Buy Cassette Keys.01 for Kontakt, get a free gift with purchase:
The Idea & Process
It's a unique mixture of physical modelling and fm synths recorded on a cassette with an old & wonky cassette recorder. It has a range from C0 to E6 and 4 carefully designed velocity layers. The GUI is very simple (Kontakt version), yet useful and almost synth-like - so just like its predecessor Cassette Piano, it’s very easy and fun to work with.
Every note of this instrument has been carefully de-noised with a high quality algorithm to avoid noise stacking when playing more than one note. Noise can still be added with the noise slider - it’s much more flexible this way and allows the ability to adjust the volume of the noise independently whilst also applying parameters such as filtering. It also creates a more realistic sound, so when playing a five voice chord, only one sample of noise instead of five stacked on top of each other will be heard.
The End Result
Useful and Fun Production Tool:
If you like vintage sounds and you're looking for something to enhance your production toolbox, then this product will be for you.
Simple, One Page Interface:
Everything is laid out on one page allowing fast sound design possibilities.
Simulated Round Robin:
Makes notes sound realistic when played ostinato (even when playing fast).
Variety of Sounds:
With this instrument you can easily create some weird sounds, and there are already 30 presets included in this Kontakt version to get you started.
New in Update 1.1:
- Added 'Sample Start' knob (mapped to Mod Wheel)
- Added 'Master Out' knob
- Better RAM management
Features:
- 848 MB of samples (452 MB after lossless Kontakt compression)
- Editable 'Sample Start' parameter (mapped to Mod Wheel)
- Simulated round-robin
- REV (reverse) mode
- Mono mode
- 4 velocity layers
- One-page interface for easy and fast sound design
- 30 presets
System Requirements
- Full version of Kontakt 5.5.2 (or higher) is required - you can load this instrument in Kontakt Player but it will only work for limited time period
Note: The full version of Kontakt 5.5.2 (or higher) is required to run this software.
(Please Note: Cassette Piano is being used as the example)
1. Download the 'tpl_cassette-piano-v1_1.zip' folder from your User Account, and double-click the zip folder to extract and reveal its files.
2. Play the video below to learn how Kontakt presets are installed.
The Software is now Ready for Use Within your DAW!
