Studio FX Piano

The Studio FX Piano goes far beyond the playing techniques of a traditional Prepared Piano. Painstakingly captured in the pristine, controlled environment of Stage B at Vienna Synchron Stage, this unique collection redefines what a piano can be – and sound like. Expanding significantly on the “prepared piano” concept popularized by avant-garde composer John Cage in the 1940s, we transformed our Yamaha CFX into a groundbreaking instrument of sonic exploration. By manipulating its strings with objects such as screws, bolts, rubber, felt wedges, chains and paper, or utilizing an EBow for infinite sustain, it now produces a myriad of adventurous tones far removed from its classical origins. The controlled ambience allows you to shape your custom FX sounds any way you want, while the optional convolution reverb derived from Vienna MIR Pro 3D adds space and even more creative versatility. A wide array of dedicated FX patches and mixer presets takes this sonic adventure to entirely new dimensions, inviting you to push the boundaries of tonal and atonal composition as well as of sound design.

Key Features

• Prepared & FX piano sounds
• Unconventional sound design, transforming piano tones into unique percussive and resonant textures
• Percussive hits, mystical drones, organic plucks, heavenly pads
• Versatile performance styles like glissandos, string scrapes, mallet strikes, EBow
• Special FX presets in the categories percussive, pads, spacious, delays, evolving
• Additional FX mixer presets
• Powered by the Vienna Synchron Player (not the Piano Player)

System Requirements