REQ: Elementary Sounds Tayna (Win)
INFO:
The instrument itself was found at a Minsk recording studio. We were immensely happy that it was made in 1970. The very first Rhodes piano appeared on a market much earlier, but if its popularity in the 50s and 60s can be compared with an unblown bud, then it was in the 70s when this bud turned into a proper attractive flower (we imagine it to be orange or yellow as a lot of things in the 70s).
While thinking about the time for the release we decided that it has to be now, in winter, because of the special warmth of the sound, which perfectly matches the inner cosiness of our homes, in the cold months (sorry to the Southern Hemisphere about it)
We ran all the samples of Rhodes piano through the vintage Studer tape recorder for a warmer, natural and less sterile sound. TAYNA has 1 articulation, but in 2 versions.
1st version.
The classic sound of Rhodes piano which has 4 audio lines:
For the first one we used the Roeyer ribbon and the Neumann tube microphones to record the sound of Rhodes piano that went through the classic Fender tube combo amplifier from the 60s and the classic tube preamps by Universal Audio and Chandler Limited.
For the second line the sound of Rhode piano went straight to the Neve 1073 preamp followed by the 1176 compressor by Universal Audio.
The third line is acoustic one. It is a close up of the Rhodes piano that was recorded by vintage AKG microphones and a Soviet ribbon microphone. As a result we have sound that is rustling, soft and intimate.
The fourth line is a room line. After we caught the sound with stereo ribbon microphones that was made by a master from Bashkortostan we then passed it through clone preamps of the 1073 Neve preamps. Eventually, we created the sound that works as a perfect addition to all the other lines, bringing volume and presence, but at the same time no sense of reverb.
2nd version.
You might be slightly overwhelmed by the amount of tubes that were used in this version. We balanced all the sound lines to our taste by connecting them into one and passing it all through a long chain of analog tube equipment that consists of 3 compressors, a limiter, an analog filter, a tube EQ and a tube distortion. At the very end the sound also went through the Studer A810 tape recorder.
There is a sound designed X slider in both versions. All its sounds are based on the original Rhodes piano samples. We used a lot of cassette tapes, eurorack modules, guitar pedals and other analog equipment.
The instrument itself was found at a Minsk recording studio. We were immensely happy that it was made in 1970. The very first Rhodes piano appeared on a market much earlier, but if its popularity in the 50s and 60s can be compared with an unblown bud, then it was in the 70s when this bud turned into a proper attractive flower (we imagine it to be orange or yellow as a lot of things in the 70s).
While thinking about the time for the release we decided that it has to be now, in winter, because of the special warmth of the sound, which perfectly matches the inner cosiness of our homes, in the cold months (sorry to the Southern Hemisphere about it)
We ran all the samples of Rhodes piano through the vintage Studer tape recorder for a warmer, natural and less sterile sound. TAYNA has 1 articulation, but in 2 versions.
1st version.
The classic sound of Rhodes piano which has 4 audio lines:
For the first one we used the Roeyer ribbon and the Neumann tube microphones to record the sound of Rhodes piano that went through the classic Fender tube combo amplifier from the 60s and the classic tube preamps by Universal Audio and Chandler Limited.
For the second line the sound of Rhode piano went straight to the Neve 1073 preamp followed by the 1176 compressor by Universal Audio.
The third line is acoustic one. It is a close up of the Rhodes piano that was recorded by vintage AKG microphones and a Soviet ribbon microphone. As a result we have sound that is rustling, soft and intimate.
The fourth line is a room line. After we caught the sound with stereo ribbon microphones that was made by a master from Bashkortostan we then passed it through clone preamps of the 1073 Neve preamps. Eventually, we created the sound that works as a perfect addition to all the other lines, bringing volume and presence, but at the same time no sense of reverb.
2nd version.
You might be slightly overwhelmed by the amount of tubes that were used in this version. We balanced all the sound lines to our taste by connecting them into one and passing it all through a long chain of analog tube equipment that consists of 3 compressors, a limiter, an analog filter, a tube EQ and a tube distortion. At the very end the sound also went through the Studer A810 tape recorder.
There is a sound designed X slider in both versions. All its sounds are based on the original Rhodes piano samples. We used a lot of cassette tapes, eurorack modules, guitar pedals and other analog equipment.