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Sounddust / Prepared Pianet

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The Hohner Pianet is a simple tine based electric keyboard with a unique sticky plucking action and a chunky, rambunctious, barky sound that has been thoroughly overshadowed by the Fender Rhodes.

But given the full Sound Dust treatment
Prepared Pianet re-invents the humble Hohner as a cool new hybrid sample instrument. She's recorded 3 ways: with very close micing for acoustic harmonics and dissonance, muted with a finger placed delicately on each tine for a thumb piano feel, and more conventionally long and resonant through high quality pre-amps.

With an intuitive interface and deep parameter control you can quickly conjure superb electric pianos and heavily processed tines. Stratospheric pads under-laid with electronic tweets and chatter. Played lower down the scale, a muted piano becomes an unstable electro bass. Whacked out opportunities abound, from evolving electronics, snappy acoustics, percussive blasts and tinkling subtleties.

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