
title: "VCSL Keys"
icon: "Art/VCSL.png"
author: "Versilian Studios LLC."
license: "CC0"
source_url: "https://versilian-studios.com/vcsl-keys/"
size: "682MB"
content: "soundfonts (sfz)"
description: "This collection contains all of the keyboard instruments from the Versilian Community Sample Library (VCSL) in one convenient package. It contains 3 grand pianos, 2 upright pianos, and 5 harpsichords, all derived from Versilian Studios commercial libraries. SFZ patches have been created by Peter Eastman.

<b>Natural Pianos</b>

Five sampling sessions of four different pianos are included here as well, models “K”, “S”, “Y”, and “Knight”. All of these instruments are vintage or antique, most have had rough lives in practice rooms and rehearsal halls.

What you hear is the real sound of pianos “in the wild”, not some artificially perfected studio tone or modelled sound. These are not archival instruments kept in dust-proof rooms and tuned between every note, but rather working, living pianos with quirks and imperfections.

Pianos “S” and “Knight” both feature sustain pedal samples, and all pianos feature releases.

<b>Harpsichords</b>

The harpsichord is a unique historical keyed instrument which uses small plectra to pluck the strings, unlike a piano which uses a hammer to strike the keys. Over the years, Versilian Studios has sampled many harpsichords, but few have made it to commercial release.

Exclusive to this set is the English Harpsichord, a kit harpsichord from the 1970’s, which sounds truly amazing in pop and classic rock contexts!

For most instruments, separate Release samples are included for realism."
