ZAK Sound has released Downtown Grand Piano, an acoustic grand piano-based plugin that uses city samples as convolution reverbs.
The piano is based on a grand piano and was recorded with 5 microphone positions and 6 velocities.
To capture the environments of the city, the guys from ZAK Sound recorded various sounds such as avenues, streets, buses, and trains, which can be used as convolution reverbs while playing the piano.
Their features are:
- 5 microphone positions with individual volume control: bass, hammers, main, room, and back.
- 44 city convolution reverbs.
- 39 presets categorized as ambient, city-based, and piano.
- Effects: Saturation, reverb, stereo width, limiter, and delay.
- XY, lowpass, and highpass filters.
- Multi-band equalizer.
- Customizable velocity curve.
- 2.8 GB installed.
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Price and Availability
Downtown Grand Piano is available as a plugin in VST3 and AU formats for both Windows and macOS. Its regular price is 29 USD / 27 EUR / 23 GBP. However, it currently has an introductory offer of 40% off until July 10, 2023.
