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The Verticale Black Friday deal puts Sonora Cinematic's upright piano library for Kontakt at $29.50, 50% off, with the offer ending Dec 6, 2026.
Verticale is a virtual upright piano, named after the Italian word for the instrument. It was recorded both natural and felted, and it runs in the free Kontakt Player 7.
The felted side is the headline. According to Sonora, Verticale was captured with four layers of felt, which they believe makes it the only quadruple felt piano of its kind.
The natural patch is described as pure and warm. The felt patch is described as rich and mellow.
The intended territory is cinematic emotion and lo-fi nostalgia.
There are three mic positions, and every one is a stereo pair:
Switch between them in the GUI. If you want to balance them in the mix, route them to separate channels and treat them in your DAW.
Verticale ships with a Cassette signal, produced by running the samples through a vintage four-track tape machine on its fast recording speed. The tape was then played back at minimum speed.
The result is a pitch-shifted, warped sound that adds a lo-fi patina. You can blend it with the mic signals.
The onboard section covers a lot of tone shaping without leaving the instrument:
Sonora pitches Verticale at lo-fi ambient tracks and electronic, experimental music. It also positions it as an alternative piano colour for a composer's palette in cinematic work.
Sonora Cinematic is offering Panorama Hybrid free with any purchase of one of its NKS products, for a limited promotion period. It is a Kontakt Player instrument built on the Aria engine, centred on a darker T-style semi-hollow guitar with soapbar pickups.
Panorama Hybrid ships with 41 presets across six categories and 16 sampled sound sources. Sonora says you must activate the NKS product in Native Access first for the free serial to work.
Yes. The Verticale Black Friday deal takes 50% off, bringing the Kontakt piano to $29.50. The offer ends Dec 6, 2026. Verticale is a felted and natural upright piano from Sonora Cinematic that runs in the free Kontakt Player 7.
Verticale has three stereo-pair mic positions: a room pair of AKG C414s, a spot pair of AEA N22 active ribbons, and a spot pair of Neumann K184 small diaphragm condensers. Switch in the GUI or route each to its own channel to mix in your DAW.
It is a separate sound made by running the piano samples through an old 4-track cassette recorder at high record speed, then playing the tape back at minimum speed. The result is pitch-shifted and warped, and you can mix it with the mic signals for a lo-fi patina.
No. Sonora developed Verticale for the free Kontakt Player 7, so the full Kontakt is not required. It is a Kontakt instrument, so you load it in Kontakt Player 7 and play or sequence it from your DAW.
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