SONISTO Chocolate Audio O. D. D. Piano
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A very special Yamaha C6 in 3 different very distinct flavours.
What now?
Already having four pianos in our product line, two of which are very sought-after top-notch models, made the choice for a new piano difficult at first, but very rewarding in the end in our humble opinion.
What we find sometimes, in sampled pianos, is a lack of personality as to try to fulfil the dream of the perfect piano. As any accomplished piano player knows, though, such a piano might only exist for a single player, not for the world-wide community of piano players. So, among other ventures we are developing, we decided to do an odd, peculiar piano.
We deliberately chose to sample the piano with full detail (11 dynamic levels) but stop before the ""ff"" dynamic, to have a piano with a warm and intimate sound. We went to one of the best studios in Italy, Art&Music Studios and stuck in a very good sounding Yamaha C6. We then carefully chose and placed no less than 29 microphones around the piano in order to achieve many different sound signatures. We deliberately chose microphones which do not represent common choices for recording ""perfect pianos"", but mics we found were complementing the sound we had in our minds and hearts.
We then compiled and edited the whole thing into a set of 3 soulful, colorful and unique instruments.
Oneiric Piano
An open, wide piano sound, with lots of roomy combinations.
2 x AKG C414B-TLII wide open on the player side of the piano
A Wunder Audio CM7 FET on the opposite side, capturing a darker and more intimate tone.
2 x vintage AKG C460-CK1 as room mics, placed far away and very low.
2 x vintage AKG C451E-CK22 as an additional room, omni microphones, very tall.
Dark Piano
A ribbon-mic based combination, bringing a lot of personality and some precious darkness with an edge.
2 x AEA N22 matched pair in AB configuration on the listener side.
2 x Earthworks SR77 matched pair on the end tail of the piano.
A single vintage Beyerdynamic M88N(C) capturing the bassy tone of the holes.
2 x AEA N8 matched pair in Blumlein configuration up high and 2.5 meters away on the listener side.
Dreamy Piano
Based on dynamic mics and the odd end of the piano (its bottom side) creates an edgy and wide sound palette.
2 x vintage, cheap but amazingly good AKG D190E on the player side in a wide AB.
A single AKG C414B-ULS placed on the floor underneath the piano body.
2 x Crown PZM30D placed between the legs and the harmonic board, one next to the low strings, the other next to the higher registers.
A single vintage dynamic omni Sennheiser MD211 on the ground as room mic.
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