Una Corda

• Intimate upright piano created with Klavins and Nils Frahm; three core timbres: Pure, Felt, and Cotton.
• Shaping controls expose mechanical detail (keys, pedals, resonance) and fabric damping for percussive or soft, muted colors.
• Creative effects chain and convolution spaces for textural, atmospheric playing without external processing.
• Runs in the free Kontakt Player; integrates with NKS for hands‑on control.

Product Overview

Una Corda is a distinctive upright piano whose sound is defined by a single string per note and fabric-damped voicings. The instrument focuses on playable color rather than sheer size, offering three clearly different characters—Pure, Felt, and Cotton—that shift from clear and bell‑like to hushed and textured. It’s designed for composers who want immediate control of mechanical nuance and a palette that can live from intimate drama to experimental sound design without leaving the keyboard.

Details

The library’s core is the trio of sampled timbres. Pure presents an un-damped, transparent tone with articulate transients. Felt adds soft material between hammers and strings for a rounded attack and reduced overtones. Cotton pushes further into muted, percussive territory. Each can be shaped with dedicated controls for key, pedal, and string noises, sympathetic resonance, and dynamic behavior so performance details sit exactly where you want them.

Beyond the raw capture, a curated effects section—EQ, compression, modulation and convolution spaces—lets you move from natural room to tonal ambience without external plug‑ins. NKS integration and sensible mapping keep expression tools on hardware controls. The instrument runs in the free Kontakt Player, so it’s ready to slot into templates for characterful pianos, intimate cues, and textural beds.