Piano Legacy Series: 1990 Studio Grand Piano

Introducing the 8DIO Legacy Piano Series – a collection of deep-sampled world-class pianos. The 8Dio Legacy Piano Series marks the next evolution in hyper-realistic piano sampling – both in regards to playability, character and expressiveness of the pianos.

The 1990 Studio Grand Piano library contains over 48.000 samples and unique microphones/positions, including Neumann 87′s, Coles, Neve SE Ribbon’s, AKG 414′s and Neumann KM 184′s. Everything was lovingly recorded & processed at 96k at a famous hi-tech British Studio through one of the greatest custom NEVE desks in existence before expertly down sampling to a smooth 48k for ease of streaming.

8Dio wanted to create a hyper-realistic virtual instrument that pays an homage to its counter-part in reality – the incredibly versatile and studio defacto, Yamaha C7. The piano is best described as incredibly versatile and fantastic for pop, rock, classical, fusion and all in-between. The sustain samples were carefully crafted at both pedal up and pedal down positions. There's also bonus sampled staccato and staccatissimo notes (w/round robin each), so you have the correct attack for faster runs.

In addition the library gives you full control over the dynamic response as well as mechanics and tone, so you can dial in the perfect sound & dynamic match for your workflow – all simply done with a click of the mouse. You get full control over resonance, room tone and signal chain noise, non tonal key control, unique release triggers for hammer action, string damping, and release triggers for the room and ambient microphones. In essence you have everything right at your finger tips and most importantly – it just works effortlessly.