Fracture Sounds – Midnight Grand v1.1.0

The Midnight Grand is a stunning concert grand piano, masterfully recorded in a concert hall to create a subtle, cinematic tone.

This is not just another Steinway – it is a carefully crafted virtual piano, full of nuance and character, perfect for intimate drama and rich cinematic sequences.

Like all our products, the Midnight Grand has been designed with ease of use in mind, so you can start writing straight away. We are confident that it will become a staple in many a composer’s collection.

The instrument was recorded in a modern concert hall environment using a set of overhead microphones (from DPA, Coles, AKG), positioned close to the piano and further out in the room. We carefully blended these microphone signals into a single stereo mix. The result is a well-balanced and versatile sound – spacious enough to not sound boxy or claustrophobic, yet dry enough to offer the flexibility of adding as much or as little reverb as desired.

We recorded true pedal up and down samples, for authentic sympathetic resonance when the sustain pedal is held down. Some of our beta testers loved the sound of the pedal-down samples so much that we decided to include an additional patch, ‘Midnight Grand (Alt).nki’ which uses only these samples. This patch has a rich, full sound even when the sustain pedal isn’t engaged.