Impact Soundworks PEARL Concert Grand v2.4 KONTAKT

Pearl Concert Grand

Our flagship grand piano instrument for KONTAKT PLAYER features a beautifully-recorded Yamaha C7 with four microphone perspectives, each offering a unique and lush sound. Pearl is a true joy to play, edited and mixed to perfection and suitable for most any style of composition - classical pieces, cinematic works, pop, jazz, blues, and more. Pearl makes an excellent addition to any sample collection. If you're like us, you'll find yourself reaching for it every time.

A powerful yet unencumbered user interface provides very easy control over all aspects of the sound, such as mic mixing, channel EQ, tuning, and velocity response. By simply adjusting the mic mix alone, you can achieve drastically different timbres.

We know that as soon as you load Pearl and beginning playing, you will have the same reaction we did when we played this piano for the first time.

As you can hear, the gorgeous sound of Pearl is extremely versatile. Depending on which microphones you use, it can provide a grand classical tone, a soft jazz timbre, emotional and cinematic warmth, or anything in between.

The Close mics offer a full-body sound and serve as an excellent basis for any mix. The mono Pedal mic provides extra resonance and bass, and is particularly nice for adding extra warmth in the lower registers. The Stage mics add a sense of space and air while still being very present, and the Hall position feature the lush concert hall, further expanding a sense of space and depth.

The interface of Pearl is every bit as elegant and beautiful as the piano itself. On the main page (pictured below), each microphone can be effortlessly mixed, with per-channel EQ, stereo width, compression, and optional routing to different KONTAKT outputs. The settings page offers fine control over "under-the-hood" controls such as volume envelope, velocity response, tuning (and microtuning), and noise volume.

With an assortment of presets included, customizing Pearl for your DAW or MIDI controller couldn't be easier!

Below are required & recommended system specs for Pearl. Please note that the library does include light patches which substantially reduce memory usage - RAM requirements below are for FULL patches.

New in Version 2.1
In this new update to our beloved virtual C7 piano, we've gone back to the master recordings and meticulously re-edited them to further reduce noise and hum.

The resulting samples are much more 'clean' with less noise buildup, particularly with softer passages using multiple mics and the sustain pedal.

Content:
- Yamaha C7 recorded in a concert hall
- 14,000+ samples provided as 16 and 24-bit
- Four mic positions: close, pedal, stage, hall
- 8 dynamic (velocity) layers per note
- 2 round robin variations per note
- All samples recorded pedal-on and off
- Chromatic key release and pedal noises

Features:
- Elegant and powerful script interface
- Per-mic FX, offset, and width tweaks
- Make your own velocity, brightness, volume curves
- Edit special tweaks for individual notes
- Microtuning (with alternate classical tunings presets included)
- Optional "Light" patches saving up to 85% RAM
- KONTAKT PLAYER compatible

New in version 2.2 - 2.4:
- addressed some long-standing issues with sustain pedal and release behavior
- added more snapshots
- reduced CPU usage
- performance optimizations
- upgraded the sound quality and realism of overlapping notes
- corrected issues with the 24-bit patches
- restoration of certain missing 24-bit samples
- numerous bug fixes



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