Palm Muted Upright
A Samick upright piano muted by hand.......
ByBard Linga
The story
A hand muted upright piano recorded with a stereo pair of AKG C214 into a Focusrite Scarlett 18i8.
*Updated 08/03/22 – The original hand muted piano of pianobook returns with cleaned samples, crackles removed, a brand new user interface and a patch re-scripted from the ground up.
Almost 3 years have passed since I uploaded the BL Palm Muted Upright to pianobook, and about a month ago I decided it was time to buckle down and go over all the user reviews, fix all of the issues, and make a definitive version of this library to let it shine like I think it deserves. I want to give a special thanks to Conner and Sam Ecoff for beta testing and giving great feedback in the process.
Compatible with:
Full Kontakt 6.5.3 upwards
Ableton Suite 10.1 upward
Interface
Reviews
What Inspiration
As my tastes in expression go - I think this is one Amazing sample patch. I love the tones of the instrument as you have them set out of the box, and I prefer the second patch (not the noise reduced one). It's soft, expressive, evocative ... I honestly can't think of anything that I'd recommend changing.
It's a simple and straightforward interface, and that to me is part of the beauty of this. The tones are muted wonderfully, and at times I can hear the harmonics of a nylon string guitar and a harp in combination with the piano sound. I imagine that a composition with these is going to be fantastic.
Please keep up the great work. I love this patch, among my favorite of all the downloads
Lovely sound
Great playability. Love to play on it when I'm bored. So good for writing crazy little Ditties. The high notes are really hitting the sweet spot for me
A nice felted plucked texture
I am quite the fan of piano libraries and have downloaded a majority of the ones available here on pianobook. This particular library has a very nice texture and tone that evokes a certain emotion that many other recordings don't quite capture. To my ears it's a mix between a felted piano and muted harp. I think it's a winner to add to your canvas of sounds and recommend the download!
Thanks for taking the time to record this.
Kudos
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