Delphi Piano #1: Autumn 1958 Kontakt piano instrument artwork by Soundiron

Delphi Piano #1: Autumn 1958 – Kontakt Piano Instrument by Soundiron

Delphi Piano #1: Autumn 1958 is a multi-sampled piano instrument for Kontakt, created by Soundiron. It captures the warm, muddy, fuzzed-out sound of late 1950s jazz, blues and big band piano.

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01Overview

Delphi Piano #1: Autumn 1958 is the first volume in Soundiron's Delphi Piano series, with each volume built around a specific musical era of the 20th century. This one focuses on late 1950s piano. The developer says the character suits jazz, blues and big band, and also works in electronica, lo-fi, hip hop, ambient, postminimalism, contemporary classical and post-rock. The library ships as a single master Kontakt instrument bank, with custom presets and ambience patches that extend the sound beyond the core piano.

Best for

Late 50s jazz piano
Lo-fi hip hop keys
Ambient piano textures
Post-rock piano parts
Contemporary classical sketches
Electronica piano layers

Developer: Soundiron
Category: Kontakt Instruments
Requires: Kontakt
Store: Plugin Boutique

02Key features

What you get

One master NKI instrument bank in open Kontakt format
Multi-sampled piano with 9 velocity layers and 6 round robins
Note releases and pedal sounds included
30 ambience patches built from the source content
20 custom sound-designed FX and ambient presets
Twelve lowpass, highpass and FX filters with assignable modulation
Arpeggiator with velocity table, swing and randomization
Key and scale lock to constrain notes to scales
Modular FX rack with 18 DSP modules across 10 slots
Convolution reverb with 99 rooms, halls and outdoor environments

03In depth

Piano Sound and Sampling Detail

The core instrument is a multi-sampled character piano with 9 velocity layers, 6 round robins, note releases and pedal sounds. The velocity layers and round robins are there to help repeated notes avoid sounding identical and to let playing dynamics shape the tone.

Beyond the piano itself, the library includes 30 ambience patches created from the source content, along with 20 custom sound-designed FX and ambient presets. These give you ready-made starting points that move from straight piano into textural territory.

Controls, Effects and Arpeggiator

The interface offers multi-layer controls with LFO, filter, glide and arpeggiator. Twelve lowpass, highpass and FX filters can be assigned to modulation sources such as velocity, mod wheel, expression, aftertouch, key position and step-sequencer table control.

The arpeggiator includes a velocity table and control over direction, timing, swing, randomization and duration. A key and scale lock system constrains notes to common scales and keys, which helps keep parts in key when you play freely.

The modular FX rack offers 18 DSP effect modules, including Classic Phaser, Flanger, Delay, Distortion, Amp and Cab simulators, Compressor, EQ and Rotator, assignable across 10 slots. The convolution reverb includes 99 rooms, halls, chambers and outdoor environments, plus 40 custom FX impulses.

04Specs