Piano in Blue

Columbia Records Historic Steinway D Concert Grand Piano

Piano In Blue captures the historic sound of the Steinway D concert grand piano used at Columbia Records for Miles Davis' "Kind Of Blue" and Glenn Gould's "Goldberg Variations." Experience a beautifully playable grand piano, encoded for the free Native Instruments Kontakt Player 6.6.1 and Komplete Kontrol. The opportunity to preserve this iconic combination of this piano in this space has been worthwhile, and now we are able to make it available to music creators worldwide.

Specifications:

• 1949 Steinway D recorded through a Neve 8078 console
• 8 velocity layers, chromatically sampled
• 9300 samples
• 3 microphone positions
• Close/Vintage - 2x Neumann M49 near the lid
• Mid - 2x B&K 4007 at the rear of the piano
• Far - 2x Sennheiser MKH20s in the hall
• 2 processing paths ("Tape"; "Direct in")
• Studer A800MKIII 24-track analog tape machine

This product requires the free Native Instruments Kontakt Player, the latest version can be downloaded through Native Access, Native Instrument’s download manager!

The minimum required Kontakt version for this product is stated in the product description or can be found on the manufacturers website.

System Requirements:

Mac:

• macOS 10.14 or higher
• 64 bit
• Intel Core i5 or Apple M1 (native)
• RAM: 4GB (6GB recommended)

Windows:

• Windows 10 or higher
• 64 bit
• Intel Core i5 or similar CPU
• RAM: 4GB (6GB recommended)

Supported Interfaces:

• Mac (64-bit only): Stand-alone, VST, VST3, AU, AAX
• Windows (64-bit): Stand-alone, VST, VST3, AAX

Legacy Versions:

If you require legacy installers of Kontakt Player please refer to this Knowledge Base Article.