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The Yamaha C7 Black Friday deal from EastWest Sounds takes 55% off Yamaha C7 Platinum, a sampled concert grand virtual instrument, leaving it at $44 until Jan 17, 2027.
The maker describes the sound as a blend of smoothness and character, one that invites a few jazzy ornaments. It says the piano works for orchestral writing but shines in stride and ragtime.
Yamaha C7 Platinum is a Yamaha C7 piano library in the Virtual Instruments category, sold as a plugin instrument you play from your DAW.
Each note is sampled at multiple velocity layers, and every articulation has its own set of samples rather than a processed copy of one recording.
The sessions took place in a proper piano environment. The signal path ran through vintage Neumann microphones, Meitner AD converters and a vintage 8078 Neve console.
That chain is the maker's choice for capturing the instrument, and it sets the character of the samples before any software processing.
The library has 8 articulations on the piano:
Velocity layers vary by articulation. Sustain and sustain with pedal get 10 to 18 velocities per note, and repetitions get 8 to 12. Soft pedal and soft pedal with sustain pedal get 5 to 8, and staccato has 16 velocities.
Repetition samples come from performances played at 180 BPM. The maker says this gives a true repetition sound, not an alternate take of the same note, and the software detects true repetitions during playing.
Pedal resonance was recorded for every note at multiple velocities, and also with the soft pedal down. Release samples are handled by a software envelope follower.
The plugin gives you control over the sound after the recording stage:
The maker says the instrument runs on the most powerful streaming engine available, with the highest polyphony counts. That matters when you hold the sustain pedal through dense passages, since every held note keeps its voice.
Yes. The Yamaha C7 Platinum Black Friday deal takes 55% off this EastWest Sounds piano library, bringing it to $44. The offer runs until Jan 17, 2027.
It includes 8 articulations: sustain, sustain with pedal, repetitions, repetitions with pedal, soft pedal, soft pedal with sustain pedal, staccato and release trails. Pedal resonance is recorded for every note, and mic position mixing is built in.
It was recorded in a proper piano environment using vintage Neumann microphones, Meitner AD converters and a vintage 8078 Neve console. In the software, you can mix mic positions, swap the stereo image and simulate the lid position.
The maker says it works well for orchestral writing but shines in stride and ragtime. It describes a mix of smoothness and character that invites jazzy ornaments, and it offers repetition samples taken from 180 BPM performances.
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