SOUNDIRON The Drinking Piano | A Bar Upright Piano Sound Source Filled with a Century of Soul
Capturing the Traces of a Century in a Bar, the Most Story-Rich Character Piano Sound Source.
SOUNDIRON The Drinking Piano is a deeply sampled character piano sound source from Soundiron, recorded from a century-old Ivors and Pond upright piano, offering 1,818 stereo samples at 24-bit/48kHz specifications. This sound source captures all the traces of time on this old piano, including worn hammers, unstable dampers, loose pedal mechanics, and decades of accumulated dust, with each key imbued with unique personality and fragility.
Compared to modern piano sound sources on the market that pursue perfect pitch, The Drinking Piano deliberately retains its slightly detuned pitch and mechanical noises, focusing on providing a unique timbre full of vintage atmosphere and authenticity, suitable for film scoring, indie folk, or any music production requiring strong character. Its rich and intimate sound makes you feel as if you are personally touching the yellowed, cracked ivory keys, recreating the classic beer hall sounds of the Roaring Twenties and the pre-war Thirties.
Quick Facts
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Brand: Soundiron
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Model: The Drinking Piano
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Sound Source Format: Native Instruments Kontakt (Open Format)
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Total Samples: 1,818 (Stereo)
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Installation Size: 5.44 GB
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Sampling Specification: 24-bit / 48 kHz WAV
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Applicable Scenarios: Vintage Film Scoring, Jazz Bar Music, Indie Folk Arrangement, Game Sound Design, Lo-Fi Hip Hop Production
Who is The Drinking Piano for?
Soundiron The Drinking Piano Core Technologies & Features
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Century-Old Ivors and Pond Piano Sampling: Deeply sampled from an early 20th-century mahogany upright piano, retaining all the traces of time, including worn hammers, unstable dampers, and mechanical noises.
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Unique "Detuned" Timbre: Due to severe string corrosion, the sound source fully retains the original piano's characteristic of being slightly flat by a semitone, providing unparalleled authenticity.
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Sober & Drunk Modes: Offers "Sober" and "Drunk" modes, allowing users to quickly switch between normal and more experimental timbres.
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Rich Additional Sound Effects: In addition to the piano itself, it includes various SFX such as bench creaks, string plucks, pedal noises, and key release sounds, greatly enhancing realism.
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Built-in FX Presets & Ambience Patches: Includes 20 meticulously crafted effect presets by sound designers, and 34 ambience patches derived from the original samples.
Full-Featured Sound-Shaping Controls
- Provides complete parameter control, including Swell, Attack, Release, Offset, Vibrato, Filter, and Pitch (coarse/fine tuning).
- Supports articulation switching, cross-fading, and timbre layering.
- All parameters are automation-ready in your DAW.
Adaptable LFO & Filter System
- Built-in LFO system, allowing selection of LFO waveform, modulation target, rate, intensity, tempo sync, and fade-in time.
- Offers 12 types of low-pass, high-pass, and special effect filters.
- Filters can be assigned to be modulated by velocity, mod wheel, expression pedal, aftertouch, key position, or step sequencer.
Customizable Arpeggiator & Scale Lock
- Powerful arpeggiator features, including velocity table, arpeggiation direction, timing, swing, randomness, and note length control.
- Built-in scale and key lock system, which can limit played notes to common scales, facilitating melody creation and live performance.
Modular FX Rack
- Provides 10 effect slots, allowing free assignment of 18 different DSP effect modules, with customizable order.
- Effect types include Phaser, Flanger, Delay, Distortion, Amp/Cab simulation, Compressor, EQ, Rotator, and more.
- Built-in Convolution Reverb, including 99 spatial IRs (rooms, halls, churches) and 40 special effect IRs.
Tech Specs
| Sound Source Type | Vintage Upright Piano Sample Library |
| Sampling Source | Early 20th Century Ivors and Pond Upright Piano |
| Installed Size | 5.44 GB |
| Total Samples | 1,818 Stereo Samples |
| Audio Format | 24-bit / 48 kHz Uncompressed PCM WAV |
| Kontakt Format | Open Kontakt Format NKI |
| Main Articulations | Tuned & Untuned (Sober/Drunk Modes), Plucks, Releases |
| Additional Sound Effects | Bench creaks, Pedal noises, SFX |
| Built-in Presets | 20 Sound Design FX Presets, 34 Ambience Patches |
| Effects | 18 DSP Modules, 10-Slot Modular Rack |
| Reverb Type | Convolution Reverb (includes 99 Spatial IRs + 40 FX IRs) |
| System Requirements | Full version of NI Kontakt 5.5 or higher. Windows 7+ / Mac OSX 10.9+. |
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