Introducing the first and only sampled piano to be endorsed by Steinway & Sons! Available in Professional, Standard and Basic versions.

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 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.

FEATURES
Advanced programming also makes this a truly "playable" and responsive library. Among its many features:

• 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)

Prices & Specs:


PROFESSIONAL VERSION
67GB (24 bit)
42GB (16 bit High Quality)
Every note sampled
Includes hardcover 96 page colour manual and 5 DVDs

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

Product code: SCGP-1
RRP Inc: £259.00 / €339.00

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STANDARD VERSION
16GB
16 bit High Quality
Every note sampled
Includes hardcover 96 page colour manual and 2 DVDs

The standard version offers the under lid and classic perspectives.

Product code: SCGS-1
RRP Inc: £129.00 / €169.00

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BASIC VERSION
1.3GB uncompressed
100MB compressed for download
16 bit Good Quality
PDF manual

The Basic version, ideal for students, amateur musicians, and educators, is a light version that offers a single perspective (Close Audience). The Basic version is currently only available as a download and a DVD format is expected soon.