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Released in the mid-'70s, Yamaha's CP range of electric grand pianos were received by musicians to great acclaim as they offered for the first time a true piano sound in a (relatively) portable package for stage use. Being expensive, they were first only adopted by the wealthier musician who was serious about a live piano sound. There were two main models in the range - the CP80 (88 notes) and the more popular CP70 (73 notes) although the CP70 was superceded by the CP70B that had balanced outputs for higher quality sound. There was also a (rare) MIDI version that alowed MIDI control of synths and sound modules The CPs are real grand pianos scaled down in size (and weight) for portability and whilst they don't have a totally realistic acoustic piano sound, they do have a distinctive sound all their own that was utilised and exploited by Peter Gabriel, Genesis, Abba, George Duke, U2 and countless others who enjoyed this unique sound live or in the studio. More recently, the UK band Keane have adopted the Yamaha CP as their primary piano sound and it is a trademark component in their music - it's even the featured instrument image on their website. |
The Hollow Sun Definitive CP70B features a re-conditioned CP70B from which every note has been recorded, full length (over a minute at lower registers!) which, with a piano action master keyboard reproduces as closely as possible the feeling of playing 'the real thing'. Even with a synth action keyboard, the sound is fabulously authentic! I have also sampled every note (again, full length) through a Boss/Roland chorus unit much like the one used by Peter Gabriel to create his signature CP sound. Uniquely, also included are various glissandos created by sweeping up the open strings with a plectrum. |
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In his review of the Hollow Sun CDs in 'Sound On Sound' (October 2005 issue), Nick Magnus says of the Definitive CP70: |
| "The CP70 must be an elusive sound to capture; the sampled renditions of this instrument that I’ve encountered so far seem to lack a certain je ne sais quoi. It’s notable then that Hollow Sun have rendered this amazingly accurate and instantly recognisable representation, which is a real pleasure to play." | |
| Definitive CP70 is available for S5/6000 in a 'native' format CD that will just pop into your sampler's CD-ROM (or Mac/PC for use with ak.Sys) without any form of installation required. Also, of course, fully compatible with Z4/8 and/or MPC4000. See below for further compatibility notes | |
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$55 USD (plus $8 worldwide
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| User Demo | A marvellous piece created by Hollow Sun customer Glenn Little - in Glenn's words: "It's a version I created to recreate the wide, liquidy sound I associate with Tony Banks". |
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All company, trade and brand names shown, listed or implied above are the property of their respective owners. COMPATIBILITY All these sounds are fully compatible with the Akai Z4, Z8 and MPC4000. These sounds are also known to load directly into Kontakt 2.2 and Mach 5. The actual samples themselves should also be able to be loaded into other samplers though you will have to do the keyboard mapping, etc.. Given the differences in feature sets and/or user-interface implementation between the different sampler formats, 100% compatibility cannot be absolutely guaranteed and some minimal 'tweaking' of some sounds may be required depending on the chosen destination format. Of course, you will probably want to tweak the sounds to your requirements anyway. |
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