Sound On Sound | 5/5
Despite being primarily based on a piano sample, this plug‑in offers numerous options and was really inspiring and enjoyable to use. There could be multiple uses for it across a wide range of musical...
Read Full ReviewSample Factory and Big Fish Audio are proud to present the first instrument of the Saturn series, Saturn: Hybrid Piano. This inspirational instrument is built to boost your creativity with its one-page design and ease of access to various parameters. Saturn: Hybrid Piano will give you a quirky and fun way to play with sounds and explore new ideas.
Saturn: Hybrid Piano combines a deeply sampled modern grand piano with various analog synths into one intuitive and inspirational Kontakt instrument. With a unique signal flow that incorporates piano, synths, and a variety of carefully tuned FX, this instrument becomes a highly versatile tool. This instrument allows you to create and layer many different sounds with a quirky twist.
You can create beautiful and unique pads, colorful bass, creative rhythmic patterns, recognizable leads, and using our mod function, create movement within your production.
The MOD function allows users to control multiple effects simultaneously at a macro level using a single slider. Depending on the selected modulation direction, the effects within the MOD function can be connected in parallel or in series. The idea behind this function is to learn MIDI CC on your keyboard and use it while playing to create beautiful and unique soundscapes in real time.
There are 24 analog synths to choose from and fuse with the piano. Instantly add depth and emotion to your production by combining piano, analog synths, staccato, and reverse samples.
There are 10 different FX to choose from. This allows you to create completely new ideas or build on top of existing ones quickly and easily. We built a shortcut menu for navigating between different FX slots, so you never have to break your creative flow.
To finish your sound ideas, you can make broad-stroke tweaks with four modules at the end of the signal chain. Add depth using compression and tape saturation or create screaming distortion that will elevate your ideas to the new level.
Saturn: Hybrid Piano has 160 carefully created presets that range from clean and dry piano to moody pads, big basses, recognizable leads, rhythmic sequences, and other-worldly mod presets that encourage you to add movement to your production. We strongly believe in simplicity and minimalism as building blocks of creativity. Saturn: Hybrid Piano is built with this idea in mind.
For Kontakt 6.7.1 and above.
Download the Saturn: Hybrid Piano User Manual
Technical Specifications:
- Recorded with high-quality condenser microphones such as: Neumann U87, AKG C414, Sennheiser MKH418S, Oktava MK-105, and Soyuz.
- Three velocity layers with four round-robins each
- Different piano articulations: regular sustain, pedal down sustain, staccato, reverse shorts, reversed
- 24 analog synth pad samples
- 160 factory presets categorized into seven groups: Piano, Pad, Bass, Lead, Seq, Mod and FX
Now you can
- Combine the grand piano sound with modern synthesizer architecture
- Control multiple effect parameters at once and choose between serial and parallel connection using our unique MOD function
- Dial in and shape Pad, Staccato, and Reversed samples within the Layers section
- Add movement and depth to your production using LFO
- Create rhythmic and melodic patterns with the Sequencer
- Load any of the 10 available effects, including Filter, Stomp, Lo-Fi, Rotator, EQ, Chorus, Flange, Phase, Delay, and Reverb, into one of the four available effect slots
- Shape the sound of a piano within the Shape section
- Finalize your sound using the Compressor, Tape, Amp, and Limiter within the Master section
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
- The library requires approximately 9GB
- Full version of Kontakt (minimum version 6.7.1)
- 8GB RAM or more
MAC: OSX 10.15 or higher
64 bit only
Intel Core i5 or later
WINDOWS: OS 10 or 11
Graphics hardware support for Direct 3D 11.1 or higher
64 bit only
Intel Core i5 or equivalent CPU
*When ordering the download product from Big Fish Audio you will be given one or more links for each of your product purchases. The links will be active for 24 hours. During this time you should download the file and expand it. You can return to your Big Fish Audio account at any time and download your products. You will find your products in the "My Products" area of your account page.
Download the Saturn: Hybrid Piano User Manual
Technical Specifications:
- Recorded with high-quality condenser microphones such as: Neumann U87, AKG C414, Sennheiser MKH418S, Oktava MK-105, and Soyuz.
- Three velocity layers with four round-robins each
- Different piano articulations: regular sustain, pedal down sustain, staccato, reverse shorts, reversed
- 24 analog synth pad samples
- 160 factory presets categorized into seven groups: Piano, Pad, Bass, Lead, Seq, Mod and FX
Now you can
- Combine the grand piano sound with modern synthesizer architecture
- Control multiple effect parameters at once and choose between serial and parallel connection using our unique MOD function
- Dial in and shape Pad, Staccato, and Reversed samples within the Layers section
- Add movement and depth to your production using LFO
- Create rhythmic and melodic patterns with the Sequencer
- Load any of the 10 available effects, including Filter, Stomp, Lo-Fi, Rotator, EQ, Chorus, Flange, Phase, Delay, and Reverb, into one of the four available effect slots
- Shape the sound of a piano within the Shape section
- Finalize your sound using the Compressor, Tape, Amp, and Limiter within the Master section
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
- The library requires approximately 9GB
- Full version of Kontakt (minimum version 6.7.1)
- 8GB RAM or more
MAC: OSX 10.15 or higher
64 bit only
Intel Core i5 or later
WINDOWS: OS 10 or 11
Graphics hardware support for Direct 3D 11.1 or higher
64 bit only
Intel Core i5 or equivalent CPU
Download Sizes
| Version | Compressed Download Size |
| Kontakt 6 Download includes | |
| Saturn: Hybrid Piano: 5.86 GB | |
*When ordering the download product from Big Fish Audio you will be given one or more links for each of your product purchases. The links will be active for 24 hours. During this time you should download the file and expand it. You can return to your Big Fish Audio account at any time and download your products. You will find your products in the "My Products" area of your account page.
License Agreement
The Following End User License Agreement is included with Saturn: Hybrid Piano. This License is only valid for the individual who has purchased an unopened, new and lawfully made copy of Saturn: Hybrid Piano from a dealer or distributor authorized by Big Fish Audio.
"The Following End User License Agreement is included with Saturn: Hybrid Piano. This License is only valid for the individual who has purchased an unopened, new and lawfully made copy of Saturn: Hybrid Piano from a dealer or distributor authorized by Sample Factory. "The samples contained herein are licensed, not sold to you, the individual end user, by Sample Factory. This non-exclusive, non-transferable license is granted only to the individual end user who has purchased an unopened, new and lawfully made copy of this product from a dealer or distributor authorized by Sample Factory. All samples remain the property of Sample Factory and are licensed only for use in the creation of a live or recorded performance that includes the licensed samples as part of a derivative musical work created by the licensed end user. This license expressly forbids resale, rental, loan, gift or transfer of these samples in any format or via any medium, except as part of a derivative musical work. The samples may not be included, whether unmodified or as part of a derivative work, in any sample library product. Any unlicensed usage will be prosecuted to the maximum extent possible under the law.""
"The Following End User License Agreement is included with Saturn: Hybrid Piano. This License is only valid for the individual who has purchased an unopened, new and lawfully made copy of Saturn: Hybrid Piano from a dealer or distributor authorized by Sample Factory. "The samples contained herein are licensed, not sold to you, the individual end user, by Sample Factory. This non-exclusive, non-transferable license is granted only to the individual end user who has purchased an unopened, new and lawfully made copy of this product from a dealer or distributor authorized by Sample Factory. All samples remain the property of Sample Factory and are licensed only for use in the creation of a live or recorded performance that includes the licensed samples as part of a derivative musical work created by the licensed end user. This license expressly forbids resale, rental, loan, gift or transfer of these samples in any format or via any medium, except as part of a derivative musical work. The samples may not be included, whether unmodified or as part of a derivative work, in any sample library product. Any unlicensed usage will be prosecuted to the maximum extent possible under the law.""