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NeXUS eXPANSION: Peter SIedlAczek’S
tOtAl PIANO
Ar Action thrill
Ar knockin Beat
Ar Magic drummings
FX 8 key cluster 1
FX 8 key cluster 2
FX Attack cluster
FX circular Saw
FX difuse cluster
FX Gliss cluster
FX kick
FX knocking
FX low cluster
FX Magic drum
FX Metamorph
FX Sweep
PN Brilliant Piano 1
PN Brilliant Piano 2
PN Brilliant Piano Alter
PN Brilliant Piano eco
PN Brilliant Piano Pan
PN Brilliant Piano Soft
PN Brilliant Piano Wide
PN cimbalon 1
PN cimbalon 2
PN cimbalon Alter
PN clavinet
PN dream Piano
PN Flageolet 10th
PN Flageolet 5th
PN Flageolet 7th
PN Flageolet Alter
PN Ghostpiano
PN Harpsichord 1
PN Harpsichord 2
PN Harpsichord 3
PN Honkytonk
PN Hyper Attacks
PN Hyper Mix
PN Hyper Piano
PN Iron Mix Piano
PN Magic Piano
PN Muted Ambient
PN Muted Piano
PN Muted rubbery 1
PN Muted rubbery 2
PN Pop Piano 1
PN Pop Piano 2
PN Pop Piano Alter
PN rubbery Piano 1
PN rubbery Piano 2
PN Short Muted
PN Synth Piano
PN thai Piano 1
PN thai Piano 2
PN thumb tack Piano
SQ Bollywood
SQ early 90s Sequence
SQ rubberballs
SQ Saloon Player
SQ thai Nightmare
St Baroque layer
St Strings with Attack
St Strings with Piano
VO Piano choir
Dear Friends,
Their names are derived from instru-
ments or devices of similar timbre, like
Harpsichord (strings played with a metal
plectrum), Cimbalom (strings stroked
with wooden mallets), or Circular Saw
(strings stimulated with a motor-driven
cogwheel). Some of the sounds - like
Hyper Piano or Magic Piano - are the
result of more complex treatments,
which, for reasons of space, I cannot
describe here.
what do you hear if you hit a piano key?
The piano sound, of course. THE sound
everybody knows. However, if played in
an unconventional way, this wonderful
instrument ofers much more!
Who hasn’t tried it as a child: plucking
the strings with the ingers while keep-
ing the sustain pedal pressed down,
striking them with any possible mate-
rial or knocking on the sound-board...
Indeed – a piano can produce loads of
interesting and “phonogenic” sounds
and efects - not only disharmonic tonal
structures reserved for experimental
music, but also sonorous, pleasing,
warm, sustained or percussive sounds
astoundingly suitable for modern com-
mercial productions. It would simply
be a shame not to sample them... And,
if sampled, these sounds enable much
more lexibility - or can you imagine
playing complex chords or very fast
sequences with a plectrum directly on
the piano strings?..
Prepared Piano Sounds
These sounds have been created on a
specially modiied, prepared instrument.
Although most of them are percussive
sounds with non-harmonic compo-
nents, they have their own pitch and
are chromatically tuned, as, for instance,
Thai Piano (with precisely placed metal
screws between the strings), Rubbery
Piano (with pieces of rubber instead of
screws) or Flageolets (strings shortened
with the ingers by the factor of 1:2, 2:3
etc.). The Thumb Tack Piano is an excep-
tion: this is the most “piano-like” sound
within this category.
So, let me introduce you the “
total
Piano
” - the very irst library containing
- in addition to the classical samples of
acoustic pianos - new, unconventionally
created, original piano sounds, which
can be subdivided into four groups:
Piano efects
These sounds have no tonal character in
most cases and are intended to serve as
special efects and atmospheres. They
were created by striking or scratching
the strings or the sound-board with
various materials, sweeping across the
strings, playing clusters, etc.
Acoustic Pianos
These include: Brilliant Classical Piano
with its mellow, natural but still sparkling
sound, and Pop Piano which provides a
clearly punchier and brighter sound
particularly suitable for modern music
production.
None of the sounds have been treated
with any outboard equipment, provid-
ing the user complete freedom for
individual sound design.
Unconventional playing techniques
These sounds have clearly diferentiated
pitch and consistent quality, which al-
lows playing harmonies and melodies.
I hope you’ll ind this library very inspir-
ing and versatile. It’s up to you now!
With best wishes
Peter Siedlaczek
Consultant: Prof. Szabolcs Esztényi
Recorded at Studio S1, Chopin Academy of Music, Warsaw
Recording Engineer: Andrzej Lupa
Performance: Prof. Szabolcs Esztényi, Peter Siedlaczek, Andrzej Lupa
Sample processing by Holger Leonhard and Alexander Prechtl at the upArt sound
department
Brilliant Classical Piano
created in association with Total Control / Holger Leonhard
Demonstration by Andreas Lucas, FunDeMental Studios, Frankfurt/M.
Special thanks to Prof. Szabolcs Esztényi and Andrzej Lupa for their valuable sugges-
tions and support, as well as to Andreas Lucas and Jörg Pfeil at FunDeMental Studios,
Bob Lyng and Hartmut Scharmann
Produced by Peter Siedlaczek
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