Foil Imprints has introduced a new sample pack featuring a comprehensive collection of gesture loops, harmonics, colored piano instruments, chord hits, percussion, and sound effects, all sampled directly from a Grotrian acoustic upright piano.
Not your typical sampled piano instrument, the focus of Piano Gestures was on discovering the hidden sonic possibilities that are revealed from patiently exploring the sound of the instrument.
Piano Gestures features
- Gesture loops: Loops created by preparing the piano with objects, and rapidly striking the key to create tremolo like pitched sounds. When sampled and mapped across a keyboard, the loops make expressive and stunning instruments, reminiscent of shimmery pizzicato strings.
- Harmonics : Notes generated by strategically dampening each of the piano strings, and recording them note by note, both with and without sustains.
- Felt piano instruments: Piano instruments using felt to dampen the strings, and then further recorded to tape and pitched down using the Tascam Porta 414 four track recorder.
- Chord hits: Chord one shots that revolve around three different chord progressions, recorded straight and also to tape and pitched down using the Tascam Porta 414 four track recorder.
- Frozen piano instruments: An infinite reverb piano pad instrument. Every piano note from C1 to C6 was recorded and individually run through three different OTO BAM reverb’s for a minute each. The resulting instruments have an ethereal and evolving pad quality and feature quite a diverse range of tones spread through out the keyboard range.
- Percussive hits and sound effects: Percussive instruments built from striking the surfaces, pedals, and strings in key areas making for interesting ambient percussion sounds.
The sample pack is available to purchase for $5 USD.
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