Vintage Accordion is a new virtual instrument based on a vintage Italian accordion made in Castelfidardo in the 60s years. To realized it I made a deep study about its special sound. I love that sound and all its expressive variations! To capture its soul I worked with amazing technical tools (from microphones to sound card, from editing software to development system)! I recorded, edited and looped almost 1300 waveforms for a total of 2GB of memory storage. All samples are perfectly looped. I recorded all the registers of my accordion, all the keys for 4 velocity layers and 2 round robin. I adopted a filter to simulate the harmonic variation of sounds during its dynamic range. I separately recorded the key-on and key-off noises for a more realistic sound! Now I can tell: "Yes! This is its real sound!".
Enjoy with it! (Paolo Principi)
First: listen with the
musician's ear!
Second: record with
high-end tools!
Third: Analysis to
find out the goals!
Fourth: Edit and loop
the sounds
Fifth: Play to listen
the results
Sixth: Build the
virtual instrument
SPECIFICATIONS
Vintage "Titano Accordion" implementation
1289 Samples
>1,8 GB Storage
96 kHz Sample rate
24 bit resolution
All sample are perfectly looped
4 velocity layers
2 Round robin per layer
Filter modulated by Expression (CC11)
Tremolo effect modulated by Modulation wheel
7 accordion registers implemented
key-on and key-off noises
register change noises
Key Switch for quick register change
Adjustable volume for each voice (16", 8",4" and noise)
right hand and left hand presets
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Supported Formats
Audio Units, RTAS, AAX, VST, Stand-alone
Supported Operating Systems
Mac OS X 10.7 and higher - OS X 10.10 Yosemite supported (32and 64-bit)
Windows 7 and higher (32 and 64-bit)
Requirements
Hard Drive: 7200 rpm recommended or Solid State Drive (SSD)
4GB RAM (8GB+ highly recommended)
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Internet connection for the license activation
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