turning the knob to 0 sets the
piano to behave exactly as our microphones hear the piano
naturally, without any filtering, attenuation or other
alterations in the signal path. Turning the value to 100 creates
an exaggerated tonal and dynamic spread from the softest to
loudest notes.

Pedal Volume

This knob controls the velocity and volume of the sustain


pedal up and down sound effects. Since midi sustain pedals
can only transmit "on" and "off" messages, there's no way to
automatically tell how much intensity and force you're playing
the pedal with. This knob allows you to adjust the sound to
appropriately match the tone and feel of your performance.
The pedal sound effects were recorded in several velocity
layers and with multiple round-robin variations to provide
greater natural realism. Turning the knob all the way down to
0 will disable all pedal sound effects.

High Damping On/Off

This button enables or disables note damping in the top


octave from E5 upward. When this button is switched on, the
top octave behaves as if it had dampers like the rest of the
piano. Normally, in an actual piano, all notes above E5 will
always ring out unhindered, regardless of the sustain pedal
position. However, it's a handy control for special effects and
certain playing styles. When high damping is active, the high
notes have their own release trigger samples and behave
exactly as all other notes in the piano.

EQ Processing On/Off

This button enables or disables all active EQ filtering. When it


is disabled by choosing the "Bypassed" option, all artifical EQ
filtering and processing is bypassed, including and and all tonal
attenuation normally produced by our dynamic control
system. To restore tone control, select "Active" once again.

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Low EQ Gain
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This knob is a basic bass tone control.

Mid EQ Gain

This knob is a basic mid-range tone control.

High EQ Gain

This knob is a basic bass treble control.

Reverb Dry Mix

This knob controls the amount of "dry" or "clean" signal


returning from the convolution reverb effect. This knob is
only active when a reverb impulse has been loaded in the
Impulse Select drop-down menu located to the right of the
"wet mix" knob or in presets that come with an impulse
already pre-loaded.

Reverb Wet Mix

This knob controls the amount of "wet" signal returning from


the convolution reverb effect. This knob is only active when a
reverb impulse has been loaded in the Impulse Select drop-
down menu located to the right of the "wet mix" knob or in
presets that come with an impulse already pre-loaded.

Convolution Reverb Impulse Menu

This drop-down menu allows instant access to a variety of


custom convolution impulses that we've captured in some of
our favorite locations or created using various special
techniques. In most of the presets, the effect is set to the
default bypassed state, so that it doesn't effect any of the
audio signal or use any system resources.

As soon as you load an impulse from the menu, the effect is


activated and the impulse you've chosen is loaded into the
signal path. Once an impulse has been loaded, the "Dry mix"
and "Wet Mix" knobs become active.

You can disable and bypass the convolution effect entirely and
unload any loaded impulse file at any time, by selecting the
"None" option at the top of the list.

In some cases, the impulse may take a brief moment to load


and may produce a slight pop or snap if audio is currently
playing. Therefore, we don't recommend switching impulses
or turning the effect on or off while in the middle of playing
or recording.

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Please be aware that several of the "Mystery" impulses are
longer than 10 seconds each and therefore require higher
than normal CPU resources to load and play. Using these
impulses on a system without sufficient available resources
on any system can result in audio popping, clicking, poor
performance, instability and crashing. Please use caution when
using these special impulses.

Instruments:
We've created a variety of ready-made presets that present
some of the many sides our piano has to offer.You can
modify all preset values. If you which to restore any knob
setting to it's default value after you've changed it, simply
hold the control key and press your right mouse button.
This only works for knobs however, bot for buttons or the
impulse drop-down menu.

emotional_piano_master.nki
This is the standard Emotional Piano instrument patch, with
all velocity layers and all dynamic, tone and performance
settings at default. This is the sound of our actual piano,
essentially just as it feels and sounds in the flesh.

emotional_piano_master_lite.nki
A light reduced-memory version of the master program.

emotional_piano_soft.nki
This special preset is entirely focused on the softer end of
our piano's dynamic range. Our goal was to dial in the
perfect preset for slow, gentle, cinematic compositions.
Because we've stripped off the upper velocities, this
program is also a little lighter on ram usage.

emotional_piano_gentle_blur.nki
This custom preset softens the tone, note shaping and
performance characteristics to create a faded, soft and
distant character, perfect for moodier, darker pieces.
However, it retails the full dynamic range, to allow a more
ominous sound when needed.

emotional_piano_gentle_blur_lite.nki
A light version of the gentle blur program.

emotional_piano_jazz.nki
This preset has been sharpened, brightened and has it's
dynamic response expanded to provide a tone more ideal
for tight jazz pieces.

emotional_piano_jazz_lite.nki
A light version of the jazz program.

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TONEHAMMER Emotional Piano emotional_piano_psuedo-granny.nki
We did our best to prematurely "age" our piano and tip it up
on it's side into a pretty reasonable replica of our old busted
granny piano.You can almost hear the old corroded strings
drifting in and out of unison and the sharp, the boxy body
and hardened warn-out felt.

emotional_piano_psuedo-granny_lite.nki
A light version of the psuedo-granny program.

Special Effect Presets:


These presets take the piano a little farther into to the
unnatural, ranging from simple stereo effects to growling
retro organs.

emotional_piano_blow-out.nki
as if blasted through an old blown out tube amp.

emotional_piano_default_house_music_preset
no knobs needed, it's all just by-the-book

emotional_piano_downsampler_mw.nki
Down with high-fidelity. Modwheel (CC1) controls the
sample rate.

emotional_piano_electric_fuzz_mw.nki
Like the mother of all electric stage pianos, this thing packs
serious sustain. Modwheel (CC1) controls fuzz intensity.

emotional_piano_electric_spin_mw.nki
We dialed this one in like an old beat-up warbling blues
organ. Modwheel (CC1) and expression pedal (CC11)
control overall tone and the speed of speaker rotation.

emotional_piano_mighty_wurlitzer_mw.nki
This one mocks up an old synth piano preset with a little
phaser slapped on top. Modwheel (CC1) and Expression
Pedal (CC11) control phaser bandwidth for a cool wah-like
effect.

emotional_piano_muddy_78_mw.nki
We had fun with this one. It simulates the sound of a piano
recorded on a 1930s era record, with a distant, narrow and
boxy sound, complete with dust pops and crackling. As you
roll the modwheel (CC1) forward, you transport the
recording forward in time a few years to the advent of the
33 in true "living stereo".

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emotional_piano_re-tuner_mw.nki
Just a little old fashioned pitch-based flange. Modwheel
controls the depth of detuning.

emotional_piano_stereo_control_mw.nki
A simple stereo shaping patch, allowing you to narrow or
widen the image with the modwheel (CC1).

motional_piano_reversed_mw.nki
Flips the piano backwards. Use the modwheel (CC1) to
control how quickly the note swells back to the beginning. A
classic piano effect that goes great with dramatic swells,
glisses, stingers and horror effects.

Ambient presets:

The special effect programs use custom convolution


impulses to morph the sound into a wide range of melodic,
dark, astral and often undefinable sounds. Due to the long,
evolving nature of the impulses being used, these presets use
signifiant CPU resources to load and play. Please use caution
when using these patches and consider avoiding them
completely if your computer only has a single processor.
Using these presets on an underpowered system can cause
performance problems, instability and even crashing.

emotional_piano_shimmerbells.nki
A shimmering chain of lights

emotional_piano_spectral_gliss.nki
a sweep of complimentary sonic colors.

emotional_piano_strange_song.nki
a dark, wandering dissonance.

emotional_piano_stranger_song.nki
a glimmer of hope through the rumble of dread.

emotional_piano_sympathetic_cry.nki
a winding resonant chorus.

emotional_piano_sympathetic_swell.nki
So near yet so far.

emotional_piano_synesthetic_drone.nki
It only sounds like a 10-ton molten lead harp played by a
gelatinous blob because you took the brown acid, man.

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TONEHAMMER Emotional Piano Reverberant Presets:

Any instrument patch in this library can have one of our


convolution impulses added by using the drop down
impulse menu and wet/dry knobs. We've created a couple
of special presets with our favorite settings dialed in to
sculpt some classic spaces.

emotional_piano_wet_bright_room.nki
The sound of a medium-sized, bright and reflective
wooden studio room, up close and personal.

emotional_piano_wet_bunker.nki
An long-forgotten underground concrete bunker, from a
hundred feet down.

emotional_piano_wet_catheral.nki
A wide celestial cathedral, from far perspective.

emotional_piano_wet_church.nki
A bright, lush church ideal for gospel music.

emotional_piano_wet_garage.nki
A massive parking garage with a fat, deeeep sound.

emotional_piano_wet_hall.nki
One of our favorite bright and lush epic recording halls.

emotional_piano_wet_washout.nki

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THANK YOU.
TONEHAMMER Emotional Piano

We wanna thank you for buying the Tonehammer


Emotional Piano.

If you have any questions, concerns, love-letters or


hate mail feel free to send it to:
info@tonehammer.com

Love,

Mike and Troels.

TONEHAMMER.COM

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