Soundiron Drinking Piano KONTAKT SCD DVDR-SONiTUS



Welcome to The Drinking Piano by Soundiron! This fat-bottomed monster upright has a classic beer hall sound, evoking images of the roaring 20s and pre-war 30s. Its got all of the brutal wear and tear that youd expect from a hundred-year-old instrument that has been played hard and put away wet, night after night. With a fat, wide and close sound, it puts you right on the bench with the yellow, cracked ivories under your fingers. It was recorded right up against the strings in a small, slightly reflective hall, giving it all the presence of a dry studio recording with just a hint of live ambiance.


The years of alcohol-fueled abuse have been less than kind to this once stately instrument. With worn and rickety key action, unreliable dampers, loose pedal mechanics, wear hardened felts, the occasional misaligned hammer and decades of baked-in dust, every key has all the character and frailty of a hundred-year-old bartender. The strings were far too corroded to be tuned without risking breakage and further internal damage, so the whole thing is a little over a half-step flat. But beneath the beer stains and cigarette burns, this massive aging troubadour has a substantial pedigree. Its an original Ivors and Pond model from the dawn of the 20th century, made of solid mahogany, with expert hand-craftsmanship and detail rarely seen in any modern uprights.

Articulations

8 12 velocity layers per note and release
Fully adjustable, realistic dynamic action, pedal and hardware sounds
Tuned mode offers refined intonation and smooth response
Untuned mode reveals the naturally raw and untamed instrument
Muted Bass String finger plucks
Piano Pedal press and release sfx w/ dynamic layering (damper, sostenuto, half-pedal)
Bench Creaks and Lid open/close
Ambiences and Atmospheres

NKI Program Presets

The Drinking Piano features 22 presets for Kontakt 4/5 and 3 presets for Kontakt 5 only, with ambiences created from the source material allowing users to experiment with a wide range of soundscapes and FX.

Our custon UI features front panel controls for Swell (volume), Attack, Offset, Release, Release Volume, Pedal Volume, Micro-Tuning (pitch), Sober/Drunk switch, Tuned/Untuned switch, a Button Bar and more. The button bar gives you access to built-in effect such as LFO (tempo-synchable volume and filter effects), EQ, Reberb and Uberpeggiator.

Specs

1,778 Samples (standard pcm wav)
25 .nki files (open format) 22 K4 / 3 K5
5.25 GB installed
24 bit / 48kHz stereo PCM wav format
Format(s): Kontakt 4/5 .nki and pcm .wav