Steinberg has announced the release of a free virtual instrument that delivers a new, smooth and jazzy, laid-back feel.
Taped Vibes for HALion delivers the beautiful sound of the raw, sampled electric piano, a dirty characterful version recorded through the tape loop of a Space Echo, and also a pre-amped version for crunchy distortion and saturation.
High-quality effects allow rich, swirling movement, dreamy reverberations, mesmerizing delays, and enchanting modulations to be added, creating a truly distinctive tone. And for maximum inspiration, it has a unique preset function which randomizes all parameters at once. The new preset can then be easily modified or saved.
But Taped Vibes is much more, as Senior Marketing Manager Florian Haack explains: “As well as an amazing free library, Taped Vibes is a showcase of how to design sample instruments from scratch in HALion.”
He adds, “It is accompanied by a free online tutorial series with videos on sample editing, scripting, macro page design and more, which will consecutively be released on our YouTube VST Instruments & Plug-ins channel.”
The original, studio used electric piano sample library is available at no charge for HALion and the free HALion Sonic 7 player.
More information: Steinberg
