Struck Grand Piano explores unusual playing techniques on the strings of a 1926 Steinway Model L parlour grand – from mallet strikes to steel slide bends.

This prepared piano library covers mallet strikes, finger mutes, plucks, steel slide bends, bass string scrapes, harmonics and metal hammer hits across the full 88-key range. The grand sounds by turns like a melodic tuned percussion instrument and a massive zither: Struck, Harmonic, Mallet and Gliss suit dramatic and suspenseful scoring, while Steel Hammer, Slide and Picked offer a nuanced classical feel. The Gliss/Strum Creator performs lifelike strums and string glisses with key and chord constraining, stroke direction, alternation, speed and arpeggiation.

Features

• Struck, Choked, Picked, Scraped, Slide and Harmonic articulations plus Gliss effects
• 1926 Steinway Model L across the full 88-key range
• Gliss/Strum Creator with key and chord constraining
• 77 ambiences from the source material and 20 FX presets
• 4,127 stereo samples at 24-bit / 48 kHz
• LFO, filter, glide, arpeggiator and FX rack with convolution reverb

Technical details

• Type: Virtual instrument for Kontakt
• Operating systems: Windows, macOS
• Plug-in formats: via Kontakt: VST2, VST3, Audio Unit (macOS only), AAX, standalone
• Requirement: Full version of Native Instruments Kontakt 5.5 or higher; Kontakt Player is not sufficient
• Content: 4,127 stereo samples, 9.53 GB, WAV 24-bit / 48 kHz

System requirements

• Mac OS X 10.9 or higher
• Windows 7 or higher
• RAM: 2 GB
• Disk space: 10 GB
• Full version of Native Instruments Kontakt 5.5 or higher; Kontakt Player is not sufficient

The licence is registered with the manufacturer at https://activate.soundiron.com/. You will receive your serial number and the download link by e-mail immediately after purchase.