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Native Instruments Launches Vertikal – A New Kontakt 8 Piano Instrument

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From @synthandsoftware - Vertikal is a new Kontakt 8 piano instrument built around Nils Frahm’s own vertical concert grand and recorded in his Saal 3 studio at Funkhaus Berlin.

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