8Dio – 1971 Estonia Grand Piano

1971 Estonia Grand Piano – A meticulously sampled Soviet era grand piano. The Estonia Piano line is known as the secret Steinway of Eastern Europe, with unique dark, emotional and melancholic characteristics.

1971 Estonia Grand Piano contains Sustain , Staccato and Plucked articulations that can be easily combined depending on your compositional needs. Staccato notes have been recorded with 5 circular repeats per velocity layer, giving you the ability to play incredibly fast phrases with a clear attack. The library contains the latest version of Chaos FX , designed for sound design, as well as a host of new textured convolution delays that give the instrument the ability to delay textures from other sound sources.

We recorded and processed the 1971 Estonia Grand Piano at 96 kHz in a Soviet-era prepared room, then downsampled it to 48 kHz for easy streaming. The library contains 6 different types of vintage microphones, including Neumann UM 57, Vintage Lomo, Sennheiser MKH 40, Aston Spirit, Neumann KM 184, and a mixed position created by combining all the microphones used in the recording sessions. We recorded a 100% analog signal, giving you a unique and expressive Soviet grand piano.

Features

• 33870 samples
• 6 microphones (Neumann UM57, Neumann KM 184, Sennheiser MKH 40 and others)
• Up to 20 velocity layers
• 5 circular repeats
• Intuitive and advanced interface 
• Advanced Chaos FX