100 Year Old Piano Ableton Live Pack
100 Year Old Piano
Ableton Live Pack
A collection of Ableton Live Instruments made from multi-samples of my 100 year-old upright piano. Each instrument captures the character, personality, and charm of this vintage piano. multi-sampled to reel-to-reel tape and built into a versatile Ableton Live Instrument Rack.
Macro Controls and Variation Presets for a wide range of sounds.
Natural Sounding Piano
Reel to Reel Tape Piano
Felt Piano
Reversed Pianos
Piano Reverb and Lo-Fi Piano Effect Racks
Requires Ableton Live 12.4 Lite or Above
The 100 Year Old Piano
About 15 years ago, I bought a 1913 Kranich & Bach upright piano from the local Salvation Army. It was clear that whoever owned it played it quite a bit. The finish on the keys is faded, the hammers are worn down, and some of the pedals don’t work quite right. It makes a lot of mechanic noises, but man does it have soul.
I often wonder who played it. It’s likely that it outlived a few different owners. It will probably outlive me. I think part of its charm is the spirit of those players living on through the strings.
Over the past century it has developed its own unique sound and personality. The strings have lived through two world wars, the invention of television and rock and roll, as well as the moon landing. The worn hammers and mechanics are those of a piano that has been played by many. It has soul. This piano has a gravity and weight to every note that makes it a joy to play.
My 1913 Kranich & Bach upright piano.
The 100 Year Old Piano Ableton Live Instruments
The life and character of the piano transfers to the Ableton Live Instruments, complete with occasional creaks and noises one would expect of a 100 year old instrument. You get Macro Controls to tailor the piano to fit your needs. Add effects, filter out frequencies, adjust the noise of the initial attack as the hammer moves to the string, and even decide how often and how loud the dampers will be when you release notes!
Included Presets:
100 Year Old Piano
100 Year Old Piano Reversed
100 Year Old Tape Piano
100 Year Old Felt Piano
100 Year Old Felt Piano Reversed
100 Year Old Felt Piano Lo-Fi
100 Year Old Piano Lo-Fi FX
100 Year Old Piano Reverb
100 Year Old Piano - Piano in its natural state, full of character and personality.
Reversed Pianos - Each sample is reversed for trippy, backwards piano.
Felt Piano Instrument Rack - Felt-treated strings. Mellow and dark.
Tape Piano Instrument Rack - Samples recorded to reel to reel tape.
100 Year Old Felt Piano Instrument Racks are made with round robin multi-samples of my piano with a felt curtain positioned between the strings and the hammers. It’s a mellower, darker version of the piano; and possibly my favorite!
100 Year Old Tape Piano Instrument Rack contains round robin multi-samples of every key recorded to my Tascam 388 8-Track Reel to Reel. The combination of vintage preamps and tape warmth give the piano samples something extra special!
Lo-Fi Piano - Fewer samples, time-stretched w/ effects for a perfect Lo-Fi sound.
Piano Reverb - Convolution Reverb made from sound of resonating strings.
See and Hear the 100 Year Old Piano in Action
Sometimes sample-based instruments are so meticulously recorded, edited, and constructed that we lose the life and feel of the original instrument. Thanks to 100 years of life, the 100-Year-Old Piano rings with energy and life in every note.