Cassette Toy Piano KONTAKT

OHSiE | 13 November 2023 | 987 MB

The Idea & Process

Cassette Toy Piano is a collection of 5 instruments based on a children toy piano. First of the five included instruments is of course just a raw toy piano recorded on a cassette and while it is a nice and useful sound most toy pianos are very… imperfect in their nature. Because of that the main aim for this collection was to create additional variations of the raw sound to embrace what’s good in it (with things like spring reverb, granular synthesis, etc.) without losing its original (and sometimes) creepy sound. So to sum everything up – Cassette Toy Piano is a collection of 5 instruments recorded with 3 dynamic layers using 2 different cassette decks (one with a more neutral sound and the other with a much more lofi and degraded sound). Overall there are 1112 samples – 111 samples per deck, plus 2 noise samples from each deck (1,71 GB of uncompressed 24-bit WAV files).

Mysterium KONTAKT

DiSCOVER | December/02Th/2018 | 1.69 GB

Mysterium – Deconstructed Toy Piano is a sample library for Kontakt, requires the full version of Kontakt and consists of 16 different instruments! Our initial thought was to record just the natural metallic sound of a toy piano. So we recorded a two octave upright toy piano which have a slightly off-tune sound, and a natural range of C3 to C5. And then we thought that it would be fun to record the dry hits of this actual toy piano. And so we did! But then, we decided to step it up a notch! We began messing around with various sound design techniques and effects and created different and interesting sounds which we have include in this library. Soundscapes, cinematic effects, drones, heavy processed experimental sounds complete the puzzle of agony and mystery. Mysterium can create a unique jittery and enigmatic atmosphere to your compositions.

Toy Piano KONTAKT

DECiBEL | 03 Jan 2021 | 131.4MB

The latest addition to our range of affordable and lightweight instruments, ready to play straight out of the box and easily tweakable with the familiar easy-to-use GUI design you’ve come to expect from our products. Runs in the full version of Kontakt 5. The sound of the Toy Piano is produced by hammers striking metal rods (tines), resulting in a unique bell-like tone. The instrument was close mic’d in stereo, in a dry studio, giving you the flexibility to add as much or little reverb as you like. The original instrument has some natural tuning deviations due to its age. Although this adds a certain charm and authenticity, we know everyone’s tastes are different, so after sampling the instrument we painstakingly optimised the tuning note-by-note. To restore some of these natural tuning deviations, we added the ‘broken tuning’ dial, which allows you to choose how in-tune the instrument sounds. Set it to 0 for a modern/pristine sound for upbeat children’s music, or all the way up to 100 for your creepy Halloween scores. To further enhance the authenticity and realism of the instrument, we captured the mechanical sounds of the keys being released. These can be dialled in using the ‘Key Clicks’ control.

Vintage Toy Piano KONTAKT

TEMPLE | 14-12-2014 | 1.05 GB

Vintage Toy Piano is a charmingly beautiful, classic toy piano. Deeply sampled and featuring two microphone perspectives. the character of the instrument works well for both solo and ensemble applications, including film, classical, children’s, and pop music. With over 1800 samples, the 30-key natural range of the instrument has been chromatically sampled with up to 10 velocity layers and 3 round-robins. For your convenience, we have extended both the treble and bass range slightly beyond its natural range. You can expect a clear, bell-like treble register, with a gently-tapered, natural bass register. An additional 50 instrument sound effects and 25 instrument presets are included. Designed for the full version of Kontakt 4 or 5 (Download Only).

Grandpa Toy Piano KONTAKT

DISCOVER/SYNTHiC4TE | 21 June 2014 | 193 MB

The Brotherhood Release

Well, I probably messed around with that little toy piano a lot but I just came to realize its value when I was already an adult and found it again on my basement. It’s not perfectly tuned, it’s a worn and aged little piano, it’s got a lot of character, it makes some noise when we release some keys, and it’s beautiful. Obviously we at HeadlessBuddha Samples sampled it through some worn cassette tape but this time we wanted to capture more subtleties and details than we usually do. I think it’s our best Kontakt instrument to date and we’re very proud to present it to you. Grandpa Toy Piano features: 7 velocity layers and 2 round robins per note plus release samples 1 Kontakt instrument 44.1kHz/24 bit .wav format All recorded through cassette tape A set of 18 custom impulse responses 550Mb installed The .wav files go decompressed so you can use it wherever you want. We hope you like it.

Kinderklavier Toy Piano KONTAKT

TEAM MAGNETRiXX | 03 April 2014 | 1.29 GB

The Kinderklavier is an iconic sound found in commercials, TV, soundtracks and pop music. From cute and innocent, dark and twisted, to pop and rock, Kinderklavier is a truly versatile library. This Kinderklavier was deep sampled and close-mic’ed to capture all it’s subtle nuances. As usual, we deeply sampled the instrument, every single 25 notes with 8 round robin and an average of 6 velocity layers per note. The keys of the Kinderklavier had such unique character that we had to multi-sample and include them as release triggers with multiple round robin and velocity layers.

USSR Toy Piano KONTAKT

FREE | 24.01.2013 | 47.5 MB

A small USSR piano with a unique sound that resembles a xylophone. The sound of this instrument has no equal in the atmosphere. Use it in the melody or in the background of your tracks! Model Year 1969