A simple piano, bass & strings tune featuring Christian Henson's characterful(& free) 'Family Grand' – running in the free Decent Sampler Player engine – from his pianobook project.

To find out more about the pianobook project, how you can get involved and to download the 'Family Grand' and many more free instruments and pianos visit:

www.pianobook.co.uk

Henson Family Grand Demo

Midnight Improvisation

Em Cue - Fiddlestycks

Coda

A nod to Eric Satie's Gymnopédie No.1, using only the free pianobook instrument creations of Dan Keen:
• Gentle Grand
• Soft String Spurs
• Thrumming Textures Guitars
• Thrumming Textures Earth

To find out more about the pianobook project, how you can get involved and to download the Dan's instruments and many more free instruments and pianos visit:

www.pianobook.co.uk

Satie Reverie

A short improvised piece using the default 'Glass Grand' layered with the 'Anthem' preset.

Glass Piano Improvisation

DRIFTWOOD

Back when we met

Back When We Met

A track featuring the sampled upright piano 'Erik's Piano'. Available for purchase here:

https://stefingo.gumroad.com/l/erikspiano

Erik's Delay

Testing the new (and free) Soft Imperial sampled piano by VSL.

VSL - Soft Imperial Ethereal

A short demo track of the sampled grand piano 'The Oeser' by Key Instruments. The Pure and Felt as main/lead instruments, the Muted for rhythmic patterns and the Picked for shimmering accents, and a percussive loop taken from the included ‘THE OESER Sample Pack’ – a collection of soundscapes, FX and loops created from the acoustic OESER piano.

https://key-instruments.com/virtual-pianos/the-oeser-virtual-piano-instrument/

THE OESER Demo (CGR)

Testing the ConvologyXT reverb plugin with the new Real Spaces Churches and Halls pack from Wave Arts & Impulse Record.

Spitfire Intimate Grand + Violin - ConvologyXT Verb

A simple solo piano piece with the 'Pure' instrument setting of Key Instruments 'The Oeser' sampled piano for Kontakt Player. Reverb from ConvologyXT's impulse response collection.

Oeser's Reverie

Dorian Marko Piano - Una Corda + Crystalline Verb

Last We Spoke

Klevgrand Speldosa – CGR demo

Klevgrand Speldosa – CGR Demo

KeyPleezer Living Room Upright - Gm IDEA

Featuring the free Blueprint Electric Keys for Kontakt Player by Fracture Sounds :)

Fractured

Laid-back Groove

Featuring the new Synthogy Ivory 3 German D Concert Grand Piano.

INTERLUDE No.2

Inlet Audio Scoring Piano CGR demo

Inlet Audio Scoring Piano CGR Demo

A track from my recently released solo piano album 'Themes & Dreams'.

Available to stream and purchase (including an exclusive bonus track) from Bandcamp:
http://craiggerardrichards.bandcamp.com/album/themes-dreams

Also available on iTunes:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/themes-dreams/1444775423?ign-mpt=uo=4

Themes & Dreams

Begin Again

Testing the wonderful QUp Arts Sampled Tom Thumb Piano. A unique sounding small upright piano from the 1920s:
https://www.quparts.com/product-p/tomthumbnt5.htm

QUp Arts Tom Thumb Piano Test

A little test with Christian Henson's free experimental Ice Choir sampled instrument.

Ice Choir + Piano Test

An original piece of mine using the free 'Spring Piano' from the pianobook sampling project. An alternate version of a track from my album 'Nightscapes'
https://craiggerardrichards.bandcamp.com/album/nightscapes

To find out more about the pianobook project, how you can get involved and to download the 'Spring Piano' and many more free pianos visit:

www.pianobook.co.uk

String textures from Spitfire LABS Frozen Strings, with 'pianist noises' courtesy of NI's Una Corda.

Beyond the Sky

A short track featuring Christian's Henson's free Ice Choir instrument.
Also includes the free Spitfire Labs Tremelo Harp.

Across the Loch

Winter Waltz

Ominicity

Test improvised chords with the VSL Bosendorfer Upright, followed by the Bluthner Grand

VSL Bosendorfer Upright + Bluthner Grand

An ambient prelude/theme featuring the haunting ambience of Christian Henson's unique (& free) "Ice Choir" from his pianobook project.

To find out more about the pianobook project, how you can get involved and to download the 'Ice Choir' and many more free instruments and pianos visit:

www.pianobook.co.uk

Piano: Impact Soundworks Pearl Concert Grand
Ambience: Christian's "Ice Choir" from pianobook
Bass: Sampled Fender bass

pianoproducer.com

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