Concert Grands

It was in early 2014 when KApro introduced four successful EXs sound libraries focusing on legendary piano sounds. Since this point in time we have not spared any effort to further evolve and improve our contemporary work. Today, KApro introduces our completely reworked compilation of legendary grand pianos and upright pianos for the KORG KRONOS/NAUTILUS, the KApro EXs280–EXs281-EXs282–EXs283–EXs284 "Concert Grands" Library Set containing a huge selection of 256 newly and uniquely sound-designed custom programs,based on 33 fully refurbished and 61 newly created stereo samples.

The KApro EXs280–EXs281-EXs282–EXs283–EXs284 "Concert Grands" Library Set is a high-quality collection of grand pianos and upright pianos, especially adapted to the KORG KRONOS/NAUTILUS. It is an excellent choice for all discerning musicians and composers. It contains and reproduces the incomparable expressiveness, the impressive sound and the realistic feel of,
●five (5) different, noblest grand pianos
●two (2) different, charismatic pianos
●the Japanese "Electric Grand" of the 1970s and 1980s with the highest recognition value
●an all-pervading "Full Tines" FM electronic piano made with a Japanese eightfold
●synthesizer flag ship

Whether you want to play classical, feature film scores, pop, jazz or rock, the KApro EXs280–EXs281-EXs282–EXs283–EXs284 "Concert Grands" Library Set always offers the perfect answer to your personal "P" (i.e. piano:-) question.

In detail, the KApro EXs280–EXs281-EXs282–EXs283–EXs284 "Concert Grands" Library Set includes,
●a newly recorded German concert grand piano with eight (8) velocity layers
●a newly recorded German chamber concert grand piano with seven (7) velocity layers
●a newly refurbished German concert grand piano with eight (8) velocity layers, derived from the EXs71 "East German Grand" Sound Library
●a newly refurbished Austrian concert grand piano with eight (8) velocity layers, derived from the EXs31 "Mozart Grand" Sound Library
●a newly refurbished French concert grand piano with eight (8) velocity layers, derived from the EXs70 "Chopin Grand" Sound Library
●a newly refurbished German upright piano with eight (8) velocity layers, derived from the EXs30 "Klavier" Sound Library
●a newly recorded Austrian upright piano with six (6) velocity layers
●the already mentioned, newly recorded Japanese electric grand piano which dominated the rock and pop music of the 1970s and the 1980s, captured with seven (7) velocity layers
●the already mentioned, newly recorded "Full Tines" FM electronic piano obtained with an "eight-fold" synthesizer flag ship of the 1980s, captured with eight (8) velocity layers, which commends itself so beautifully for "L.A. style" layer sounds, see the programs U-G121/s121 through U-G127/s127
●eighteen (18) new analog synthesizer sounds which are just so great for piano/synth layers, see the 128 programs of bank U-GG/t
●four (4) newly recorded "Note Off" stereo multisamples tailored for all acoustic grand pianos and upright pianos
●three (3) newly recorded "Damper Resonances" stereo multisamples tailored for all acoustic grand pianos and upright pianos
●one (1) newly refurbished "Pedal Noise" stereo multisample tailored for all acoustic grand pianos and upright pianos

all bringing an extraordinary range of sonic flavors, brilliant and soft, rich and resonant, luminous and lush, for your emotive arrangements.

The KApro EXs280–EXs281-EXs282–EXs283–EXs284 "Concert Grands" Library Set comprises of five (5) separate parts:
●EXs280 which contains 14 stereophonic multisamples (1.8GB of PCM data; 108MB of virtual RAM required) using 1,145 stereophonic samples
●EXs281 which contains 14 stereophonic multisamples (1.6GB of PCM data; 69MB of virtual RAM required) using 728 stereophonic samples
●EXs282 which contains 12 stereophonic multisamples (1.7GB of PCM data; 65MB of virtual RAM required) using 684 stereophonic samples
●EXs283 which contains 12 stereophonic multisamples (1.8GB of PCM data; 71MB of virtual RAM required) using 755 stereophonic samples and
●EXs284 which contains 42 stereophonic multisamples (1.4MB of PCM data; 76MB of virtual RAM required) using 795 stereophonic samples

Note: The order of the factory Programs is arranged differently among NAUTILUS, KRONOS2, KRONOS X and the original KRONOS. This affects sounds which reference the factory Programs. Please download the file which matches your product model.