Novel Piano - Free

Novel Piano’s GUI is clean and straightforward. It has three knobs which are responsible for different effects. Release noise controls key release mechanism volume, you can take it down to get rid of it completely. Character knob on the other hand is an controller of EQ and filter which are cutting or boosting high frequencies, depending on setting. Finally reverb mix is self explanatory. There is an algorithmic hall type reverb onboard, which you can turn down completely if needed.

We recorded an elegant contemporary upright piano, in semi-dry room. Which gives our instrument nice and present close sound. But You can still hear a room reacting to that sound. The most gorgeous sound recorded is with mute pedal (Novel Piano patch). It sound amazing from up close, but room sound gives it even more character and depth. It may not be perfect for all scenarios though. That is why there is another set of samples recorded traditionally without mute ( Scoring Piano patch) to make our instrument more flexible and useful in more every day situations. Smaller but very important part of Novel Piano library is sustain pedal mechanism, which volume can be changed directly from instrument GUI. 

Piano was recorded with 7 microphones: 2 close mics pointing sound board, 1 close microphone placed low just above the ground to capture entire richness and low-end, 2 room mics placed just behind player in order to capture player’s perspective, 2 ambience mics placed 5 meters from the piano. 

We spent a lot of time in post production, carefully choosing samples from different takes to make sure every sounds nice and clear. We also denoised all recorded tracks to avoid unwanted noise stacking while playing an instrument.  We mixed all recorded tracks to stereo. It makes our library very light for CPU and RAM and also makes it perfect companion for traveling musicians who use notebooks.