Created by Chris Cook: "C. Bechstein Upright – Hof-Lieferant Sr.Maj.des Kaisers u.Königs (supplier of the Emperor and King).

Our Bechstein dates back to the late 1800s, is in wonderful condition and has an incredibly warm tone. Having had the piano for around six months I decided to sample it for the PianoBook as it has given me a new creative pallet.

The mics have helped to capture a depth to the piano and consist of a pair of Sontronics Orpheus in a spaced close mic position as well as a Sontronics Apollo 2 stereo ribbon mic using the Gary ‘Barlow’ technique, positioned just above my head; thanks Christian and Gary! The signals go through a UA Apollo 8p interface without any processing applied.

The felt is attached to an old curtain rail using double sided tape. A small corner of felt is also tagged to each end of the rail to reduce any vibrations from the piano.

I would love to know if some of you can make use of it as I’m considering re-sampling with more velocity layers, with and without felt.”

Download it for free here: https://www.pianobook.co.uk/library/the-emperor-king/

The Emperor & King

Being stuck inside on such a lovely spring day I've tried to channel my inner HGW and see what happens. Apparently this; using the following instruments:
Piano: The Emperor & King (https://www.pianobook.co.uk/library/the-emperor-king/)
Solo Strings: Spitfire British Drama Toolkit
Ensemble Strings: Spitfire Albion NEO
Harps & Vibes: Orchestral Tools Time Macro
Alto Flute: Spitfire Symphonic Woodwinds

To find out more about the Pianobook project, how you can get involved and to download 'The Emperor and King' as well as many more free pianos please visit:

www.pianobook.co.uk

For further information and updates please visit:

www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLh…jA7uvVnIDayerm1zl

R324 - Pianobook The Emperor & King

A generative piece using the Emperor + King Bechstein piano contributed by Chris Cook. Various FX applied and backed by some ambience from Spitfire's Atmos LAB instrument.

Morning Generative (Pianobook Emperor + King)

This track was created by using the free 'The Emperor and King' from Pianobook.

To find out more about the community and download some amazing instruments for free please visit www.pianobook.co.uk

Feltred

More experimentation with my polyphonic arpeggiator system.
As usual, the voice splitter is feeding 8 instances of ArpacheSX in sequence mode; there are some more syncopated sequences this time on top of some left overs from last time.

Using the following Pianos:
The Emperor and King (Odd arps - Panned Left)
The Bjarma Grand (Even arps - Panned Right)

As usual, some EQ on the pianos and an Olafur inspired Reverb/Delays chain.

To find out more about the Pianobook project, how you can get involved and to download 'The Emperor and King' and 'The Bjarma Grand' as well as many more free pianos please visit:

www.pianobook.co.uk

For further information and updates please visit:

www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLh…jA7uvVnIDayerm1zl

Study for Polyphonic Arpeggiator No 12 - The Bjarma Grand & The Emperor and King

Technically just another study/improv for polyphonic arpeggiators (No 13), however as it reminded me harmonically very much of the great Penguin Cafe I decided to quickly sketch some string parts on top reminiscent of said group.

Using the following Instruments:
The Emperor and King (Chords - Panned Left)
College Kemble (Arpeggios - Panned Right)
Spitfire British Drama Toolkit (Viola)
Spitfire Aperture Strings (Flaut Ens)

To find out more about the Pianobook project, how you can get involved and to download 'The Emperor and King' and 'College Kemble' as well as many more free pianos please visit:

www.pianobook.co.uk

For further information and updates please visit:

www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLh…jA7uvVnIDayerm1zl

R324 - Pianobook The Emperor & King

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