OldBlackGrand Manual

OldBlackGrand Manual

Here's a quick explanation of how the OldBlackGrand works. If you have any question, feel free to email us at [email protected] or use the contact form on the website.

Content:Everybody keeps on sampling the best and cleanest piano ever here is a com-pletely different approach. We sampled an old Pleyel Grand Piano (F-71240 model from 1928) with vintage gear like a studer console and tube micropho-nes, it has the rich and warm sound of the old jazz/blues or even classical mu-sic recordings.

12,89Go sample bank, no loops Recorded at 24/88,2Khz downsampled to 24/44.1khz,

9 velocity layers for the sustain, 9 velocity layers for the release, Two microphone positions: close (inside) and rim (singer position) that

you can enable/diable and mix, Adjustable sympathetic resonance, Thumps samples and Automatic Pedal noises samples, True pedal action technology, Midi panel to let you finely control the response of the instrument (velo-

city remapper, sensivity), Advanced scripting capabilities for a real mechanical behaviour simula-

tion and polyphony saving,

The interface:

To enable the settings tabs, just click on the settings button in the bottom-right corner of the interface.

General:

1- You can change the volume of different parts of the piano to make it act just like you want. For example, the release volume changes the volume of the release samples.

2- You can also modify the tone of the piano and make it sound brighter with the tone button.

2- The volume of the sympathetic resonances (that are present on pedal down) can also be modified.

3- The true pedal action is enabled by default, this feature will let the notes that have been played on pedal up have a resonance as soon as the pedal goes down, just like on a real piano. You have to know that this feature uses a little more polyphony if its enabled. If you need to save some, simply disable it.

Mixing:

Here you can mix, enable or disable each microphone position. Once again, if you wish to save some polyphony, simply disable one of the position or set its volume to zero.

Midi:

The midi section helps you control how the library will act with your midi keyboard.There are three ways to modify it:

1- The Map area lets you draw the velocity response yourself. Remember that if you press ctrl and click on one part, kontakt will draw a line from the first place that you click to the place that you release it. This way you can have a consistent increase. Note that this table has to be increasing, for example, the value for velocity 50 cannot be lower than the one for velocity 35.

2- You can also use some presets that we have set up for you.

3- Due to the escapement, most real pianos will not play anything until you strike a key hard enough for the hammer to actually hit the strings. We simulated that with a Min Velocity, the incoming velocity as to be greater than this value for the library to play a sound.

4- The sensitivity button adjusts the response of your keyboard in a completely different way. It does not remap the velocities, but simply tells the sampler at what volume each velocity has to be played. To adjust this properly, simply play soft velocities and turn the button up until you reach the soft sound you want.

Conclusion:

! Now you just have to play it!