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Night Train Piano
Night Train Piano
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Night Train Piano
A 6 foot Steinway Model B, previously owned by the late, great, Oscar Peterson.
Recorded at Village studios in Los Angeles, this library brings the bright and focused sound of Oscar Peterson back to life, as well as utilizing modern technology and mic techniques to recreate the familiar sound of countless other records and albums recorded in this legendary space by artists from Fleetwood Mac, The Rolling Stones, B. B. King and Bob Dylan to current artists like Lady Gaga, Coldplay, Kesha, John Mayer, Cage the Elephant and many more.
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We recorded Night Train Piano in the famous Studio B at village Studios for a more intimate and immediate sound, making it the perfect companion library to contrast Piano In Blue, which has a beautifully soft, velvet tone. If you are one of the thousands of producers and artists who have fallen in love with the sound of Piano in Blue, this is the library that will balance your template and give you a much broader piano palette.
Resonance & Response Engine
Night Train introduces an all-new resonance and response algorithm built specifically for this instrument inside Native Instruments Kontakt.
The sympathetic behavior and decay interaction were tuned to this Steinway Model B — giving it a natural resonance and dynamic response that feels like playing the piano in the room.
Designed for Kontakt 8 Player.
*No full version required*
The History
Night Train Piano captures Oscar Peterson’s West Coast Steinway Model B, now housed at The Village Studios in Los Angeles. Recorded in Studio B and captured through the Neve 88R using a blend of modern and vintage microphones.
We named it Night Train as a tribute to the lineage of Oscar Peterson’s sound this is a bright, articulate, forward, and unmistakably human.
The Sound
Night Train is:
- Bright and punchy
- Focused in the upper-mids
- Clear in dense arrangements
You hear the hammers.
You hear the wood.
You hear the history.
Where some pianos sit back in a mix, this one steps forward. You can directly compare both versions with the demo track of Debussy's Dr. Gradus ad Parnassum found at the end of the demos on both products.
The Recording
Recorded in Studio B at The Village:
- Neve 88R Console
- 6 microphone positions:
- Full Board Mix
- Hammer (A new over-the hammers mic recording technique)
- Stereo Close
- Mid
- Room
- Mono Ribbon
- Up to 9 velocities
- 15931 samples
- 11.6GB library (27.2GB uncompressed)
- Real Pedal-Down Sustain Samples
- Pedal noises
Mic list:
U87 Room (Board Mix)
SM57 Under (Board Mix)
AKG C24 Mid (Board Mix)
SE8s Close (Board Mix)
U67 Mid Wide (Board Mix)
SE T2 MS (Board Mix)
*AKG 414 Matched Pair (Close)
*AKG 451 Matched Pair (Mid)
*SE Neve RN17 Omni Pair (Room)
*RCA 77DX Ribbon (Mono)
The goal was simple: capture the instrument as it exists in a real recording space used on countless albums that defined decades of music.
Night Train Vs. Piano In Blue
These are not variations of the same piano.
They are two distinct recorded personalities.
Piano in Blue
- Darker
- Warmer
- Cinematic
Night Train
- Brighter
- Mix-forward
- Articulate
Together, they give you a better range of the Steinway sound — from intimate to a more forward brighter performance.
Tech Specs
Kontakt 8.9.0+ (Player and Full supported)https://support.native-instruments.com/hc/en-us/articles/12994379591453-Compatibility-of-Native-Instruments-Products
Recommended:
RAM: 8GB
HDD: 7200RPM (preferred: SSD) with 24GB available (12GB is final library size)