Cassette Keys.01 for Kontakt

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.