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• date: 13 October 2025
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THE MAKING OF TONE
We ran all the samples of Rhodes piano through the vintage Studer tape recorder for a warmer, natural and less sterile sound. TAYNA has 1 articulation, but in 2 versions.
1st Version
The classic sound of Rhodes piano which has 4 audio lines:
For the first one we used the Royer ribbon and the Neumann tube microphones to record the sound of Rhodes piano that went through the classic Fender tube combo amplifier from the 60s and the classic tube preamps by Universal Audio and Chandler Limited.
For the second line the sound of Rhode piano went straight to the Neve 1073 preamp followed by the 1176 compressor by Universal Audio.
The third line is acoustic one. It is a close up of the Rhodes piano that was recorded by vintage AKG microphones and a Soviet ribbon microphone. As a result we have sound that is rustling, soft and intimate.
The fourth line is a room line. After we caught the sound with stereo ribbon microphones that was made by a master from Bashkortostan we then passed it through clone preamps of the 1073 Neve preamps. Eventually, we created the sound that works as a perfect addition to all the other lines, bringing volume and presence, but at the same time no sense of reverb.
2nd Version
You might be slightly overwhelmed by the amount of tubes that were used in this version. We balanced all the sound lines to our taste by connecting them into one and passing it all through a long chain of analog tube equipment that consists of 3 compressors, a limiter, an analog filter, a tube EQ and a tube distortion. At the very end the sound also went through the Studer A810 tape recorder.
There is a sound designed X slider in both versions. All its sounds are based on the original Rhodes piano samples. We used a lot of cassette tapes, eurorack modules, guitar pedals and other analog equipment.
INSIDE THE INSTRUMENT
Original Sustain
The sound of the original sustain is reminiscent of the warmth of a fireplace. But this fire is not the one that burns recklessly and not the one from the look at which you would like to start dancing. It is rather a gentle flame that needs to be constantly kept alive. You would only feel the warmth from it if you are close enough - just at that distance so that this fire could tell you a secret.
The sound is rustling, soft and intimate. The Fender tube combo amplifier that we used was quite old (while still sounding great) and because of that on some notes you can spot shaking of the frame and lamps, which we decided not to eliminate as we perceive it as an additional color that could be called 'a noise from the past' and definitely not 'a flaw'.
The Stylized Sustain

It is also important for us to emphasise that all the sounds and processes used in sound design are completely analog. We did not use a single VST plugin and we are very happy about it.
FEAUTURES
- 1 articulation in 2 versions
- Custom tape designed and eurorack style patches
- 5 RR per note
- Up to 4 velocity per note
- VST3/AU plugin for macOS (10.11+) and Windows
- NOT compatible with Reason, Pro Tools and any other DAWs that do not support VST3/AU formats
Home Page -

https://www.elementarysounds.com/rhodespiano

   
   
   

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