Sampleson has released Markus, which they describe as the first Spectral Modeled Electric Piano based on real samples entirely rebuilt by modeling, offering the real sound and feel of a Rhodes in just 25Mb. This is what they have to say about it
We decoded and analyzed a vintage electric piano sinewaves spectrum (a Rhodes 88 Suitcase) for every note and every velocity, and recreated it manually. When you play a note on Markus, the exact same sound for the original instrument will be generated (no samples involved)
And we did it manually. Every single harmonic was tuned by ear. Like in acoustic piano tuning, the final touch is always made manually, and no tuning software or algorithm is able to replace that.
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$49.95 introductory price (Regular price: $70)
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