Introducing - THE IMPERIAL ELECTRIC PIANO

[@InstrumentManiac]

Wow what a stunning sound. I love how you talked through each instrument and what part of the sound you enjoyed. As someone that doesn't play piano it was fascinating to listen to. Congrats on such an achievement!

[@TigerCubMedia1]

Thanks Brother I am about to buy it!! Thank you for giving the EP another life. My favourite is Greg Phillinganes

[@paulgilbody]

This is phenomenal. Love everything you guys are doing - useful, inspiring content and incredible instruments. Thank you.

[@JoniSchwalbach]

This sounds really amazing that instantly got me hooked. Love the rounded bottom end while maintaining the bite in the middle. Buying it right now and hopefully, it will go straight into my live setup for my band's gig (GHORWANE, from the early days of world music, one of REAL WORLD's first releases back in 1993), where I mainly use EP/Rhodes and gospel-like organ. Very organic and pure. Thanks

[@JRBONNERAVE]

Mind bloowing! Dreamt of that for years! Can’t thank you enough! Already a legend!

[@travelvideography3021]

Christian, your enthusiasm and passion for your craft is simply awe-inspiring! I have been watching your contents for years and always walk away from a video inspired and enthused to create something amazing.

[@Asa-bh7zi]

Phenomenal sound. I love this idea of the composite instrument, filling in the gaps.

[@richardgoss4153]

Thanks, Christian, for creating such an inspiring soulful instrument. Brilliant! Can't wait to start exploring.

[@jeremythornton433]

I used to own an old Fender Rhodes. This makes me want one plus your sounds.

[@IIeTpOc9H4uK]

This is a solid thing! I love the attitude towards it and the presentation.

[@garyholland6302]

Instant purchase, downloaded, installed and fantastically playable immediately - excellent instrument at a bargain price 😀 keep ‘em coming Christian

[@jotamarsmusic]

That Filth knot to the max sold it!! I'm buying!

[@FireAngelOfLondon]

Got it! I'll be spending some time with this during the coming weekend and I am really looking forward to it.

[@TraneFrancks]

This sounds absolutely lovely. I definitely want it. I'm not sure that "Yogore" (汚れ) precisely translates to 'Filth' as much as it would to 'Dirt'. And, as a guitarist, those Tweedy breakup overtones are definitely dirt to my ears. In any case, this is an absolute winner. I can't wait to play it. Cheers from Tokyo!

[@DemaBlack]

Absolutely stunning!! Instant purchase! Thanks Christian for this magical sound

[@TimothyGrowth]

It's been a long long time since I've bought something instantly from the first sound of it. This is definitely one of them, I'll have a blast playing this the entire night! Thanks Christian once again for all the amazing stuff you've put out over the years!

[@andreamilia6403]

Fantastic! Bought in a blink of an eye. Thanks Dr Christianstein

[@musicforcoffins]

Just watched the video and I'm blown away! 😍 The sound quality is incredibly rich and detailed, and the control options seem so versatile. Of all the electric piano VSTs I've tried, none have ever fully convinced me until now. The answer I was looking for is right here in this video. Kudos to the developers for creating such an innovative tool! 🎹👏

[@shawnkichta7076]

Growing up as a guitar player, the keyboradists that influenced me were usually on the albums with my fav guitar players; Lyle Mays, Dave Stewart, Chick Corea, Jan Hammer, etc. This is an amazing, well thought instrument.

[@robst247]

I love Dave Stewart's work in the period 1974-1980 with Hatfield & The North, National Health & Bruford.

[@shawnkichta7076]

@@robst247 The Bruford piece "Fainting in Coils" is one of my favs, and exactly what came to mind thinking about this sample pack.

[@frankh.5136]

Absolutely beautiful! What a sound and emotion. Amazing. Thank you for making such an instrument 😍

[@wphmusic]

Ooh I love this. Bought instantly and will road-test it at this Eve's gig.

[@thecoconutjam]

Well I'm 100% getting this! Congrats - sounds amazing!

[@FerIsella]

amazing job!!

[@robst247]

My favourite electric keyboardist is Dave Stewart (i.e. David Lloyd Stewart, not David Allan Stewart, who was half of the Eurythmics), especially his work in the period 1974-1980 with Hatfield & The North, National Health & Bruford. I saw him play live a couple of times in that period, with Hatfield & The North and Bruford (if I remember correctly). He played superbly. For those not familiar with his playing, I recommend that you listen to these albums: National Health's 'National Health' (1978), Bill Bruford's solo album 'Feels Good To Me' (1978), and the band Bruford's 'One of a Kind' (1979) and 'Gradually Going Tornado' (1980). I also love Kerry Minnear's keyboard work with Gentle Giant in their peak period: In A Glass House (1973), The Power & The Glory (1974), Free Hand (1975) and Interview (1976).

[@franksaraceno1171]

One of a Kind baby!!!

[@enlimila]

You guys are on an absolute roll! What a lovely sounding instrument.... 👏

[@-Dr7]

for me it has to be Richard (Rick) Davies of supertramp - I can just hear some of there songs on this. Brilliant work Christian

[@misterfilthy1]

Great concept, and very nicely executed.

[@williambrasky3891]

I have been creating a similar thing by layering 2 or more electric pianos for years. Instant buy.

[@dipp4367]

what a beautiful sounding instrument!!!

[@JayTheLane]

Will be up to buying this. With Spitfire Labs essentially going down the toilet, so happy to have Crow Hill flying the flag of decent virtual instruments at good prices.

[@amj.composer]

Wait what's the deal with labs? I used to use it but not anymore so not in the loop

[@DNGMaestro]

Ehy are spitfire labs going donw the toilet?

[@Thejoshuacarter01]

@@amj.composer subscription based, and the UI is a nightmare. They took something simple and free, and made it subscription based and awful to navigate.

[@anatomicallymodernhuman5175]

That is crazy electrifying. My fav keyboardist is Lyle Mays. I imagine he would have enjoyed this plugin quite a lot.

[@antsteep]

Weather Report and Headhunters are where all my love of keyboards and synths was born.

[@stompinknowledge3968]

Which are your choice pieces to recommend of them each?

[@PeachesChrenko]

Excellent. Really feeling this one. Beautiful work!

[@pavadmin2436]

sounds GREATEST i ever heard!!! GREAT

[@claireika]

Great stuff. Never really been that keen on the electric piano sounds but this sounds fantastic.

[@csharp57]

I’m the exact opposite. The Rhodes is the single most keys I want to hear.

[@larswillsen]

Wauw .. amazing sound :)

[@GavinskisTutorials]

That really sounds gorgeous!

[@chasvox2]

One of my favorites (EP players) is from my Nashville days. Bobby Wood. We were personal friends. First call studio musician and part of Chips Moman's Memphis crew "American Studios"...worked a lot of sessions with Elvis.....Wrote some great songs ("Talking In Your Sleep" - a big hit for Crystal Gayle)...and worked a lot with Garth Brooks. As far as this new one, Christian. I'm going to obtain it! Keep up the good work!

[@SixtenLR]

This sounds sooo good!

[@robbieferrero]

Instant buy. This sounds great

[@stevenwhite5907]

Za Wi Nul. Since sitting with my first real bass teacher just after hight school (in 1981) and listening to Weather Report, yeah he was teaching me to transcribe and then perform Jaco's bass lines. But ho lee muddah ov GAHD how was Joe Zawinul making those luscious and sometimes frightening sounds?!!!?! Even at that young age my ears were picking up things I'd never heard in any of the rock, pop or jazz recordings I'd been listening to for 5 or 6 years before hearing Joe. And I'd been listening to a LOT of music at that time, even considering how different listening to music was from 1977-1981. I bought a lot of LPs, listened to a lot of radio shows, spent a lot of time in practice rooms in high school with a turntable and borrowing LPs from that school's and the public library. So, it's all about Joe Zawinul for me. And as his career moved along so did his obsession with making sounds he liked, not what others liked.

[@kixville]

I never use electric pianos, but hearing that celeste SOLD me. Also, your descriptions of the sounds are fantastic, I love hearing you talk about it.

[@lumengarden1536]

Sounds awesome!

[@incenseandpeppermints4625]

While modeled EPs have certain advantages over sampled ones (better velocity transitions, harmonic content that reflects sustained notes when note is restruck, more realistic sympathetic resonance), the best R/W libraries have not only a sufficient number of velocity layers for better transitions but ideally also use round-robin to capture the subtle differences of consecutive articulations. Just curious how "deep" the Imperial is in this regard. Thanks, Christian.

[@Simeon_Harris]

everything on 10 sounds amazing!

[@anatomicallymodernhuman5175]

Fun tines were had by all.

[@BoogieBear]

Sounds lovely, very interesting bit of kit 👍

[@ornleifs]

Sounds great - My favourite Electric Piano players are Chick Corea - Joe Zawinul - Herbie Hancock - Jan Hammer - Stevie Wonder.

[@EgoShredder]

My favourite keyboardists you ask? All the 1970s big names but also some lesser known ones, such as Rei Atsumi from the Japanese 80s rock band Vow Wow. Also Kevin Moore of early Dream Theater fame in the 1990s. The virtuoso Metal, Jazz, Prog fusion guitarist and Classical pianist Tony Macalpine mid-1980s to the present day. He was on course for a full Classical career but jumped ship to Metal, probably to his parents disappointment but he brings high class, skilled, creative and intelligent playing to whatever genre he tries.

[@johnbinnie5697]

Nailed it!

[@brians1025]

Simply Excellent sounding EP's & very creative how you managed to get the "W" piano texture in there, as well! 👍 I am definitely copping this Gem! 🎹🎶 Also, new Sub'r. Cheers, guys! 😎

[@p07a]

Wow, that 11:28 with that "square" tone, almost chiptuney!

[@brendanwalsh108]

Perfect pricing - just the right side of good value. You'll sell a lot of these.

[@LouieTaylorMusic]

what a brilliant idea

[@JornLavoll]

This is great! Such a cool idea

[@MrJustinEdits]

EPIC!🔥🔥🔥

[@nullbyt]

Awe inspiring 😮

[@brainrotplague]

Gotta say it sounds great! I'm always on the hunt for the best elpiano sound, so maybe I've finally found it?

[@larryseyer]

Got it. Nice!

[@GuildOfTheBlackCrow]

So much life in this 'vsti' that it's hard to see where the 'v' is.

[@leonardofavaretto2289]

Holy fuck! That sounds absolutely amazing!

[@LeeBlaske]

I started watching this thinking I don't need any more sampled Rhodes piano virtual instruments (I've got a ton of them already, and I also have three actual Rhodes pianos). I was wrong. I guess I will be needing this. ;)

[@bhavearth]

excellent !! thanks !

[@DavidBrant]

“It’s just so round” 😊👀

[@Ou_masaki]

This is such a lovely library. BTW 汚れの読み方はYogore。

[@t8br00k36]

Sounds lovely actually. Almost clicked off but it makes sense now.

[@lesjones6745]

As a 21-year-old in 1969, I fell for Keith Emerson, through the Nice and ELP. Curiously, with the transition from vinyl to CD, Emerson didn't survive, although others like Matthew Fisher (Procol Harum), Rick Wakeman and the great jazz greats (eg Oscar Peterson) followed me without fail. But through a friend in Cyprus in the late 1970s, I found Zawinul. Like you, I think he is/was the best.

[@Geo-Dome]

Nice!

[@antsteep]

The arrangements of those keyboards around you seems like a nod to Herbie Hancock

[@jimsanger]

What a clever idea. I nearly didn't watch thinking why do we need another electric piano? For future promo I'd lead with something like 'What if we took all the best parts of...and put it in one instrument'

[@jimsanger]

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[@jimsanger]

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[@frustyfrumpy9801]

Indeed Joe Zawinul with out a doubt! But did Monk, Bill Evan or Count Basie ever ever played a Fender Rhodes? I won't forget when my father took me to listen to Laura Nyro a loooong time ago.. A special mention for the electric organ player would be Kieth Emerson, but that doesn't count as an electric piano I presume? As of for less dead piano players, Nik Bärtsch approaches the most to a human arpeggiator, and he often plays his Rhodes whilst playing his grand, very often with his band Ronin'.. And then the real French Bach of the 21st century: Eduard Ferlet, who takes playing pianos (yes, pianoS) a 21st century twist. Deffenately my addiction . Pianoid and Pianoid2 will change how you listen to pianos! Watch-out, you won't be able to unlisten his work! Bravo for the PianoBook V3.0 btw. You're a very special person! Thank you! Huby

[@OrafuDa]

Christian … I’m melting! Unfortunately, you don’t deal with iPads and that’s all I use. Sigh. I want this … would you …? 😥

[@eilrach299]

Mmmmm.....might......just.......have.......to ........get ......this........!!!

[@conradk]

Sweet. 😎

[@Herfinnur]

I just whent on your site to see what it cost, thinking it would be spirit money, but is actually incredibly inexpensive; thank you for that!

[@jdoppler]

The best sampled electric piano I've ever heard. Period. I've already purchased it. I love the synth-like sound when the tweed amp is cranked all the way up. Is there any chance to add an envelope to create a pad with no attack? Also, having progressive knob control over the tremolo or delays, rather than setting them in the DAW at 4th/8th intervals, would be very nice.

[@LukasVlcek]

Never forget George Duke

[@DavidGaliel]

Oh. Wow. WOAH.

[@craigpurdie3528]

Oh, of course Herbie...But definitely Richard Tee and George Duke.

[@Wolfbabypuppylove]

looking slick Christian .

[@skelligringphotographyandw7012]

Christian, is the any chance at all (PLEASE) that you might talk us through some of the chords you are playing here? The ones you play at 5:30 to 5:45 are so chocolatey (as you might say) and I can't work them out.

[@TemmeSikkema]

This one’s filthy funky

[@stefanocisotto8116]

Very very nice job!!! I find the release is a little too long. Is there a way to change the envelope?

[@TheCrowHillCo]

The release is a release trigger so triggers an actual sample of what the keyboards do when they release. Maybe make sure the splosh and delay settings aren’t too loud??? Would be my only answer to this head scratcher?

[@stefanocisotto8116]

Sure, I know they are real samples of the original instrument key release but to my ears it still sounds too long. It is a complicated job to also implement an envelope generator so you can customize the release response but also, why not, the attack?

[@TheCrowHillCo]

@@stefanocisotto8116 we will take your request onboard for future updates Stefan.

[@stefanocisotto8116]

@@TheCrowHillCo that’s fine. Great !

[@88ajjones88]

Wait why is it only $37 am I missing g something

[@AdamLindsay-p6n]

TAKE. MY. MONEY!!

[@EanoScore]

Lovely 🤤

[@CheekyFest]

why "the one that starts with w"

[@ferdibinger3429]

I love the idea and the implementation is great. However, I checked, and there is nothing wrong with my W at all.

[@jaredini]

All depends on how a Rhodes or Wurly is voiced.

[@meruscales]

Does this support micro tuning with more than 12 notes per octave?

[@SuperBumps]

Rick Davies/Roger Hodgson, Herbie Hancock, Stevie Wonder, Billy Preston and Siriusmo

[@JamesJones-zt2yx]

An amazing instrument. Is there some reason you don't say the W-word?

[@MisterMunkki]

Nice

[@GGprods-o2x]

Good shit.

[@oldgoatroper7030]

Even though he was strictly (AFAIK) acoustic, I wonder what George Winston might have done with an electric...

[@synchro505]

Would be great if it worked with older versions of macOS.

[@MACEASY2]

Are Wurlitzer really going to sue you for mentioning their name? Ridiculous. Very surprised by the price, btw. I assumed it would be the usual upper 80 or 90, so wasn't planning it, but that was a very pleasant surprise.

[@Gu1tar1st]

Is Wurlitzer like Voldemort? The electric piano that’s shall not be named? Why “The One which Starts With a W”??

[@TheCrowHillCo]

They’re litigious

[@gabrielechiccamusic]

any chance to see any Crow Hill stand alone instrument for iPad in the future?

[@AVastShimmer]

I’d also love this. I play my piano, hooked up to apps on my iPad all the time. It’d be grand to have some crow hill instruments to play with.

[@ButeSound]

Having to explain the doors 😳