PaperStone Instruments releases "Palm Mute Piano" for Kontakt

PaperStone Instruments has released Palm Mute Piano, a 2.6 GB 64-note Kontakt instrument.

Each note of the PaperStone Grand Piano has been sampled using finger dampening, resulting in an unusual cinematic tone. The PaperStone house piano is a Danemann Grand Piano 6'8"; Mahogany c1960, chosen by PaperStone for its rich character and mellow tone. It is designed to be ideal for cinematic and jazz music.

It has been sampled in short (staccato) long (sustain) and pedalled articulations at 3 velocity levels, with 5 microphones: Close (mono) Stereo and Room.

Palm muting is achieved by placing a finger (or palm) on the string of the piano while striking the key. Similar to the muted tone of more common palm muting techniques on guitar and bass - it creates a dampened tone.

Features:

• 4 Patches in NKI format.
• 1737 stereo samples recorded at 24-bit 44.1 kHz.
• Original user interface and advanced custom scripting engine.
• PMP Full.nki (Complete with all articulations and dynamic keyswitching).
• PMP Staccato.nki (Lighter version with just the Staccato articulation loaded).
• PMP Pedalled.nki (Lighter version with just the Pedalled articulation loaded).
• PMP Sustain.nki (Lighter version with just the Sustain articulation loaded).

Recording Equipment:

• Close - C414 B-ULS, API 3124MB preamp, Prism converters.
• Stereo - Neumann KM184 pair, Focusrite ISA preamp, Prism converters.
• Room - Pair of Neumann U87 AI, API 3142MB preamp, Prism converters.

Price: RRP £34.99 at Sampleism. There is a special price of £22.99 until the end of May.