Palm Mute Piano. Finger Dampened 2.6GB Piano Kontakt Library

[Kaneda]

Paper Stone Instruments is a new Kontakt Library development company formed by the team at Paper Stone Recording Studios in Nottingham, UK. Our mission is to create instruments that we, as producers and musicians, need for our own work. For this reason, we will always strive to create the best instruments that we can. We use the finest equipment we have at our disposal and use various microphone positions that can be blending together on the Kontakt interface so the sound can be adjusted to suit your needs. Our studio is situated in an old converted cinema with superb acoustics.

Our first instrument is the Palm Mute Piano for Kontakt V4.2.3 or above.





Palm Mute Piano

The Palm Mute Piano is a 2.6GB 64 note Kontakt instrument. Each note of our PaperStone Grand Piano has been meticulously sampled using finger dampening, resulting in a unique cinematic tone. The PaperStone house piano is a Danemann Grand Piano 6'8"; Mahogany c1960, chosen for it's rich character and mellow tone. Perfect for cinematic and jazz music.

It has been sampled in short (staccato) long (sustain) and pedalled articulations at 3 velocity levels, with 5 microphones: Close (mono) Stereo and Room.

What is Palm Muting?

Palm muting is achieved by simply placing a finger (or palm) on the string of the piano while striking the key. Similar to the muted tone of more common palm muting techniques on guitar and bass - it gives a great stealthy dampened tone.

Features:

> 4 Patches in NKI format.
> 1737 stereo samples recorded at 24bit 44.1 KHz.
> Original user interface and advanced custom scripting engine.
> PMP Full.nki (Complete with all articulations and dynamic keyswitching)
> PMP Staccato.nki (Lighter version with just the Staccato articulation loaded)
> PMP Pedalled.nki (Lighter version with just the Pedalled articulation loaded)
> PMP Sustain.nki (Lighter version with just the Sustain articulation loaded)

What Recording Equipment did we use?

We carried out extensive microphone shoot outs to ascertain the correct microphone, pre-amp, and positioning. We used the most effective resulting combinations, which were as follows:

> Close - C414 B-ULS, API 3124MB preamp, Prism converters.
> Stereo - Neumann KM184 pair, Focusrite ISA preamp, Prism converters.
> Room - Pair of Neumann U87 AI, API 3142MB preamp, Prism converters.

What Makes the Recording Space so Special?

Studio 2 is a converted cinema auditorium dating back to 1914. It's floor space is large at around 1400 Sq. foot.
The incredible acoustics of the room are down to 3 factors:

> An arched ceiling, which acts to reduce standing waves.
> A false floor covering the old staggered seating platforms, acts as a bass trap.
> Engineered Acoustic treatment, in the form of rock wool screens and baffles.

Testimonials:

"As a first release from Paper Stone Instruments, Palm Mute Piano is a product that demonstrates meticulous care and attention to detail: with multiple velocity layers, three mic sets and numerous articulations. Most importantly though Palm Mute Piano is a unique and creative slant on an otherwise familiar instrument, offering whole new ways of employing the sound of a piano in your music. From intricate harmonic-like lines, to ethereal pads, Palm Muted Piano is a surprisingly versatile musical tool."
Mark Cousins, Music Tech Magazine

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The Palm Mute Piano is available exclusively at Sampleism.

Currently priced at £22.99 until the end of May / RRP £34.99

[asnor]

I was just thinking about wanting something like this. Will check it out.

Thanks.

[woggle]

Paper Stone Instruments is a new Kontakt Library development company formed by the team at Paper Stone Recording Studios in Nottingham, UK.



Palm muting is achieved by simply placing a finger (or palm) on the string of the piano while striking the key. Similar to the muted tone of more common palm muting techniques on guitar and bass - it gives a great stealthy dampened tone.

Features:



The Palm Mute Piano is available exclusively at Sampleism.

Currently priced at £22.99 until the end of May / RRP £34.99

I am interested but find the demo insufficient. Could you please make a demo that is just the naked palm mute piano playing something through the range of articulations. Thanks

[Kaneda]

Paper Stone Instruments is a new Kontakt Library development company formed by the team at Paper Stone Recording Studios in Nottingham, UK.



Palm muting is achieved by simply placing a finger (or palm) on the string of the piano while striking the key. Similar to the muted tone of more common palm muting techniques on guitar and bass - it gives a great stealthy dampened tone.

Features:



The Palm Mute Piano is available exclusively at Sampleism.

Currently priced at £22.99 until the end of May / RRP £34.99

I am interested but find the demo insufficient. Could you please make a demo that is just the naked palm mute piano playing something through the range of articulations. Thanks

Hi. We have added a video walkthrough in the original post above so you can listen to all the articulations now. Thanks!

[woggle]

thanks, that video is very useful - I like the way you show the interaction between the mic positions

[Kaneda]

thanks, that video is very useful - I like the way you show the interaction between the mic positions

Cheers! Glad you found it useful.

[asnor]

Bought this instantly, then went back later and bought the claps library too

[Kaneda]

Bought this instantly, then went back later and bought the claps library too

Thanks! Hope you like it?

[Kaneda]

The second instrument from PaperStone is a simple tool but very useful.

The Clap



The Clap was created to generate natural sounding clapping rhythms with hugely editable parameters that can be adjusted to fit into any mix. Choose the number of clappers you wish to use, from one (C3) to 13 (C4) and then choose their proximity - close miced, stereo overhead, or ambient room or any blend of the 3.

To ensure a varied natural sound, each clap has been sampled at 4 velocities, and with 5 round robins.

To add extra possibilities and flavour you can augment the natural clap with any combination of 4 drum machine claps - 808, 909, Pop and Crunch. Further editability and sound manipulation is made possible by LPF and HPF filters, release controls and 10 kinds of reverb.

> 784 stereo samples at 24bit 44.1 KHz.
> Original user interface and advanced custom scripting engine.

"With the clap I wanted to create a natural clap machine where I can generate as many people as i want clapping (in different positions in the stereo field) and have 6 mics all aligned in phase and ready to go. Also i wanted round robins to keep it organic and a selection of machine claps to add focus and strength when needed."

Full version of Kontakt only (V4.2.3).