Vintage Accordion

Vintage Accordion is a virtual instrument based on a vintage Italian accordion made in Castelfidardo in the 60s.

To realize it I made a deep study about its special sound. I love that sound and all its expressive variations. To capture its soul I worked with amazing technical tools (from microphones to sound card, from editing software to development system). I recorded in 95kHz/24-bit resolution, edited and looped almost 1300 waveforms for a total of 2GB of memory storage. All samples are perfectly looped. I recorded all the registers of my accordion, all the keys for 4 velocity layers and 2 round robin. I adopted a filter to simulate the harmonic variation of sounds during its dynamic range. I separately recorded the key-on and key-off noises for a more realistic sound.

Specifications:

• Vintage "Titano Accordion" implementation.
• 1289 Samples.
• >1,8 GB Storage.
• 96 kHz Sample rate.
• 24-bit resolution.
• All sample are perfectly looped.
• 4 velocity layers.
• 2 Round robin per layer.
• Filter modulated by Expression (CC11).
• Tremolo effect modulated by Modulation wheel.
• 7 accordion registers implemented.
• key-on and key-off noises.
• register change noises.
• Key Switch for quick register change.
• Adjustable volume for each voice (16", 8", 4" and noise).
• right hand and left hand presets.
• Powered by UVI Engine XT.
• Requires UVI Workstation v2.5.6 or later.
• UVI.net provides UVI Workstation for free.
• Playable by MOTU MachFive too (requires v3.2.1).
• PACE protection system.

Listen to audio demos on SoundCloud: SoundCloud.com/paoloprincipi/sets/psound-vintage-accordion