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by Simone Coen
Apr 18, 2019 12:12 pm
Forum: The Front Page
Topic: Introducing Celestial - a sampled Celesta from Chocolate Audio
Replies: 15
Views: 4100

Re: Introducing Celestial - a sampled Celesta from Chocolate Audio

playz123 wrote: Apr 18, 2019 12:04 pm And double wow! Now Piet is actually having presets named after him! :)
Not the first time we create NKIs customized to a user liking. We did it in the past for other artists too. A request is always welcomed and if it’s an easy thing, there you go :)
by Simone Coen
Apr 18, 2019 9:21 am
Forum: The Front Page
Topic: Introducing Celestial - a sampled Celesta from Chocolate Audio
Replies: 15
Views: 4100

Re: Introducing Celestial - a sampled Celesta from Chocolate Audio

Wow! A bit OT maybe, but thanks a million! Such input from artists like yourself is a strong motivator!

Cheers,

Simone
by Simone Coen
Apr 18, 2019 8:13 am
Forum: The Front Page
Topic: Introducing Celestial - a sampled Celesta from Chocolate Audio
Replies: 15
Views: 4100

Re: Introducing Celestial - a sampled Celesta from Chocolate Audio

Thanks to you, Piet! For the sake of completeness: we just released an update to Celestial. We created a 'fork' to Celestial since there is one key with a little bit more bell to it. But some customers and testers found that a feature rather than a drawback. So we created a separate set of NKIs for ...
by Simone Coen
Apr 12, 2019 5:15 pm
Forum: The Front Page
Topic: Introducing Celestial - a sampled Celesta from Chocolate Audio
Replies: 15
Views: 4100

Re: Introducing Celestial - a sampled Celesta from Chocolate Audio

Thomas Mavian wrote: Apr 12, 2019 5:19 am Gorgeous!

EDIT: bought!
well... thanks! :thumbsup:
by Simone Coen
Apr 12, 2019 5:02 am
Forum: The Front Page
Topic: Introducing Celestial - a sampled Celesta from Chocolate Audio
Replies: 15
Views: 4100

Re: Introducing Celestial - a sampled Celesta from Chocolate Audio

ok, listened: it's got more 'bell' to it... I remember we had a few problems in that range when sampling it (we had to work on the whole mechanics since these instruments are old and 'beaten'). And this one must have slipped through... I remember very well having to deal with E4. Will fix that. Than...
by Simone Coen
Apr 12, 2019 4:59 am
Forum: The Front Page
Topic: Introducing Celestial - a sampled Celesta from Chocolate Audio
Replies: 15
Views: 4100

Re: Introducing Celestial - a sampled Celesta from Chocolate Audio

Simone, If it's not too much bother, could you perhaps see if you can do something about the note F4? It sounds quite different from all the other ones, particularly that tick-y attack which it has and that none of the others have. Here's an audio illustration . You'll hear immediately what I'm tal...
by Simone Coen
Apr 11, 2019 12:29 pm
Forum: The Front Page
Topic: Introducing Celestial - a sampled Celesta from Chocolate Audio
Replies: 15
Views: 4100

Introducing Celestial - a sampled Celesta from Chocolate Audio

Chocolate Audio has announced Celestial, a sampled celesta designed for balanced sound and ease of fitting in any mix. Features: 0.5 GB (lossless compressed) library size, 449 samples. 4 Layered channels: Spot mics with AKG C414EB, Decca mics with AKG C451E-CK22 and 2 additional sound-designed optio...
by Simone Coen
Dec 02, 2018 12:59 pm
Forum: The Front Page
Topic: Chocolate Audio / Glissando Harps
Replies: 12
Views: 3798

Re: Chocolate Audio / Glissando Harps

I managed to do a proper long-running walkthrough.
Chapter times are in the description to the video.

Enjoy!

by Simone Coen
Nov 27, 2018 7:44 am
Forum: The Front Page
Topic: Chocolate Audio / Glissando Harps
Replies: 12
Views: 3798

Re: Chocolate Audio / Glissando Harps

KyleJudkins wrote: Nov 26, 2018 12:28 pm Unacceptable

Looks like you will have to settle for Cyber Monday
Well... crazy as it might seem, they are sending me a new card in just 7/10 days... so I am just surviving with my revolving "credit" card
by Simone Coen
Nov 26, 2018 10:41 am
Forum: The Front Page
Topic: Chocolate Audio / Glissando Harps
Replies: 12
Views: 3798

Re: Chocolate Audio / Glissando Harps

new videos are coming soon. I beg your pardon for being so late, but I fell ill + Black Friday craze + got my credit card cloned (so no Black Friday for me, damn!)...
by Simone Coen
Nov 18, 2018 2:28 pm
Forum: The Front Page
Topic: Chocolate Audio / Glissando Harps
Replies: 12
Views: 3798

Re: Chocolate Audio / Glissando Harps

Lawrence wrote: Nov 18, 2018 1:49 pm I’ll give it a listen, Simone, thanks.
You're welcome! I will do my best to do a walkthrough with the new harp too... in the meantime tomorrow I will publish a new video (using that sound) better explaining all of the interactions you can have re: Glissandos and other artics.
by Simone Coen
Nov 18, 2018 1:43 pm
Forum: The Front Page
Topic: Chocolate Audio / Glissando Harps
Replies: 12
Views: 3798

Re: Chocolate Audio / Glissando Harps

My harp search is ongoing. I bought Angelic Harp and banged it not my template, but I never got on with it. Depending on the preset, it always either stuck out too much or vanished. I reluctantly returned my old EWQLSO harp to the template which still sounds more balanced to me. I don’t love the to...
by Simone Coen
Mar 10, 2018 12:40 pm
Forum: The Front Page
Topic: O.D.D. Grand Piano for Kontakt from Chocolate Audio and updates The 88 Series Piano Bundle and Piano Engine to v2
Replies: 4
Views: 2046

Re: O.D.D. Grand Piano for Kontakt from Chocolate Audio and updates The 88 Series Piano Bundle and Piano Engine to v2

tack wrote: Mar 10, 2018 11:29 am As with all VIs, I wish I could try it for 90 seconds before buying. :)
Believe me, I am with you regarding this wish
by Simone Coen
Mar 10, 2018 11:11 am
Forum: The Front Page
Topic: O.D.D. Grand Piano for Kontakt from Chocolate Audio and updates The 88 Series Piano Bundle and Piano Engine to v2
Replies: 4
Views: 2046

O.D.D. Grand Piano for Kontakt from Chocolate Audio and updates The 88 Series Piano Bundle and Piano Engine to v2

Chocolate Audio has released O.D.D Grand http://www.chocolateaudio.com/products/oddgrand , our different take on the Grand Piano sound. We chose to sample the Yamaha C6 piano in Italy's Art&Music Studios with full detail (11 dynamic levels) but stop before the "ff" dynamic, in order to...
by Simone Coen
Nov 24, 2017 12:16 pm
Forum: The Front Page
Topic: Black Friday 2017
Replies: 112
Views: 42540

Re: Black Friday 2017

Chocolate Audio instruments are on sale: 50% to 65% off.
Until Dec. 3rd.

http://www.chocolateaudio.com
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by Simone Coen
May 16, 2017 1:56 pm
Forum: The Front Page
Topic: Uproar RAW 8-String Baritone Guitar
Replies: 17
Views: 5646

Re: Uproar RAW 8-String Baritone Guitar

I hardly ever used GP in my life. But doing such a huge sampling job (and in two different periods: 2007/2008 and 2012) has been awesome for us. This gives an idea of software development times: in 2012 they were already working on GP7 and planned for the extra sounds they wanted and hired us to do ...
by Simone Coen
May 12, 2017 7:52 am
Forum: The Front Page
Topic: Uproar RAW 8-String Baritone Guitar
Replies: 17
Views: 5646

Re: Uproar RAW 8-String Baritone Guitar

makes sense. Never really used it myself, but I made, I think 100% of the samples that are in GP6 and GP7
by Simone Coen
May 12, 2017 7:38 am
Forum: The Front Page
Topic: Uproar RAW 8-String Baritone Guitar
Replies: 17
Views: 5646

Re: Uproar RAW 8-String Baritone Guitar

Seems like they use it since they just released a new version
by Simone Coen
May 12, 2017 7:26 am
Forum: The Front Page
Topic: Uproar RAW 8-String Baritone Guitar
Replies: 17
Views: 5646

Re: Uproar RAW 8-String Baritone Guitar

Hi,

the DI is clean, not from the amp, is from the guitar.
Of course there's no 10s in there, since we sampled only the first two octaves we barely reach the 2nd string (B)
by Simone Coen
May 12, 2017 3:09 am
Forum: The Front Page
Topic: Uproar RAW 8-String Baritone Guitar
Replies: 17
Views: 5646

Re: Uproar RAW 8-String Baritone Guitar

Checked with Gianluca: the gauge of the strings is .010 to .074, thanks for asking!
by Simone Coen
May 12, 2017 1:01 am
Forum: The Front Page
Topic: Uproar RAW 8-String Baritone Guitar
Replies: 17
Views: 5646

Re: Uproar RAW 8-String Baritone Guitar

Right now I can't remember the set of strings we used but it was not an high tension wire size string :)
I am asking Gianluca to find out.
Yes the DI is there too.
by Simone Coen
May 11, 2017 9:04 pm
Forum: The Front Page
Topic: Uproar RAW 8-String Baritone Guitar
Replies: 17
Views: 5646

Re: Uproar RAW 8-String Baritone Guitar

Thanks for your opinion!

Simone
by Simone Coen
May 11, 2017 6:59 pm
Forum: The Front Page
Topic: Uproar RAW 8-String Baritone Guitar
Replies: 17
Views: 5646

Re: Uproar RAW 8-String Baritone Guitar

And of course that's something which is already in our "eventually to do list" for e potential expanded release in the future
by Simone Coen
May 11, 2017 6:58 pm
Forum: The Front Page
Topic: Uproar RAW 8-String Baritone Guitar
Replies: 17
Views: 5646

Re: Uproar RAW 8-String Baritone Guitar

And thanks for the reply anyway... don't want to sound unpolite. I was just making our point regarding the production style. The stuff I do as an engineer is usually more on the acoustic side of things but I see the all of the beauty of this beast as it is. No-noise included :)