Garritan Steinway Virtual Concert Grand Piano - Standard

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, differentiated by which of five listening perspectives are offered. The Standard version offers two: the under lid and classic perspectives.

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:

• 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)

• MAC OS X 10.4 and higher
• Windows XP/Vista
• Linux version under development
• Standalone
• Plug-in (VST, Audio Units and RTAS), as well as supported notation programs.

• 2.8 Ghz CPU Pentium 4 or better for PC, 2.0 Ghz
• Core 2 Duo MacIntel or better for Mac.
• 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