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Emotional Piano
Produced by Mike Peaslee
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:
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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.
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.
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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TONEHAMMER Emotional Piano
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
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.
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
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Release
TONEHAMMER Emotional Piano
Dynamics
Pedal Volume
EQ Processing On/Off
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Low EQ Gain
TONEHAMMER Emotional Piano
Mid EQ Gain
High EQ Gain
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.
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TONEHAMMER Emotional Piano
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.
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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TONEHAMMER Emotional Piano
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:
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:
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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TONEHAMMER Emotional Piano
By installing the product you accept the following Downloaded libraries can't be returned, so we
product license agreement: can't provide refunds. We may choose do so at our
own discretion,but please be aware that as soon as
LICENSE GRANT you've downloaded it, you can't return it.
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THANK YOU.
TONEHAMMER Emotional Piano
Love,
TONEHAMMER.COM
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