Propellerhead Reason Pianos ReFill (for Reason)
The Reason Pianos ReFill gives you three amazing-sounding Hypersampled acoustic pianos with the kind of presence and playability you normally wouldn't associate with sampled pianos. Until now. Where other piano libraries leave you with a fixed piano sound that may or may not suit your project, Reason Pianos does just the opposite: these pianos were recorded using multiple microphones, leaving the mixing and shaping of your piano sound to you. You create piano sounds that suit your mix, not the other way around. A large selection of Combinator presets ranging from basic microphone setups to wide multi-mic patches guarantees you absolute sonic control. There's no one way to record a piano. And, there's no one way to mix one.
The featured pianos were chosen for their classic pop and rock friendly sound; The
Steinway D is considered to be the world's finest grand piano, the
Yamaha C7 is a classic rock and jazz piano with a distinctive sound, and the
Steinway K is a well balanced upright known for its deep tone. These instruments were hand-picked and then tuned and adjusted to perfection.
The Piano with its wide tonal range and broad frequency spectrum is a notoriously tricky instrument to fit into a mix. Not any more. The four stereo pairs and the two separate mono microphones used to record the pianos are all represented as individual channels in Reason's mixer, allowing you to tailor your piano sound to suit the other elements in your songs.
Use plenty of mics or just a few, whatever sounds best. The mono ribbon mic signal alone might be perfect for a busy track. Need more bass? Simply bring up the floor microphones a notch. Or, give the individual mics some EQ or compression or other FX. For further sound sculpting, use the Combinator's front-panel rotaries and buttons to control release resonance, presence, dynamics and more.
The Reason Pianos ReFill does not seek to deliver a set of clinically perfect, scientifically reproduced concert pianos in a box. These are pianos you can use. Pianos to play. Pianos that simply sound good - without filling up your harddrive or chewing up all your RAM. These hypersampled pianos are sophisticated and highly responsive instruments - play softly or put some weight into it, and you'll feel it. Enjoy.
Forget multisampling - this is hypersampling
The three pianos reproduced in the Reason Pianos ReFill were recorded in large, hardwood floored recording rooms, the perfect environment for pop piano recordings. In order to capture every aspect of the instruments - from the way they resound in the room to their unique timbres and characteristics - they were all recorded at multiple velocity levels, from multiple angles, using six different sets of microphones. A quality blend of vintage and modern day technology was used throughout the recording process, for that warm, yet crystal clear sound.
When designing Reason Pianos, Propellerhead set out to strike an optimal balance between sound quality and resource allocation. In other words, they wanted to give you the best piano tool possible, but not at the expense of stealing the entire RAM of your computer. Having said that, Reason Pianos is nonetheless a sophisticated ReFill for professional use, and is therefore not suited for low-end systems.
Minimum requirements:
Windows:
Reason 3.0 or later
Intel P4 1.4 GHz / AMD Athlon XP
512 MB RAM
DVD player
Mac OS:
Reason 3.0 or later
Macintosh G4 1.0 GHz
512 MB RAM
DVD player
Strongly recommended:
Windows:
Reason 3.0.4 or later
Intel P4 2.4 GHz
1024 MB RAM
fast hard drive
Low-latency ASIO compatible soundcard
DVD drive
Mac OS:
Reason 3.0.4 or later
Macintosh Intel, G5 or Dual G4 1.4 GHz
1024 MB RAM
DVD drive
