

A series of rooms and open spaces from Pripyat are at your disposal. One of the important features of PRIPYAT Pianos is the impulse-responses collection for Convolution Reverb, recorded in well-known and not-so-known Pripyat sites, including the territory of the tragically known Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. All the pianos we could find participated in the creation of the final sound. Our goal was to create a virtual instrument which will show the nature of the degradation of instruments under the effects of harsh weather conditions and radiation, yet which also would have the most pure sound.

This amount of instruments was necessary to create a tool suitable not only for sound design, but also for writing compositions. We’ve found and recorded 20 instruments in various parts of Pripyat that are of different levels of preservation and functionality. “For seven years our team has made more than 25 trips to the city of Pripyat for detailed collection of audio materials.” Strix Instruments has released PRIPYAT Pianos, Radioactive pianos from the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. I have included some details below but for more info jump to the PRIPYAT Pianos at Strix Instruments At the time of posting the library is on a special intro price of $149 is available with a retail price of $199. PRIPYAT Pianos – radioactive pianos from the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. Pripyat Pianos contains 20 pianos condensed into one instrument with “Age Knob”, 3 mic positions and 23 unique impulse-responses recorded in Pripyat and Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Strix Instruments has released PRIPYAT Pianos, a collection of radioactive pianos from the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone.
