Instruments
Piano
This piano has the perfect amount of character, like an old but loved and well looked after piano that sits at a relatives house that you can’t help but play every time you walk past. It is inspiring to play and unbelievably real.
- Piano Pedal Up
- Piano Pedal Down
Strings
Kept small and recorded close and never playing too loud, so that you can achieve an emotionally epic sound, but never lose the intimacy of the playing.
- Legato
- Long
- Long Flautando
- Long Viol
- Brushed
- Short Rounded
- Chimes
Guitar
The sounds range from a really authentic sounding picked guitar, to some more complex techniques which have created some rich and haunting pads and swells, all performed by Keaton on his trademark telecaster and re-amped inside the beautiful Church Studios.
- Swells
- Shimmers
- Harmonics
- Plucked Bends
- Plucks
Contrabass clarinet
An achingly soft and beautiful contrabass, with the perfect amount of breath without losing the tone. a perfect deep bed to build from, or soft section to play rumbling chords.
- Long
- Stab
- Air
Tubax
An incredibly warm, smokey and characterful Tubax, contrabass in register, but with the tones and warmth of a saxophone) the subtle breaths captured, the soft shifts in tone, and at the louder dynamic- guttural growls and snarling drones.
- Long
- Stab
- Air
Mics & mixes
Signals
- Mix 1
- Tape
- Close
- Mid
- Far
- Ribbon
- Listener
- Player
- Pedal