
The Neumann U47 analyzed for this model has a fully brass capsule with a screw-mounted mylar diaphragm and a genuine VF14 tube. Extensively used by The Beatles, Frank Sinatra, and countless others, only about 6,000 of these mics were produced.

The piano was meticulously sampled by hand, with careful consideration for what works best with a sampled piano, all throughout the recording session itself and at every stage of production thereafter.Created in 1947, Neumann U47 has stood the test of time as the ultimate studio mic. This was the only way to get a true representation of the instrument. The piano was sampled chromatically - one key at a time - exposing delightful variances in timbre with each key. Note that the Tape samples do have a higher-gain sound, and Cinesamples include a Noise knob so you can control the baseline level of tape hiss to help prevent samples going to complete silence. Cinesamples highly suggest exploring the charming colorization of the tape signal but both are provided for your convenience. They recorded two signal chains for each mic, a clean signal going through the Neve console and one going through a historic tape machine and finally into Pro Tools. The first pair – the M49’s from the old Columbia setup, with the same placement (using stereo placement rather than mono), and with the two other pairs each set successively farther back.

With a mind to the handful of historic pictures from the recording from Miles Davis' "Kind of Blue," Cinesamples' engineer set up three sets of microphones. Columbia Records' historic Steinway D Concert Grand pianoĬinesamples Piano In Blue captures the historic sound of the very same Steinway D Concert Grand Piano recorded at Columbia Records for Miles Davis' "Kind Of Blue," and Glenn Gould's "Goldberg Variations." Experience a beautifully playable grand piano, encoded for the free Native Instruments Kontakt Player 6.6.1 and Komplete Kontrol.
