Bardzo manual

Click the patch name at the top left of the interface, then choose the sound you want.

These two knobs shape the volume envelope. Attack sets how soft or sharp the initial transient is. Release sets how long the note takes to fall away after you lift the key.

A long attack turns the samples into something closer to a pad. A short release makes the whole instrument tighter, at the cost of the natural decay.

These controls send the signal to the built-in effects.

I captured both from hardware picked for this instrument. Neither one is modelled. They are made for instant use, not for tweaking.

Underneath the knobs there are switches to change the character of the effect. All of them are sampled from vintage analogue hardware.

The tone knob blends between two microphone signals.

Click the dots underneath the knobs to choose from two pairs. The first is a C12 pair through two hardware signal chains. The second is a pair of Neumann KM-54 on one end, and 1940s Melodium ribbon microphones under the piano on the other.

Body adds the resonance of the piano's body, fed back from the pickups.

Use it for more resonance, thickness and bloom.

The three sliders underneath change the frequency response of the resonance. Cut the low end, dip the mids, or reduce the high frequencies.

The Sub knob adds the signal captured straight from the piano pickups. It is processed to enhance the low end.

The volume of the sustain pedal thump.

Set it to taste.

A high-pass filter on the effects send.

Keep a patch as wet as you like. The low end of the echo and the reverb will not cloud the mix.

Adds noise sampled from the hardware behind the instrument.

The Response toggle sets how much of the pre-note sound stays.

On Human you hear the fingers touch the keys, and the hammer move to strike the string. Both happen before the note. This sounds more realistic, but it adds a small latency.

For a snappier response, switch it to Tight. This is how most virtual instruments respond.

The global volume.

Pre-mapped to CC11, so you can automate it without extra setup.