Garritan announces the release of the Authorized Steinway Virtual
Concert Grand Piano, 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. The Professional version offers the
superb Steinway Model D piano with five different listening
perspectives:
- Player perspective from the bench
- A classical recording perspective
- An under-the-lid perspective
- A stage perspective
- 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.
New Technology - ARIA Player
Powered by the robust and reliable ARIA Player, the Garritan Authorized Steinway Virtual Concert Grand runs on these platforms:
- MAC OS X 10.4 and higher Universal Binary
- Windows XP/Vista (both 32 and 64 bits)
- Linux version under development
- Standalone
- Plug-in (VST, Audio Units and RTAS), as well as supported notation programs.
Advanced programming also makes this a truly "playable" and responsive library. Among its many features:
- 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
- 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)
- Many more compelling features
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; or 16 GB of free hard drive space—Standard Edition.
1.5GB Basic version.
- 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.
- High quality speakers and amplifier, or high quality headphones
- Internet connection for online registration
