Chocolate Audio releases Celestial - Sampled Celesta for Kontakt

10th April 2019

Chocolate Audio has announced the release of Celestial, a sampled celesta designed for balanced sound and ease of fitting in any mix.

Features:

0.5 GB (lossless compressed) library size, 449 samples.
4 Layered channels: Spot mics with AKG C414EB, Decca mics with AKG C451E-CK22 and 2 additional sound-designed options, Hyped and Diffuse.
Sustaining sounds, chromatically sampled.
Release trails, chromatically sampled.
Independently controllable sustain-pedal noise.
Sampled with Millennia preamps fed directly into Apogee converters.
All of the details of the celesta recreated through the use of custom advanced scripting.
Recorded at 24-bit / 96 kHz, released at 24-bit / 44.1 kHz.
Easy-to-use mixer for extreme sound-mangling.

Engine:

Custom User Interface.
Velocity curve management.
Fine-tuned three-band EQ for each channel.
Many under the hood techniques to make the instrument true to the original (release trails attenuation, intelligent release and pedal action...).
Master realism control and specific control over release trails, key off, resonances and pedal noise levels.
Envelope controls.
101 custom, high quality IR reverbs.
22 (+ 22) compressor + tape presets.
17 factory presets + user-savable presets.

Intro Offer: 40% off / $29 USD until April 30th, 2019, in the KVR Marketplace and at chocolateaudio.com (Reg. $49).

Requirements: