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Uprights & EPs

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Uprights & EPs

Original price was: $99.00.Current price is: $39.00.

Uprights and EPs is a stack of 11 of our favorite vintage electric and upright pianos. We hammered the strings, we added felt to the upright, we put overhead mics on electric keys, we left one piano a little out of tune, and we even sampled the chorus on one of our favorite old keyboard synths. Fender Rhodes, Wurlitzer 200A, Yamaha CP 70-B & CP-30, and more. Real instruments in real spaces with all the functionality of a synthesizer with full effects.

Tech Specs

  • 4 Plugin Types: AU, AAX, VST3, and standalone app, compatible with all major DAWs. (Not currently supported by Garageband.)
  • 11 Sampled Classic electric pianos, Uprights, and Felted Upright Grand (at 2-5 unique velocities)
  • 3,004 samples – disk space required about 1.9GB
  • Onboard Mixing faders for all Instruments

    Uprights & EPs

    When we were on the road, we missed all those old keyboards and real pianos that were sitting back in the studio, collecting dust. We decided it was time to put all our favorite piano sounds in one place, Uprights and EPs.

    Vintage keys, uprights, tube preamps, ribbon mics, large diaphragm condenser mics, and a few special overhead mic and felt techniques later, we developed a product that contains 11 of our favorite sounds, sampled on every single note, at 3-5 unique velocities.

    Uprights and EPs was created by artists to use on their own projects, for artists, so it’s tailor made to maximize your creative potential.

    Additional Tech Specs

    • 5 Per-Instrument Effects: (Pan, Width, Input Delay, EQ, Compression)
    • Global Pitch and Pan
    • Attack, Hold, Decay, Sustain, Release controls and visualizer
    • 2 Customizable Filters (10 filter types each) with Resonance and visualizer
    • Fully customizable Arpeggiator with Hold, Latch, and Midi Thru modes
      • Adjustable parameters include: Step Number, Rate, Number of octaves, Swing amount, Step Size, Keyboard split range Hi / Lo, 6 Arp patterns (up, down, up-down, down-up, random, chord), Velocity map, Note Length map, Pitch offset map
    • 5 Additional Onboard Effects: (Drive (with 8 types), Phaser, Chorus, Delay, Reverb)
    • 3 LFO’s (Gain LFO, Pitch LFO, and Filter LFO) with 6 shape options
    • 5 Portamento controls
    • All important parameters are fully automation-capable in major DAW’s
    • All important parameters are fully CC mappable
    • Over 70 presets included (user presets can be created, saved, and favorited)

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    Creativity

    We build instruments that drive your creativity and nudge you towards innovation in your music. Nightfox Audio plugins are designed to let you stack up to 12 instruments to create brand new hybrid sounds within seconds, and then you can shape your tones with plenty of onboard fx so you can find inspiration quickly. All of our plugins have an arpeggiator and a melody builder that help you perform sounds you may not be able to recreate based on your skills and available instruments. These tools can unlock your creative potential so you can bring to life what’s been playing in your head.

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    Character

    We build virtual instruments with character. There’s something special about the way sound waves interact with strings and wood. Real instruments have unpredictable artifacts, overtones, and harmonics, so we retained all of those nuances to bring you a tool that inspires you to create something truly unique.

    Quality

    At Nightfox Audio we believe virtual instruments should sound and feel like real instruments. That’s why we used the best mics and preamps, hired on the best session players, and we’ve sampled every key, string, and fret, with a full velocity range, so you have the power of a full recording studio with you wherever you go.

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