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 Standard version offers 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.
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
Windows XP/Vista
Linux version under development
Standalone
Plug-in (VST, Audio Units and RTAS), as well as supported notation programs.
Features
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 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