KVR Audio

gizmo · Post by **gizmo** » Mon Apr 19, 2004 3:56 am

Does anybody have a link to some toy piano samples? WAV, AIF, or soundfont. When I searched I discovered the most varied and tantalizing plethora of instruments, lots of amazing collections, but no actual samples. I've been making my toy piano sounds but would love to compare and contrast with the real thing. Feel I'm missing something in the plink department.

metalsvinet · Post by **metalsvinet** » Mon Apr 19, 2004 5:49 am

I made a soundfont of one I bought in a flea market. PM me if you want it.

Pantsdown666 · Post by **Pantsdown666** » Mon Apr 19, 2004 7:11 am

Quick google search brought up this one :
http://www.v3space.com/a/a49/18/
Haven't tried it as i'm not on the music computer ...

whyterabbyt · Post by **whyterabbyt** » Mon Apr 19, 2004 11:50 am

When you say toy piano, do you mean a real thingy, or an electronic toy type thingy? Like my much-prized Barbie keyboard.

gizmo · Post by **gizmo** » Mon Apr 19, 2004 1:05 pm

Hey thanks for replies. I found Spratman but missed the toy piano -- up too late.

whyterabbyt--Started out interested in that Yann Tiersen "good" toy piano sound but now that I realize there are people out there with collections of dozens of whacko toy electric/electronic keyboards I've become generally intrigued. Sort of the anti-Holy Grail thing. Haven't encountered a Barbie keyboard yet; this could get obsessive!

whyterabbyt · Post by **whyterabbyt** » Mon Apr 19, 2004 1:12 pm

but now that I realize there are people out there with collections of dozens of whacko toy electric/electronic keyboards

cough.

I've become generally intrigued. Sort of the anti-Holy Grail thing. Haven't encountered a Barbie keyboard yet; this could get obsessive!

Well, I found one on ebay, then gave it away as a KVR competition prize, after buying myself a second one

But Ive just recently acquired a completely different model. The first one was a Bontempi, like so

The other one, erm, isnt.

ebay's good for stuff like that. My own preference is for toy guitars; I now have about 15. And yes, it does get obsessive! I suspect ebay is worse than crack.

gizmo · Post by **gizmo** » Tue Apr 20, 2004 12:52 am

Hey WR I didn't mean you!

I'm sure your collection, like your posts, is pithy and to the point but not without a certain, uh, humor. I found a collection last night that blew my mind, a toy piano museum online. It went on and on, cracked me up. Seems like good therapy for the serious side of music. Except I wanted a sample CD...

Here:http://users.informatik.haw-hamburg.de/ ... ments.html

gizmo · Post by **gizmo** » Tue Apr 20, 2004 1:02 am

Wow.

That's one pink thing!

whyterabbyt · Post by **whyterabbyt** » Tue Apr 20, 2004 8:32 am

gizmo quoth Hey WR I didn't mean you!

I did. Hence the embarassed cough...