Production Grand Modern Edition Platinum v1.1.16 [26 DVD]

Production Voices Production Grand Modern Edition Platinum v1.1.16 [26 DVD]

Production Grand is an exceptionally high-quality piano sample library for NI Kontakt 4.2 and above, consisting of eight microphone perspectives and over 120,000 samples of a Yamaha C7 grand piano recorded in a world-class recording studio. The library is 437.5 GB in size before lossless compression!

Production Grand is ideal for Studio Production, Stage Production, Film Score Production, Performance and more!

Features

Best Equipment

In sampling Production Grand, we used only the best recording facilities and equipment we could find including:

• Neve Console
• Burl B80 Mothership A/D converters
• Neve Microphone Preamps
• API Microphone Preamps
• Daking Microphone Preamps

If you are an audio engineer, you know this is world-class recording equipment!

User Interface

• Full Audio Mixer
• On/Off Microphone Perspective controls
• Selectable mixer functionality: Allows for automatic channel muting when volume is set to zero.
• Controllable Pedal Noise
• Adjustable Key Up mechanical noise
• Adjustable Key Release
• Adjustable Velocity Curve
• Authentic Microphone Noise On/Off
• Authentic Pedalling: Dynamically changes the sound depending on sustain pedal position.
• Pre-Attack: Controls the keybed mechanism noise before the string is struck.

8 Microphone Perspectives

1. Player’s Perspective: Player’s perspective that is near binaural. When you put on your headphones with this perspective, it will sound like you are there playing the piano! The player’s perspective was recorded with a Crown SASS-P MKII.

2. Hammer Microphones: I’m a big fan of hammer microphones. With the hammers recorded you will get plenty of attack and a more aggressive sound.

3. & 4. Inside Microphones: This is the sound most people associate with piano recordings. We decided on two sets of inside piano microphones: vintage Neumann U87s (they say West Germany on them!) and the modern Rode NT2As. This gives the player the ability to get that classic piano sound or the modern wider-range sound or both!

5. Outside Microphones: Just outside the piano we used really expensive Neumann M149 modern tube microphones. The engineer called these the “Golden Sound” microphones. This microphone pair has a classy sound and a more balanced tone than the inside and hammer microphones.

6. & 7. Room Microphones: In an attempt to give you modern and classic choices, we used Coles ribbon microphones and AKG C414s on the rooms. The ribbons sound like… ribbons… smooth and velvety! Ribbons take EQ well; another reason to include them. The AKGs sound true to the piano’s tone in the room.

8. Under Piano Microphone: Underneath the middle of the piano we used a PZM (pressure zone) microphone to give a clear centre image to the sound.

• Hammer Mics: B&K
• Outside Piano: Neumann M149
• Inside Mics: vintage NeumannU87, modern Rode NT2A
• Room Microphones: Coles Ribbon, AKG 414
• Piano Bottom: PZM
• Player’s Perspective: Crown SASS-P MKII for near binaural experience when played!

Smooth Velocity Layers

Production Grand was recorded with 16 velocity layers, but the size was just too unmanageable! We chose the best 12 velocity layers for the final product which includes:

• 12 velocities pedal up samples
• 12 velocities pedal down samples
• 12 velocities release samples

All the velocities are evenly recorded across the piano. Every velocity on each note had precisely the same trigger velocity when sampled. This gives a very even velocity range across the entire piano.