Garritan Authorized Steinway Virtual Concert Grand Professional
Product Info
The Garritan Steinway Concert Grand Professional Version. Virtual Instrument Software: Authorised Steinway piano plug-in with 5 microphone perspectives (67 GB at 24-bit / 45 GB at 16-bit). Advanced programming makes this a truly "playable" and responsive library.
The Garritan Steinway Concert Grand is a sample-based software instrument developed in collaboration with Steinway & Sons, maker of the world's finest pianos. The Authorized Steinway Virtual Concert Grand piano accurately captures the distinctive sound of the hallmark Steinway & Sons concert grand piano - with unprecedented authenticity and musicality. The library comes in three versions: Professional, Standard and Basic. This Professional version offers the superb Steinway Model D piano in 16/24bit format with five different listening perspectives: Player perspective from the bench, A classical recording perspective, An under-the-lid perspective, A stage perspective and A close audience perspective. The Steinway concert grand piano chosen for the sample set is among Steinway's finest Model D's — newly voiced, regulated, and meticulously tuned by a master Steinway technician. Recording was done in one of the finest venues in the world, The Troy Music Hall.
Key features and specifications
- Created in partnership with Steinway & Sons
- The very finest concert grand piano—the Steinway Model D Concert Grand hand-picked by Steinway & Sons
- Overseen by Steinway & Sons' most accomplished master technician
- Professional version offers five different listening perspectives and 24-bit quality
- Sustain/Sostenuto/Soft pedal support
- Proportional sustain pedaling
- Multiple-stage tracking release triggers to provide the natural release of the hammer from the string
- Sustain resonance and sympathetic resonance using convolution-based DSP modules
- Adjustable mechanical noises
- Adjustable velocity curves
- Recorded soft pedal samples including releases
- Adjustable polyphony
- A variety of historical tunings and Scala file import
- Aria Sample Player by Plogue included
- MIDI playback and record in standalone
- Ambience reverb and 3 band EQ
- Graceful Copy Protection (no dongles or challenge response)
- Supported Formats: MAC OS X 10.4 and higher Universal Binary, Windows XP/Vista (both 32 and 64 bits), Standalone, Plug-in (VST, Audio Units and RTAS), as well as supported notation programs
- System Requirements: 2.8 Ghz CPU Pentium 4 or better, 2.0 Ghz Core 2 Duo or better recommended, 2 GB RAM Recommended, 45GB of free hard drive space—Professional Edition 16 bit; 67GB Professional Edition 24 bit, Hard drive speed of at least 7200 RPM, DVD ROM drive required for installation, Monitor with 1,024x768 resolution or better, A sound card compatible with ASIO, MIDI: A MIDI interface may be required if you are using a MIDI keyboard (88-key full-sized MIDI keyboard recommended/Some keyboards use USB only), High quality speakers and amplifier, or high quality headphones, Internet connection for online registration
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