Production Voices has released Estate Grand LE, a free grand piano SFZ library (optimized for use with Plogue sforzando) featuring the sounds of the Kawai GS-60 semi-concert grand piano.
Estate Grand LE is based on the commercial Estate Grand sample library by Production Voices, featuring 791 samples from the full version of the product, with up to ten velocity layers per sampled note. The samples are provided in FLAC format. The free library takes 1.8 GB of disk space when extracted, although the download is well compressed into a compact 619 MB ZIP package. In addition, the freebie version’s custom scripted user interface for Plogue sforzando features pretty much the same functionality as the one found the full Estate Grand library, apart from the the M/S and room microphone controls that are not included. The users can control the volume of the pedal noise, key up and key release samples, as well as the parameters of the instrument’s built-in reverb effect.
See also: Free TableWarp2 Instrument For Plogue sforzando!The samples included in the free version of the library were captured with a microphone that was placed inside the piano itself, resulting in a clean and crisp grand piano sound. Estate Grand LE sounds splendid and is an absolute steal considering the fact that it’s being offered as a free download on the Production Voices website. While the excellent Piano in 162 (over 5 GB in size, all notes sampled with two microphone positions) is still the absolute champion when it comes to free piano sample libraries, Estate Grand LE offers a fantastic grand piano sound in a compact package that is potentially a better solution for portable setups.
The full version of Estate Grand is priced at $99 and features over 11 GB of sampled material (4,215 samples in total) with three microphone positions per sample, including a mid-side microphone setup that is mono compatible. Compared to the free version, Estate Grand provides much more in terms of versatility and tonal variety, with the M/S microphone placement and the authentic room microphone samples that were captured in the library of a country manor.
To grab your free copy of Estate Grand LE, visit the product page linked below and submit your name and email address in the subscription form on the right. You will receive the download link after confirming your email address. To install the library on your computer, first install the free sforzando virtual instrument by Plogue, load it in your digital audio workstation of choice and that drag and drop the Estate Grand.bank file from the Estate Grand LE install folder onto the sforzando user interface. The library will be automatically registered and added to the instrument selection the next time you load sforzando.
Video Demo
Check out the Estate Grand demo video (full version):
Download
Estate Grand LE is available for free download via Production Voices (619 MB download size, ZIP archive, contains 791 audio samples in lossless FLAC format).
