Grand El Campanil by Soundiron
by Soundiron · $99
Overview
The Grand El Campanil Piano is an extraordinarily rich and lush-sounding full-sized vintage Baldwin Grand Piano, dating back to the 1930s, recorded with various microphone configurations in a historic theater.
Technical Specifications
- Library Size
- 20.1 GB GB
- Sample Rate
- 24 bit / 48 kHz
- Velocity Layers
- 21
- Mic Positions
- 4
- Note Range
- Full 88 keys
- Sample Count
- 7,513 stereo samples
- Plugin Formats
- VST, AU, AAX
Ideal Use Cases
- Film composers needing a richly textured grand piano for emotional or reflective scenes.
- Sound designers creating unique, evolving soundscapes and ambient textures using piano as a source.
- Electronic music producers integrating organic, processed piano sounds into their tracks.
- Songwriters and arrangers seeking a characterful grand piano with extensive sound-shaping capabilities for their compositions.
- Game audio developers crafting dynamic and responsive piano elements for interactive experiences.
Insights from Real-World Use
Strengths
- excellent job
- great feature to be able to place the mic perspectives freely
- personality
- feels real
Weaknesses
- not perfectly in tune
- a little out of tune
Tone: distinctive, brightness, unwieldy, fun, aggressive sound, fragility, aggressiveness, real, a little out of tune
Review Snippets
- Yeah, the Soundiron team did an excellent job with this one. The Stage is a great feature to be able to place the mic perspectives freely like that, very cool. I knew I had to do something like this to be able to take that little bit of extra time to explore the sound of this piano and it was indeed
- The piano's sound evoked the style of Keith Green.
- The piano has a distinctive, imperfect, and realistic sound.
- Grand El Campanil has a bright, unwieldy, fun, and aggressive sound.
- Yes, and that's alright by me. It is what gives this particular piano personality and a mix of fragility and aggressiveness all at the same time, it feels real to me. The sound was the reason it took me back to those early live Keith Green recordings where you could hear the piano ring, mechanics, a
- Soundiron excels at creative sound design with their samples.
Frequently Asked Questions
- What software do I need to use Grand El Campanil?
- Grand El Campanil requires the full retail version of Native Instruments Kontakt version 6.2.2+ to use the .nki instrument presets. The free Kontakt Player does not support this library.
- Is this a sampled or modeled piano?
- Grand El Campanil is a sampled instrument, featuring 7,513 stereo samples of a vintage Baldwin Grand Piano.
- What is the library size for Grand El Campanil?
- The library size for Grand El Campanil is 20.1 GB.
- How many microphone positions were used for recording?
- The piano was recorded with 4 microphone positions: Hammer, Overhead, Hall, and Ghosts Mix.
- What operating systems are compatible with Grand El Campanil?
- Grand El Campanil is compatible with Mac OSX 10.12 or higher and Windows 7 or higher.
- Does Grand El Campanil offer NKS compatibility?
- Yes, Grand El Campanil is NKS compatible.
- What genres is Grand El Campanil best suited for?
- Grand El Campanil is ideal for classical, film/scoring, ambient, and sound design genres.