Spring Chimes

There is strength in numbers. This instrument is the result of an experiment: layering 14 Pianobook bells and mallets sample packs together. The qualities of each sample pack are stacking up to create a new kind of “super” instrument.

To improve the playability and make it feel like a real group of players performing their instrument in the same room, a couple of tricks were used:- Instruments were panned across the stereo field,- Velocity was linked to volume, in order to have less instruments playing at low velocity to create a gradual set of velocity layers,- A bit of random delay latency for every track, to get a loose “humans playing together” sensation,- A bit of compression, a bit of EQ, a bit of room impulse reverb, just to glue everything together, it is more about feeling it than hearing it.

After a lot of trials and errors to get the right balance between all these parameters, 6 instruments were created:01 Ensemble,02 Half Section Soft: Only the mellow and soft instruments,03 Half Section Bright: Only the sharpest and brightest instruments,04 Blooming: half of the instruments playing randomly the note and the note one octave up,05 Rainfall: all the instruments playing randomly the note, more crowded,06 Spring Pads: 6 pad signals created with samples from the previous patches.

Due to the collaborative nature of this project, this sample pack is published on the official Pianobook account, so if you download and enjoy this instrument please consider a donation to our fundraiser:

https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/pianobook-ukraine 

Available for Kontakt 6.7+ and DecentSampler.

Original idea and DecentSampler version: Frédéric PoirierKontakt version developer: Owen Bolig

Using samples from: Dan Keen – Frozen Glock, Conner Sawchuk – Vintage Alto Metallophone, Fred Poirier – Hole Saw, Jon Meyer – Wind Chimes, Stephen Tallamy – Chilly’s Bottle, Tim Steemson – I Love Lamp, Florian Hirschmann – Lamp, Harriet Jones – Mini Tongue Drum, Liam MacLean – Tongue Drum, Richard Laws – Jen-Co Vibes, Jon Meyer – Gentle Vibes, Andrew Finch – Yamaha Glockenspiel, Terry Frost – Bells, Sam Ecoff – Orff Chimes.