Imperfect Samples' EBONY concert grand piano is the world's largest sample grand piano. Boasting a powerful and gorgeous sound, the piano behind this sample library is an impressive ten-foot FAZIOLI handcrafted grand piano, created by the makers of the most expensive grand pianos in the world, and considered by many to be the elite of all grand pianos.
Finally, the epic piano was sampled imperfectly, with warmth, without being sterile. Most piano libraries tend to sound sterile. The Fazioli Concert Grand offers an epic, imperfectly sampled sound, with a raw, warm and rich tone not found in other commercial piano sample libraries. The sound of this piano is deep, full and epic, with elements of real performance that cannot be reproduced through synthesis or modeling. The Fazioli Ebony concert grand piano is desirable for situations where you want the grand, expensive sound of a real grand piano.
With a choice of 5 microphone perspectives, up to a record 127 layers, true staccato, release samples, direct string selection, perfect and imperfect instruments, piano effects, muted keys, unmuted keys, piano body hits, lid sounds and much more, Fazioli Ebony Concert Grand contains over 70,000 samples.
Carefully recorded imperfectly, as with all Imperfect Samples libraries, the emphasis was on achieving a hyper-real and compelling sampled instrument with performance sounds. Classical instruments were also recorded with "perfect" sampling, with all keys muted and in perfect tuning.
In addition to the basic instruments, unusual instruments are available, such as string instruments with repeated samples, real staccato and others.
This library of piano samples is designed for use in pop, rock, orchestral, film, classical, jazz and almost any other genre. The microphone's perspectives have been specifically recorded to suit a variety of genres and acoustic mixing spaces. For example, Perspective 3 was recorded away from the piano, with a more natural room reverberation and rich tone suitable for orchestral work. The Perspective 5 has a dry, bright and subtle sound suitable for rich rock mixes. Perspective 1 was recorded on piano keys with a beautiful and imperfect sound character suitable for solo work.