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Soviet Archive PianoElementary Sounds
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Elementary Sounds · Sampled Piano

Mir

Soviet Archive Piano

A piano whose acoustic core is folded into sound design from the era of the first space missions.

6Variations
4Microphone types
Up to 5Round robins
9.9 GBUncompressed
+And more

Sustains●Tape●Broken Tape●Random Octaves●Mutes●Mutes Cassette●Vibrato●Warm●Shimmer●Sequencer●Octave Filters●& more

Soviet archive pianoVST3 and AUSix variations

Mir is a sampled piano whose acoustic essence is blended with sound design from the era of the first space missions and the dreams of space exploration that came with it.

Six variations of the main sound — the plain sustain, two kinds of tape, a cassette, random octaves and mutes — each carrying four further layers folded in under an X-slider.

At a Glance

  • Six variations sustains, tape, broken tape, random octaves, mutes and mutes cassette, all six named by the field
  • Four microphone types two stereo, tube and ribbon, and two mono, ribbon and condenser
  • Three come in two Types tape, broken tape and mutes cassette each carry a Type I and a Type II — counted from the field’s own six headings
  • An X-slider per patch four additional sound layers blended into the original sound
  • A 12-step sequencer with two LFO modules, connectable to all key elements
  • Up to 4 velocity and 5 RR as the features list states them

Content & Detail

01The Six Variationsall named▾
SustainsA sustain piano through four microphone types — two stereo, tube and ribbon stereo, and two mono, ribbon mono and condenser
TapeOn a reel-to-reel machine. Type I at slow speed, with tube compressors and Eurorack filters; Type II at half speed
Broken TapeOn the Soviet spy reel-to-reel of the 1960s. Type I through a set of lo-fi guitar pedals, dreamy and assertive; Type II pushed further through two tube preamps, dirtier and more aggressive
Random OctavesSustain notes played at random across octaves, again on the four microphone types, with two dynamic layers — soft and calm, then active and intense
MutesShort notes with the string dampened during play
Mutes CassetteShort notes on a cassette recorder. Type I a mix of ribbon and condenser microphones; Type II a tube microphone
What the Types are notThe field does not say whether a Type I and a Type II load as two patches or as one patch with a switch
02Inside the Instrumentsource, fx, movement, master▾
SourceFour sliders for the volume of each microphone type, each with its own panning slider; six patches, each carrying four extra layers under the X-slider
FXVibrato — small periodic changes in the pitch of the signal; Warm — rich nonlinear distortion for a gritty, edgy tone; Shimmer — a classic plate reverb with pitch shifting and a touch of chorus; Echo and Reverb — the pair the field credits with making the sound ethereal
MovementA 12-step, customizable sequencer and two LFO modules that connect to all key elements
MasterTwo vintage octave filters splitting the signal into 10 and 16 bands, a three-band shelving EQ with adjustable crossover frequencies, and controls for pitch, noise level and output
03Requirements and Sizeas stated▾
FormatVST3/AU plug-in for macOS 10.11 or higher and for Windows
Not compatible withPro Tools and any other DAW that does not support VST3 or AU
Size6.2 GB compressed, 9.9 GB uncompressed
Velocity and round robinsUp to 4 velocity per note and 5 RR
PatchesCustom tape designed and eurorack style patches, in the field’s own wording
Not statedThe field does not name the piano, and gives no sample rate, bit depth, sample count or Windows version floor

Six variations of one piano, and in each of them one slider deciding how much of something else is heard. The field states what that X-slider does — it blends four additional sound layers into the original sound — but it never names those four layers, so what sits under the slider on any one variation is not stated here either.

Product Information

Features
6 different variations of the main sound
Custom tape designed and eurorack style patches
Up to 4 velocity per note and 5 RR
6 different variations of the main sound
Custom tape designed and eurorack style patches
Up to 4 velocity per note and 5 RR