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Journey to the centre of the piano….

Heavyocity threw everything they had at this new instrument. Literally

Heavyocity, the masters of brutal percussion, twisted piano and destructive orchestral libraries, have just launched the latest addition to their Damage instrument series. Uncharted 88 reimagines the piano as a raw percussive generator. It harnesses the Damage 2 engine and brings over 18,600 new samples, 235 playable percussion sources and 11GB of thundering loops, hits and impacts, coupled with a deep array of sound design features to the table.

In making Damage Uncharted 88, the Heavyocity team dismantled the Damage piano and reduced it to its fundamental components. The end result isn’t your typical,-ready piano instrument; it’s an all-new way to build hard-hitting texture, anguished cinematic fury and subtle throbbing intensity. This piano’s exposed strings, iron plate, wooden frame and other internal components have repeatedly been clouted

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