Toy Piano Audio Archive

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Recorded in dead studio space (96kHz/24bit)

Equipment: 2-Neumann TLM 103s (positioned front-L & back-R); Nuendo recorder

With thanks to John Shirley, engineer.

Forte chromatic scale (137.4 MB)

Mezzo forte sustained (key depressed) chromatic scale (2 oct) (89.3 MB)

Mezzo forte stacato chromatic scale (79.7 MB)

Piano chromatic scale (buzzy) (77.2 MB)

Plucked rods/Gliss. (182.8 MB)

Mezzo forte chromatic scales (in octaves) (51.7 MB)

Recorded in Razzo Hall, Clark University (44.1kHz/16bit)

Equipment: Earthworks TC 30k & AKG C414 in MS; Digidesign recorder

Case Noises (9.0 MB)

Forte chromatic scale (2 oct) (32.2 MB)

Mezzo forte stacato chromatic scale (2 oct) (21.2 MB)

Mezzo forte sustained (key depressed) chromatic scale (2 oct) (37.8 MB)

Piano chromatic scale (2 oct) (34.2 MB)

Rod noises (42.9 MB)

Minor Seconds (15.8 MB)

Trills (14.4 MB)