The Crow Hill Company The Vertical Piano v1.0.8 [WiN]

An instrument with the most incredible backstory, harnessed into a creative environment that's designed to give you your new favourite storytelling device. Sampled at Hans Zimmer's "Remote Control Productions" in Santa Monica, this is one of but a handful of remaining Victory Verticals. Since its recent refurbishment, it is a unique working model whose scars of its tumultuous past are borne out in the character of its unique sound. In the brutal chaos of World War II, Steinway & Sons, barred from piano-making by wartime metal restrictions, turned their Queens factory to crafting coffins and glider parts. Then they landed a contract to build over 3,000 "Victory Vertical" pianos - rugged olive, blue, or grey beasts airdropped onto battlefields, complete with tuning kits, to bring solace to American troops. From 1942 to 1953, these G.I. Steinways, often hauled in by Jeep, sparked joy and camaraderie, letting soldiers sing, smile, and remember home, their music a defiant pulse of hope. Sampled at Hans Zimmer's "Remote Control Productions" in Santa Monica, this is one of but a handful of remaining victory verticals, and since its recent refurbishment a unique working model where scars of its tumultuous past are borne out in the character of its unique sound. Product Specs 4 unique mixes, each with variable distance control Advanced tape-modelling with included pitch and degradation effects Period accurate speaker emulation Noise controls, captured from various vintage equipment Full effects suite featuring algorithmic reverbs, worn delays and futuristic granular processes Precision processing tools for shaping your sound including, EQ, Saturation and Bus Compression Settings to finely adjust mechanical sounds as well as define the instruments responsiveness and dynamics Included presets, specially crafted to spark creativity NKS compatible Audio files: 22,931 audio files Uncompressed: 104GB Compressed: 34GB