For a limited time, Eva Instruments is offering their Gentle Keys Kontakt library by Splash Sound completely free of charge.
If you’ve been looking to upgrade your piano libraries while still on a budget, you’ve come to the right place.
I was initially unfamiliar with the name Eva Instruments, but it seems to be a new subset of Splash Sound, the sample library developer.
We’ve featured Splash Sound on BPB before, and Gentle Keys has been given away at some point as well. And in case you’ve missed this library before, now is a great time to grab it for free.
Gentle Keys normally sells for $58, and for free, it is a no-brainer, so long as you have the full version of Kontakt.
It’s a clear and transparent recording of an upright piano that’s meant to be versatile and suitable for many genres.
Upright pianos have been a staple of pop, rock, jazz, and even film scores for decades. And they’re known for their signature bright and resonant tone.
Gentle Keys delivers that and beyond. It offers unique features like synth and string layers that can add a nice pad under your piano part.
The library also offers 3 mic positions as well as 7 patches, ranging from jazz piano to dark piano, and even some more ambient patches like the Piano and Strings patch.
It also gives you control over things like hammer and key noises, which is a great addition.
From my experience, sometimes with sample libraries, the noises can get overbearing and it is very handy to be able to adjust the noise levels.
This way you get some of the imperfections that you’d typically find in a real performance, but with the ability to dial them in to taste.
There’s also an FX module with a bus compressor, 3-band EQ, and a vintage tape saturator.
Gentle Keys runs in the full version of Kontakt 5.6.8 or above. Please note that the free Kontakt Player is not supported.
Check out the deal: Gentle Keys (FREE for a limited time – full Kontakt 5.6.8 or above required)
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