Les Productions ZVON

"Each note has a different mechanical preparation and was recorded for its full duration at several Velocities. These make exceptional semituned percussion instruments. For more conventional playing, presets are provided that map a single sound across the keyboard."

Len Sasso in Electronic Musician, April 2005

New Kontakt 3 and Battery 3 versions featured in Electronic Musician Podcast of July 2009: "... very playable and create very interesting sounds". Part about the Prepared Rhodes begins at 22:09, listen to it or download it from HERE

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PREPARED RHODES

It's a real Rhodes that is prepared as John Cage and others prepared an acoustic piano, that means you insert springs, plastic tubes, pins, etc., all kinds of objects inside the piano. These objects when touching the strings or the tines change the sound of each key played. All the notes can be radically different from each other and often you don't even recognize the original sound. You get an instrument that is much more percussive in nature. Read the full description HERE

There are 2 main programs that emulate the actual instrument where each key has a different sound. The first one covers 72 keys, the second one 52 keys. Each key has a unique sound with up to 6 velocity layers. The sample set size is 63,2 MB containing 360 samples (32 MB download). Note that the size is doubled for the Wusikstation and EVE formats as they both use a proprietary 32 bits sample format.

Also included are patches simply made from one sound mapped across the keyboard and you can create your own. These make fun semituned percussion instruments. Their number vary according to each specific format. Moreover, as each platform has unique features, you will find additional patches using these features. Details below for each specific format.

VERY IMPORTANT: the Prepared Rhodes is offered in different packages or formats. This means that there are 5 "Buy Now" buttons on this page. Be sure you click on the one you really want as there are no refunds. Email us first if you are not sure about the button you should click. Download the FREE DEMOS on the Free sounds page and listen to MP3 examples on the MP3 demos page.

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Wav files and Soundfont : wav files and soundfont can be used with any sampler or software that supports them. The soundfont includes 43 programs (38 semituned instruments).

1- WAV FILES and SOUNDFONT, $13.99 US

Native Instruments Battery 3 and Kontakt 3 with the wav files: both have over 115 kits/patches including 67 semituned instruments and 47 (55 for K3) extra patches where the samples are twisted and warped with their granular synthesis engine. With it the samples take a whole new dimension and the results vary from clean sounds evocative of traditional instruments to weird SFX.

2- BATTERY 3 and KONTAKT 3, $19.99 US

Wusiksation and other WE products, includes a full bank of 96 presets (in both V1 and V2 formats) designed by ToTc and Zvon. Many of them combining the Prepared Rhodes waveforms with the Wusikstation's factory waveforms.

3- WUSIKSTATION FORMAT and WE products, $19.99 US

DashSignature EVE, with a bank of 91 presets including 40 designed by Tim Conrardy. Many of them combining the Prepared Rhodes waveforms with EVE's factory waveforms. Note that a special "light" version of the Prepared Rhodes is included in the EVE 2 factory bank, owners of EVE 2 can get the full version for only $9.99 (email me first). More MP3 demos of the EVE version presets HERE

4- EVE FORMAT, $19.99 US

GIGASTUDIO 3 version: 2 banks, 53 instruments, 117 instrument performance files (.gsi). Includes Random, Round robin and Mod wheel dimensions. Note that the GS3 format does not have a Light version but a lot of stuff that the other formats do not have. For detailed info, see the text files in the downloadable demo gig file on the Free sounds page.

5- GIGASTUDIO 3 FORMAT, $19.99 US

Crossgrade offers between the different packages are available on request. For details, click HERE

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There will be no refunds, so please try the demos before buying. All products are downloadable. After we received confirmation of your payment, we will email you the link or links where you can download your products. This will usually be within one business day.

If you live in Canada the 5% GST will be automatically added to your order.