Created by ockpii: "I am a big fan of pianos that speak with more than just their melodic notes. I’ve enjoyed the works of Sigur Rós for many years, and in more recent years Ólafur Arnalds as well. One thing they both manage exceptionally well in my view is the relation between the music and the noises around it. Ólafur Arnalds has beautifully detailed piano sounds in his work, and they all feature all of the creaks and moving wooden parts of the instrument. So I wanted to capture that in a piano as well.

So for my go at it I recorded the piano with seven microphones (three stereo set-ups shown in the walkthrough video below) up close and with multiple articulations – normal, felt, muted, and plucked (normal and felt feature four velocity layers) + release triggers and pedal sounds. These different mic positions and articulations are important for me because not only do they add a good degree of flexibility within the same instrument, but they also explore some of the different sounds that you can get from the piano.

I attached the woodland theme to the piano early on, as for me it was a nice connection between the natural wood of the piano and the sounds it produces.

With the UI I wanted to create a nice woodland-inspired world with the background and the sliders to the right, but also the digital aspect of controlling these elements through a computer. This is why every time you’re controlling something from the piano itself (articulations and respective volumes) you’re interacting with a tree-related object. When you’re controlling something related to the digital/recording aspect of the instrument (microphone volumes and stereo width), it’s all digital sliders. I think the two interact in an interesting visual pair."

Download it for free here: https://www.pianobook.co.uk/packs/woodland-piano

Woodland Piano

My first big Kontakt sample pack - the Woodland Piano! A detailed multi-layered and multi-mic instrument featuring four different articulations

Video walkthrough: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEIsM3PZwgE
Link to download and full info: https://www.ockpii.com/instruments/woodland-piano

Woodland Piano Demo

Here is a piano-only version of my old piece, "Carpe Diem", performed and recorded using the "Woodland Piano" library from Pianobook. Cover photo by Susan Wilkinson at Unsplash

Carpe Diem (Piano Only)

Orion (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

This piece features a remarkably deep, detailed "Woodland Piano".

A Midsummer Night's Dream (pianobook version)

I made this using woodland piano from pianobook https://www.pianobook.co.uk/packs/woodland-piano/ 
I also used subtle clarinet and some OA evoluations from SA.
as for the rest.. I have no idea, please don't ask.

up and down with woodland piano from pianobook https://www.pianobook.co.uk/packs/woodland-piano/

delicately

Composer - Producer based in the netherlands & Costa Rica

Orion (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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