Impact Soundworks Hammer Klavier Virtual Instrument, Download

What happens if you replace an upright piano's felt hammers with real metal-tipped hammers? Hammer Klavier is an avant-garde instrument with a new sound, the dynamic responsiveness of a regular piano, and much greater versatility than the typical prepared piano. Created in partnership with YouTuber and musical mad scientist Mattias Krantz.

• Completely Unique Sound
• Instantly Inspiring
• Stackable Hammer Voices
• World-Class Support
• Earn Loyalty Points
• Easy-to-Use Interface

About the Library
The moment we heard Mattias Krantz's new experiment - replacing every single hammer on an upright piano with real, metal hammers - we knew we'd found something truly unique that could inspire musicians around the world. It's not quite like anything you've ever heard before. The sound is reminiscent of a particularly powerful and full-voiced harpsichord, with the dynamic responsiveness of a regular piano and the percussive nature of a hammered dulcimer.

While it's a fun conceptual experiment, we think you'll find that Hammer Klavier is also beautiful and a delight to play! Mattias worked with us to record his instrument in great depth; it has been carefully sampled to the fullest so that it's every bit as playable and realistic as a standard piano. We created it with the same love and care that makes our Pearl Concert Grand a staple choice for many composers.

Think of this not as a sound design toolbox but as a custom upright piano with a unique voice. While Mattias might have destroyed a piano to get this great sound, we think you'll agree it was worth it.

Console Modular FX Rack & Mixer
Console is a fully-featured mixer, modular effects rack, and pedal board, designed to give you full control over your mix. Effects include multiple EQs (digital and analog-style), compressors, spatial FX, modulation FX, amps, distortion pedals, reverbs, and more.

Each mic channel can be loaded with up to 8 FX in any order, plus another 8 slots on the master channel, with support for send routing as well. The new "Galois Reverb" added in Kontakt 6 Player sounds fantastic as an alternative to our included custom IRs.

One-of-a-kind prepared upright piano
Every hammer replaced with real, actual metal hammers, creating a beautiful and strong tone.

Double or triple voice stacking
Create a larger-than-life piano sound by stacking voices with a single click. Adjust tuning, stereo width, and unison volume easily.

Pristine 24-bit recordings
Captured with 2 distinct stereo mic positions for excellent detail, space, and air.

Exquisite detail
Six dynamic layers, chromatic sampling (every key recorded individually), 2x general round robins, 5x release RRs.

20 production-ready snapshots
Suitable for soundtrack music, pop, rock, ambient, and everything in between.

Requirements

7GB disk space
7200 RPM hard drive or solid state drive recommended

4GB of RAM
Higher amounts of memory let you load more instruments.

KONTAKT Player 6.6+
This library will run in the FREE Kontakt Player.

Kontakt Requirements - Mac OS
• Intel Macs (i5 or higher): macOS 10.14, 10.15, 11 or 12 (latest update)
• Apple Silicon Macs (via Rosetta 2 & natively on ARM in Standalone or in hosts that support it): macOS 11 or 12 (latest update)

Kontakt Requirements - Windows
Windows 7, Windows 8, or Windows 10 (latest Service Pack, 32/64-bit). Intel Core i5 or equivalent CPU. Graphics hardware support for OpenGL 2.1 or higher. Windows 10 strongly recommended.