Product Details

The Wreck
Sound Library

The Wreck

US$ 19.00

US$ 14.00

-26% OFF

This isn’t your polished concert grand. The Wreck is a beautifully broken upright piano with an untamed sound—and a tamed version too—for gritty, emotional, or comedic scoring.

So you've heard all the Steinway Concert and Yamaha C series grands, the Bösendorfers with the extra bass notes, Faziolis, muffled 'character' pianos, and what not. You are probably ready for a change. Perhaps you tried a long chain of plug-ins to distort a perfectly balanced grand piano sample into a dull out of tune mess - and you were probably disappointed with the results.

Enter the real thing - a beaten up 100+ year old upright that hasn't been tuned in decades. Whether you are a film composer looking for a special sound for a special scene, or writing serious comedy, The Wreck has got you covered when it comes to toenail bending aesthetics.

We do recognize that, on occasion, you will appreciate a minimum of tonal integrity and that it may be prudent to avoid carelessly insulting your client's ears. Don't worry. Without touching a tuning wrench, you also get an edited version that plays nice with your well-tempered instruments while preserving all the important characteristics of a sadly neglected family heritage.

For full library details, download the User Guide.

Contents

  • The Wreck - unvarnished and raw, just like the real thing. You may expect some hammers that strike two adjacent notes at once and some badly out of tune notes.
  • The Tamed Wreck - a softened version where individual notes are tuned to the best perceived average and pulled into equal temperament. Hammers that strike two different notes at once are removed from this set.
  • The Wreck FX - a few strums across the strings for your mystery movie scoring pleasure.

Supported formats

The instruments in The Wreck library are delivered in two formats with support for these major software products:

  • Apple Logic Pro/EXS24)
  • .nki format for Native Instruments KontaktTM*

* Please note that this library requires the full version of Kontakt (v3 or higher), the free Kontakt Player is not supported.

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