The Piano That (Almost) Got Away...

Introducing Nocturne Electric Piano – the second addition to our no-frills, great-sounding, easy-to-use Select series which premiered with the release of Emma Legato earlier this year.

Nocturne Electric Piano offers a special, mellow, dreamy, and intimate sound that feels incredibly inspiring to play – whether you're composing emotive, soulful compositions, cinematic scores, sparse arrangements, or poignant song intros.

"There are certainly no shortages of electric pianos on the market, however few have gone down the cinematic and atmospheric route, to add the extra dimension of creative flexibility offered by Nocturne." - KK-Access

Born From A Personal Story

Last year, we stumbled across a beautiful mid-70s electric piano – an instrument that didn’t sound quite like a Rhodes or a Wurlitzer, but had its own mellow, intimate, and cinematic voice. It was love at first play.

Just a week later, the piano’s circuitry dramatically failed and the piano went up in flames! Thankfully our studio was largely undamaged but we had lost our beloved ‘new’ instrument. The sound and spirit of that piano stayed with us…

Determined to bring it back to life, we found a studio with a similar model and deep-sampled it in incredible detail. We captured the full character and vibe of that magical instrument, and Nocturne Electric Piano was born.

Four Distinct Signals

To give you total creative control, we recorded four distinct signals:

• DI Output – the cleanest, purest signal.
• Guitar Amp – for adding warmth and vintage colour.
• Mechanical Noise – a stereo capture of the tactile, acoustic sounds from the keys and tines.
• Tape Echo Reverb – a mono reverb captured through an old Tape Echo with an extra old and dirty tape cartridge in it, for that special, nostalgic vibe.

Sonora Cinematic Nocturne Electric Piano works with the free Kontakt Player 8.1+ (available for download here).

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