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Mezza Coda Black Friday pricing is $29.50, 50% off, until Dec 6, 2026, on Sonora Cinematic's baby grand piano for Kontakt, built around two grit layers named Cassette and Distbox.
The maker calls it the baby grand counterpart to Verticale. The pitch is a rich, authentic baby grand with the warmth and character of two signal layers on top.
It is aimed at media scoring, jazz, pop and electronica, according to Sonora Cinematic.
Cassette is the same layer found in the Verticale library. Sonora passed the piano samples to cassette on an old Portastudio set to maximum speed, then slowed the tape back down as far as possible in the DAW.
That adds a vintage vibe and some grit to the clean piano sound.
Distbox is new in Mezza Coda. Sonora used the Portastudio as a distortion device, recording a stereo mix of the piano to cassette with the preamps hit by a very hot signal, then slowing the tape.
The maker describes the result as a raw, distorted signal with its own texture, suited to adding an edge or building lo-fi parts.
There are three stereo mic positions: room and two spot mics. You get a pair of ribbons and a pair of large diaphragm condensers.
Turn a mic on with the little dot at the bottom of its fader. If you want to mix them separately, route them to different channels in your DAW.
The FX section includes:
Sonora Cinematic bundles Panorama Hybrid free with any of its NKS products, which includes Mezza Coda. The maker's offer ran until 31st January 2025.
Panorama Hybrid is a Kontakt Player instrument on the Aria engine, built around a darker T-style semi-hollow guitar with soapbar pickups. It ships with 41 presets across six categories and 16 sampled sound sources.
To claim it, activate the Sonora Cinematic NKS product in Native Access first, or the free Panorama Hybrid serial will not work.
Yes. The Mezza Coda Black Friday deal takes 50% off, bringing the Kontakt baby grand to $29.50, and it ends Dec 6, 2026. It is Sonora Cinematic's baby grand counterpart to Verticale.
Distbox adds a fresh layer of grit to the piano. Sonora printed a stereo mix of the instrument onto cassette through a Portastudio, driving its preamps with an overly strong signal, and afterwards played the tape back at a reduced speed. The maker says it adds raw, distorted texture.
Mezza Coda has three stereo mic positions: room and two spot mics. They use a pair of ribbons and a pair of large diaphragm condensers. Switch each one on with the dot under its fader, and route them to separate channels if you want to mix them in your DAW.
There are two sends to reverb and delay, each with multiple modes. A Color knob acts like a tilt EQ, and a Sync Toggle swaps tempo values for milliseconds. The Cassette section adds Crunch for tape saturation and a Lo-Fi macro for bit and sample rate reduction.
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