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PBQs: Is Pianobook Going Commercial?

Hello fellow Pianobookers! Yesterday we launched a significant new project to the website called Pianobook Artists. This is something I have been working on since the overwhelming support we had for Mike Georgiadis’ Soft Nylon Guitar- a pack that has given him a significant income that supports his fantastic work within the composing community.  I […]

Introducing Pianobook Artists!

Pianobook is a global community of nearly 500 contributors, who have together created over 1000 virtual instruments on our website for Kontakt and the free Decent Sampler. To celebrate the success of the platform, we have started a new label called Pianobook Artists- where we seek to reward our best contributors by giving them the […]

Project Reflex With Dan Keen

For our monthly Discord Challenge, we’re teaming up with Dan Keen to assist with his latest sample project- Project Reflex. Join our Discord to take part: https://discord.com/invite/Zf4FFmKynu Here’s everything you need to know: There will be two instruments created: Pitched and Percussive. If you don’t have an instrument or voice to record, feel free to […]

LEGAL ISSUES WITH SAMPLING

Every pack submitted to Pianobook should contain original audio. That is, audio that is created by the Samplist/ Uploader. This could be a recording made with a microphone, or a signal created by an Oscillator or Generator. Put simply, we always advise that you should sample acoustic instruments and synths with analogue or digital oscillators that are not pre-programmed.

Global Swarm Community Event

In 2020 we bought 400 of your voices together it what (we believe was) the biggest choir sample pack ever created. This Spring, we’re ready for chapter two and the theme this time is Global Swarm. Like Spitfire’s coveted Swarm libraries, we’re going to collect your different tremolo samples and create a massive textural library- […]

March 2022 Newsletter

Our March 2020 newsletter featuring Mike Georgiades amazing Soft Nylon Guitar sample library.

Christmas Treats 2021

Three more treats for Christmas

HOW TO REVIEW

How to write great Pianobook reviews & Beta test your own packs to make them as good as they can be.

Beta Testing a Sample Pack

Introduction Creating a sample pack or library is a long and arduous journey. It’s a labour of love and because of that, we can sometimes be blinded by problems with our creations in the same vein as being told your angel of a child has been naughty at school. We need colleagues to tell us […]

WE ACTUALLY DROPPED A PIANO

September, Aberdeen, 2020, well… seeing as it is 2020 expect anything. Every week on our YouTube channel we perform a “pianodrop” to coincide with releasing the next batch of instruments. A quick highlights video showing off new sounds and some of our old-favourites. The thing is we needed a cool ident for it so… why […]

MAY HIGHLIGHTS

With nearly 40 new instruments submitted this month, May was no exception to our record-breaking streak of submissions! Find out more in the video below, and find those instruments here! PIANOBOOK SUNRISES It’s been a long couple of months of early and earlier starts, lots of coffee, and some truly incredible sunrises. We’ve cataloged them […]

MAKE MUSIC DAY 2020

This year in honor of Make Music Day we’ve made noise, made samples, and plenty of music! Watch the three part event hosted by both Christian and Spitfire Audio, and make some music of your own! MAKE NOISE Christian shows you how to record your own samples at home, using everyday objects and a mobile […]