drift free - bad pianos
I know you've already got hundreds of 'proper' pianos, that sound like proper pianos and behave like proper pianos, but you haven't got anything as improper as BAD PIANOS.
This is a wonky piano that oozes character and wrongness, but is still a joy to play and can make piano noises that sound like no other piano.
And it's free, so what have you got to lose ?
...but you can take it up a notch!
The free version of BAD PIANOS exploits the fluidity of the DRIFT engine and encourages you to twist and morph a cosmos of new sounds.
The BAD PIANO TOOLKIT upgrade goes further and tampers with the DNA of the free version. 60 themed snapshots reconfigure the architecture of DRIFT FREE BAD PIANOS.
GRAINs BAD PIANO is a granular Kontakt engine that shrinks and stretches the piano into new textures that are still recognizably piano-ish - or not.
From Tom Waits to Disintegration Loops to My Bloody Valentine via Mrs Mills 80 new snapshots each with something different going on under the hood for uncharted levels of bad/goodness.
60REWIRES
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everything in DRIFT FREE BAD PIANOS
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60 themed and re-cabled snapshots in 6 categories
GRAINs BAD PIANO
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the same bad piano samples poured into a granular sample engine
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20 snapshots each with reconfigured internal workings
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endless possibilities...it's true !
DRIFT FREE BAD PIANOS
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1 Kontakt instrument (for FULL 6.7.1 or above).
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700mb uncompressed samples.
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morph EQ knob with 100 presets.
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morph ADSR knob with 100 presets.
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grist knob for noisy filth.
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50 custom impulse response reverbs.
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space knob adds IR reverb and goes to 100% wet.
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BPM synced drift control for tape like chaotic wow and flutter.
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BPM synced bipolar ducking modulator for complex throbbing.
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polyphonic, monophonic, legato and offset play modes.
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portamento.
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up to 8 voices of detuned girth.
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full automation capability.
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Handy built in instructions in RTFM page.
What's Inside ?
BAD PIANO TOOLKIT
everything in the free version +
GRAINs BAD PIANO
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1 Kontakt instrument (for FULL 6.7.1 or above).
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20 snapshots each with reconfigured internal workings.
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The same bad piano samples as DRIFT FREE BAD PIANOS + a new hybrid sample set.
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Live granular engine.
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2 channels with volume and ADSR.
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chaotic vibrato control per channel.
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XY pad with control of GRAIN: speed & size, VERB: size & depth FILTER: high pass & low pass EQ: freq & cut/boost.
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XY pad chaos-ifier - click GRAINs icon.
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Modwheel always does something - delay goes into self oscillation at max.
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Full automation capability.
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Handy built in instructions in RTFM page.
60REWIRES UPGRADE
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DRIFT FREE BAD PIANOS + 60 themed and re-cabled snapshots in 6 categories.
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Each snapshot has different internal architecture, impossible to achieve in the free version.
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BAD = bad and beautiful piano tones
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BOUNCED = complex delays with CC control of feedback
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HAZED = gorgeous and moody piano textures with CC control
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PULSATED = two extra secret volume modulators doing their thing
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TAPED = the sounds of bad piano through bad cassettes
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WRONGED = experiments in how far you can push a piano
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DRIFT ?
A minimal interface beneath which lurks a maximalists desire to warp, bend and squash millions of new sounds into the aether.
Simple at the front, complex behind the curtain. The business end is just 4 large knobs: Grist, ADSR, Morph and Space combine multiple functions for uncomplicated and intuitive sound design.
Stack together instruments from across the DRIFT range for monstrous modular hybrid sounds.
