🆓 FREE Celeste Sample Library for Kontakt and Decent Sampler

[LinkedMusicians]

This came out a couple of months ago, but I didn’t notice it until now and it sounds great. I haven’t had a chance to download and try it yet, but based on the demos and two very positive reviews, my expectations are that it will be a winner.

My workplace just recently procured a new, Schiedmayer 5.5 octave instrument and I was overwhelmed with how beautiful it is. Before sitting down at the keyboard, I didn’t realize how three dimensional it is sound-wise. The hammers and resonators are situated in surprising places. C2 might sound from the extreme left, while E2 sounds from the extreme right. After realizing how unique the layout is, I switched from the plan to record in fifths and instead sample EVERY KEY. This resulted in a sh*t ton of sample work, but I hope you get a sense of how immersive this instrument sounds through Festive Celeste.

The Chimes were sampled with the same three mic setups: Sanken CO-100Ks for close mics, Neumann KM184s in an ORTF for the mid mics and Schoepps MK2s for the far mics. Everything was recorded in 192kHz, but downsampled to 48kHz to make the package size tolerable. The session took place in the Truist Pavilion of the New World Center in Miami Beach, FL. A beautiful room with wooden floors and 100′ high ceilings.

Some things to note:
-The celeste close mics are done in four velocity layers, the remaining layers are 3 velocities each
-While the Truist Pavilion sounds great, it is not sound isolated. There is a noise floor which is most audible in the celeste mid and far mics. It’s tolerable IMO and mostly adds a distinct character to the sound rather than annoyance.
-I did do some noise reduction across the board, but was conservative to avoid effecting the sounds
-I’m including 20 preset patches to play with which BARELY scratch the surface of what’s possible

This took an immense amount of work to record, edit, process and program. If you use it and like it, I would very much appreciate hearing so. You can also subscribe to my YouTube channel as a form of payment if you are willing: https://www.youtube.com/@glorifiedbuttonpusher

Thanks for reading and I really do hope you find this instrument captivating and inspiring as it is for me.

Requires Kontakt 7+ Full.

 

[Note, there is also a Decent Sampler version of this sample library.]

 

https://www.pianobook.co.uk/packs/festive-celeste/

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[LinkedMusicians]

I just had a chance to spend some time with this sample library and I was blown away at how good it is.

This library is at a pro, commercial sample library level. It sounds fantastic. This contains a celeste with every key sampled and three velocity layers and

I’m a huge fan of the celeste — this library also includes chimes. It has patches with the two instruments blended and separate. If I paid for this I would  have been very satisfied with how beautiful it sounds.

Kudos to the developer. While I was using the Kontakt version, there is also a Decent Sampler version, a free player. So there are no price barriers to enjoying this excellent sample library.  The sample developer, Justin Trieger, asks that if you like his sample library that you subscribe to his YouTube channel. I immediately did. This will surely make LinkedMusicians list of Best Free Kontakt Libraries and Best Free Sample Libraries for Free Players (for the Decent Sampler version).

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[jude77]

I took your advice and downloaded this.  it’s excellent!  Not only does it have great sounds, but includes a bunch of presets.

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