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Strezov released Creative ToolboX: Steinway Grand Piano in 2023 as the second part of its 10th-anniversary free-library series. It samples a Steinway B-211 grand in a cinematic hall with three microphone positions and around eight gigabytes of samples. That’s something I normally don’t expect from a free library. The piano has three dynamics and three round robins per note, with piano sustains and releases only. There’s no soft pedal, no sostenuto, no pedal resonance, and no legato, which rules it out as a primary concert grand in a serious score.
That said, for singer-songwriter demos, film-score sketches, and pop piano beds, the three mic positions give you real tonal variety that most free pianos don’t offer. 0 or higher and installs through Native Access once you’ve pulled the serial from Strezov’s site.
Links to www.strezov-sampling.com — the article includes the official download links.
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