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Model 7 Grand Piano
The Model 7 grand piano was sampled from a Yamaha C7 Grand Coda piano.
“Our first idea was to sample a CFIII, but when we went to the rental-house we totally fell in love with this one and chose it.”
This particular piano has been in constant use since the ’80s in two highly praised concert halls in Torino (Italy) and has been played by artists like Michel Petrucciani and Chick Corea along the years. This piano is under constant maintenance by highly-skilled Italian technicians.
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“We sampled this little-big monster of a piano in a medium-size hall surrounded by a smorgasbord of microphones.”
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Chocolate Audio Model 7 Piano € 129, –
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Model D Grand Piano
The Model D grand piano was sampled from a Hamburg-made 1939 Steinway D274 Grand Coda piano.
This particular piano has been in use in various venues in Italy and has been played and praised by many top-level international classical and jazz players. This piano’s age definitely guarantees it the vintage moniker, nonetheless it went through proper maintenance and restoration over the years by highly-skilled Italian technicians. It totally resonates with all of the great music played through it.
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“We sampled this piece of history in a medium-size hall surrounded by a plethora of microphones.”
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Chocolate Audio Model D Piano € 129, –
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Model 80 Electric Grand Piano
Sampled from a Yamaha CP80 compact electric grand, the Model 80 is a work of love and an homage to the sound that defined an era.
Achieving a quality level on par with our goals from this piano was tough. The onboard electronics are very noisy and the piano picks up a lot of ambient noise even if it’s electric (imagine a guitar with 88 strings and a pick-up for each single string!). Through attention and care, both in restoring, preparing, tuning and sampling this amazing piece of technical excellence, we managed to capture what we believe is the best rendition of this classic compact electric grand piano.
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Chocolate Audio Model 80 Piano € 79, –
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Steinbach Upright Piano
Upright… done right
When we chose to create piano Instruments, we carefully chose which upright piano to start from. When facing grand codas, the choice is rather limited, but upright pianos are a totally different world.
“We wanted a piano capable of producing both a full sound and the shallow on the edge of being out-of-tune tone characteristic of so many historical recordings.”
A beautifully made Italian upright piano built by Steinbach in Torino.
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“Sampled in a mid-size roomy studio surrounded by a plethora of microphones.”
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Chocolate Audio Steinbach Upright Piano € 99, –
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O.D.D. Grand Piano
Already having four pianos in our product line, two of which are very sought-after top-notch models, made the choice for a new piano difficult at first, but very rewarding in the end in our humble opinion.
What we find sometimes, in sampled pianos, is a lack of personality as to try to fulfil the dream of the perfect piano. As any accomplished piano player knows, though, such a piano might only exist for a single player, not for the world-wide community of piano players. So, among other ventures we are developing, we decided to do an odd, peculiar piano.
Three (or more) pianos in one
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Chocolate Audio O.D.D. Grand Piano € 129, –
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The 88 Series Pianos – Bundle
5 of the most realistic and wonderful sounding pianos ever sampled!
The 88 Series Pianos bundle features 5 pianos and 7 NKI instrument files for a really expanded set of expressivity under your fingertips.
This bundle features all the pianos on this page: Model 7 Grand – Model D Grand – Steinbach Upright – Model 80 Electric Grand – O.D.D. Grand.
Chocolate Audio 88 Series Pianos Bundle € 299, –
In place of € 565, – combined prices!
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