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Sampled Baldwin grand available

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danmckinney
danmckinney|75

Hello, all.

I wanted to introduce my new sampled piano, the 1954 Baldwin Parlor Grand, for UVI Workstation.

The samples were recorded from my own studio's piano, which has been in my family since I was a kid. It's a piano and loved and used for decades, both for my stuff and other studio projects. You can check it out at https://www.wholesounds.com/1954-baldwin-parlor-grand/

The piano was sampled from four mixable mic perspectives, and includes onboard eq & compression, and features hammer and pedal sound sample layers, sympathetic open string resonance, custom-built convolution reverbs, and much more.

I offer a fully functional demo version, and I would absolutely appreciate any and all feedback I can get from you guys!

I've posted the piano in the gear section, and I welcome any and all reviews!

http://equipboard.com/items/1954-baldwin-parlor-grand-for-uvi-workstation

Thanks.

jimmarchi1
jimmarchi1|41026 MODERATOR
GEAR:
  • Roland Juno-6
  • Gibson SG Standard
  • Vox AC30 Guitar Combo Amp
In reply to danmckinney:

UVI Worskstatoin?! I had no idea anyone sued that or Falcon or whatever... wow

GEAR:
  • Roland Juno-6
  • Gibson SG Standard
  • Vox AC30 Guitar Combo Amp
danmckinney
danmckinney|75
In reply to jimmarchi1:

Yeah, UVI isn't the biggest player on the market, but there are developers who are offering some really nice stuff. I really like the Acoustic Samples stuff from Arnaud Sicard, especially the B5, which is the best Hammond & Leslie emulation I've used. (and I've got the real deal here in my studio to compare with - a Hammond A100 and Leslie 122).

https://www.acousticsamples.net/

I also really like the IRCAM solo instruments - some really cool & unusual sounds along with more standard orchestral solo stuff...

https://www.uvi.net/en/orchestral-composer/ircam-solo-instruments.html

Also, Jamal Hartwell at https://gospelmusicians.com/ has done a lot with UVI.

Falcon was great to build the instrument in, and had some definite advantages over the competition. The UVI audio engine had been used as the basis for the Motu Mach 5 before UVI offered their own platform with Falcon. As fas as sampling and synth stuff goes, it's pretty deep.

jimmarchi1
jimmarchi1|41026 MODERATOR
GEAR:
  • Roland Juno-6
  • Gibson SG Standard
  • Vox AC30 Guitar Combo Amp
In reply to danmckinney:

I've been eyeballing falcona nd workstation for a while but I fear they'll go udner and my investment will be for nothing whereas soemthing like Kotakt never goes away... and i don't use this stuff that much anyway. For software sampling I will a lot of times be making really unique stuff with TAL sampler voiced up like an old akai or emu unit with soundfont layers, my own samples built in and fitlering and shit doing some 'hollywood' sound design type of thing... I don't often want a stock soundlike this, but piano is one of those things. I just cut a recording where I used my Yamaha digital piano initially and was underwhelmed and really ahd to screw around with assigning sounds to the MIDI data I recorded along with teh audio to get the piano sound iw as envisioning. its not even perfect, tis just close... I tried Kotnakt stuff, I tried some dedicated piano plugins and I forget what I printed. I needed something bordering on a tack sound and it was a bear. If Iw ere working in a comemrcial studio I woulda just played an acoustic piano,... anyway, tangent here... food for thought though. thanks for all the great info Dan. how stable is UVI being a small fry would you say?

GEAR:
  • Roland Juno-6
  • Gibson SG Standard
  • Vox AC30 Guitar Combo Amp
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