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Reason Pianos
Reason ReFill Collection
, Mac OS and Windows

Hypersampled Production Pianos for Reason

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Reason Pianos
Reason ReFill Collection

Reason Pianos is the perfect piano package: three stunning

sounding, highly realistic pianos for Reason's Combinator.
Reason Pianos were recorded from multiple angles, using six
different sets of microphones. Why? Because there's no one
way to record a piano.
Steinway D Grand Piano
Yamaha C7 Grand Piano
Steinway K Upright Piano

The Reason Pianos ReFill gives you three amazing-sounding Hyper-
sampled acoustic pianos with the kind of presence and playability you
normally wouldn't associate with sampled pianos. Until now. Where other
piano libraries leave you with a fixed piano sound that may or may not
suit your project, Reason Pianos does just the opposite: these pianos
were recorded using multiple microphones, leaving the mixing and shap-
ing of your piano sound to you.
You create piano sounds that suit your mix, not the other way around.
A large selection of Combinator presets ranging from basic microphone
setups to wide multi-mic patches guarantees you absolute sonic control.
There's no one way to record a piano. And, there's no one way to mix
one.
The Pianos
The featured pianos were chosen for their classic pop and rock friendly
sound; The Steinway D is considered to be the world's finest grand
piano, the Yamaha C7 is a classic rock and jazz piano with a distinctive
sound, and the Steinway K is a well balanced upright known for its deep
tone. These instruments were hand-picked and then tuned and adjusted
to perfection.
In the mix
The Piano with its wide tonal range and broad frequency spectrum is
a notoriously tricky instrument to fit into a mix. Not any more. The four
stereo pairs and the two separate mono microphones used to record the
pianos are all represented as individual channels in Reason's mixer,
allowing you to tailor your piano sound to suit the other elements in
your songs.
Use plenty of mics or just a few, whatever sounds best. The mono rib-
bon mic signal alone might be perfect for a busy track. Need more bass?
Simply bring up the floor microphones a notch. Or, give the individual
mics some EQ or compression or other FX. For further sound sculpting,
use the Combinator's front-panel rotaries and buttons to control release
resonance, presence, dynamics and more.
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Forget multisampling – this is hypersampling

The three pianos reproduced in the Reason Pianos ReFill were recorded
in large, hardwood floored recording rooms, the perfect environment for
pop piano recordings. In order to capture every aspect of the instruments
– from the way they resound in the room to their unique timbres and
characteristics – they were all recorded at multiple velocity levels, from
multiple angles, using six different sets of microphones.
A quality blend of vintage and modern day technology was used
throughout the recording process, for that warm, yet crystal clear sound.

Classically unclassical – yet classy

The Reason Pianos ReFill does not seek to deliver a set of clinically per-
fect, scientifically reproduced concert pianos in a box. These are pianos
you can use. Pianos to play. Pianos that simply sound good – without fill-
ing up your harddrive or chewing up all your RAM. These hypersampled
pianos are sophisticated and highly responsive instruments – play softly
or put some weight into it, and you'll feel it. Enjoy.
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Reason Pianos
Reason ReFill Collection

n Hypersampling Contents: n 11 Producer Piano Patches

Top producers have created production
Multi-dimensional instrument reproduction friendly piano patches using Reason's
processors and effects.
1 Steinway D Grand Piano
The Reason Pianos ReFill was created using Propellerhead 1 Yamaha C7 Grand Piano n 8 Template Patches
Software’s Hypersampling method: 1 Steinway K Upright Piano Pre-wired empty piano patches to serve
as starting points for creating your own
, Multiple velocity levels For capturing an instrument’s full dynamic range. n 42 Preset Piano Patches sounds.
Ready-made Combi patches comprising
, Multiple microphones For capturing and controlling distance, ambience numerous microphone setup combina- n 14 Reverb Patches
and characteristics. tions for all three pianos. Luxurious, Piano-friendly reverb patches
for Reason's excellent RV7000 unit.
, Multiple variation sampling For capturing the human input and the n 29 Style Piano Patches
different quirks and noises that bring life to an instrument. A selection of Combinator patches n 5 Demo Songs
ranging from classic piano sounds to Professionally produced, differently
tweaked-out layered instruments. styled demo song files. Created and
mixed in Reason.

n System Requirements

We have gone out of our way to Minimum requirements: Strongly recommended:

9 create the most realistic sounding
pianos ever made for Reason. There-
fore, the sampler patches in this ReFill
are fairly large, resulting in high
system requirements.
, Windows: Reason 3.0 or later, Intel
Pentium 4 / 1.4 GHz or AMD Athlon XP,
512 MB RAM, DVD drive
, Mac OS: Reason 3.0 or later, Macintosh
G4 1.0 GHz, 512 MB RAM, DVD drive
, Windows: Reason 3.0.4 or later, Intel
Pentium 4 / 2.4 GHz processor or faster,
1024 MB RAM, fast hard drive, low-
latency ASIO compatible sound card,
DVD drive
, Mac OS: Reason 3.0.4 or later, Power
Macintosh G5 or Dual G4 / 1.4 Ghz or
faster, 1024 MB RAM, fast hard drive,
DVD drive

Reason and ReFill are trademarks of Propellerhead Software. All other commercial symbols are protected trademarks and trade names of their respective holders. All specifications subject to change without notice. C 2006 Propellerhead Software. All rights reserved. Printed in Sweden.

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