The Water Piano
The world of pianos can be a somewhat weird place. And the idea behind Impact Soundworks’ new virtual “prepared” piano, Water Piano, is possibly the strangest yet – although there… Read more »
Category: Virtual Pianos
Introducing the Rhodes V8 and V8 Pro
There are countless digital keyboard instruments and plugins striving to emulate the legendary (Fender) Rhodes sound. You will be hard-pressed to find a digital piano that doesn’t feature at least… Read more »
Prepared Pianos and IRCAM Prepared Piano 2
Musicians will often customize their instruments in order to create a new sound palette with which to work. However, the piano is possibly the best instrument for such experimentation as… Read more »
New Product: Augmented GRAND PIANO from Arturia
French music software and hardware developer Arturia has released Augmented Grand Piano. This intriguing new software package blends high-quality piano samples with modern synthesizer-based sounds. The result is a unique… Read more »
MetaPiano: A New Modelled Grand Piano from Sampleson
Software developer Sampleson (it prefers the term “Virtual Luthier”) has just released MetaPiano — apparently, this is the first-ever spectral modelled virtual grand piano. MetaPiano can be used as either… Read more »
Pure Upright: A New iOS Piano App
Pure Upright brings a professional, multi-sampled upright piano to your iPhone or iPad. This is the second iOS piano app to be released by German-based developers e-instruments — the first… Read more »