Following in the foundational footsteps of the recently released VAULTS-ABSURDLY QUIET PIANO, cunningly�creating the seemingly impossible sensation of playing a grand piano impossibly quietly as the latest downloadable drop in�the Edinburgh-based enterprise�s free virtual instrument collection, The Crow Hill Company is proud to announce availability�of ABSURDLY QUIET PIANO PRO � produced beyond the possibilities afforded in live performance on the very verge of�silence as a mellow, soft, and alluring piano that hits all the right (sampled) notes without having its resonance hindered by�being based on a felt or celeste-pedal piano � as of May 20� It is fair to say that The Crow Hill Company has, quite literally, gone �pro� after scoring a hit with its insanely popular VAULTS-ABSURDLY QUIET PIANO release � recorded�during the dead of night in company founder and media composer Christian Henson�s front room, sampling a grand piano at the quietest dynamic possible to�create a beguiling effect that is impossible to recreate when playing piano in a regular fashion � by creating an even quieter, more intimate version, this time recorded�at Castlesound Studios, situated in beautiful countryside just 20 minutes from Edinburgh as one of the leading recording studios in the UK, with a much chunkier spec sheet�including dynamic layers, a brace of round robins, pedal up and down samples, release triggers, and more.
Maintains Christian Henson himself, setting the scene for its�inventive introduction that is, in itself, surely set to inspire: �It is designed for intimacy, but doesn�t have the �thonk� of a felt piano � that sound that I�ve got very tired of,�and is part of my ORIGINS range, building my sample palette up from scratch.
I�m hoping that ABSURDLY QUIET PIANO PRO is going to be my workhorse.� With ABSURDLY QUIET PIANO PRO, The Crow Hill Company is intent on taking things to the next level � as evidenced by that �pro� addendum.
After all, VAULTS -�ABSURDLY QUIET PIANO is effectively an �R&D� version of its turned-professional, full-blown followup, arising from the fact that the Edinburgh-based enterprise had�been carrying out a bunch of research and development surrounding pianos at the time � albeit, admittedly, distracting itself with a simple question: how quietly�can you actually play a piano? In itself, this begs the followup question of how does the �pro� version differ from its �R&D� predecessor?
An answer is anchored around�ABSURDLY QUIET PIANO PRO�s introduction of both pedal up and down resonance samples � think two (super-soft and almost-silent-soft) dynamic layers, a brace of�round robins, release triggers, damper samples, and two distinctive mic positions to balance resonance with the mechanics of the instrument. And all recorded at�Castlesound Studios with top-tier microphones and super-quiet mic preamps, achieving hitherto-thought-impossible tones by playing the piano at an absurd level of�quietness not possible in live performance.
Clarifies Christian Henson: �We released VAULTS-ABSURDLY QUIET PIANO about three weeks ago, and our site is still so�overwhelmed that it thinks it�s having a denial of service attack! It was a hastily done bit of R&D � the lid was down, it was a pair of tiny DPA mics, so it had a kind of�muffled quality.
What�s more, it was so quiet that the setting � being my front room � was so unprofessional that the noise reduction required to make it useable�rubbed out all of the character. I wanted that sound that you get � when you�re playing so quietly � of the hammer actually kissing the string.
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