![]() There are standard effects – Ambience, Chorus and EQ – as well as ‘timbre shifting’, Parametric EQ and layering. There’s also ‘Harmonic Resonance Modeling For True Sympathetic String Vibration’ and pedal-noise enhancements, meaning that this collection should convey not just the notes but the instrument’s overall characteristics – resonances and all. First up, there are 24 levels of velocity per note – that’s probably 30GB a pop right there – and recording of multiple levels of pedal release. If you’re wondering why these are such big instruments, you’ll understand after some stats. The download process allows you to pause or even quit, so closing your laptop lid by accident merely pauses the process, while re-opening should pick up your download at the correct point. I chose the download option, although I probably should have gone for the boxed USB drive version (for the same price as the download), given my rubbish home-internet connection. Hume Vintage, a Honky Tonk Barroom and a Real Tack Piano. Upright Pianos offers a Yamaha U5, a 1914 A.M. Starting with Ivory II Grand Pianos, you get three recreations of some classic nine-footers designed for concert halls: a Bösendorfer 290 Imperial Grand, a German Steinway D (near-nine-foot) Concert Grand and a Yamaha C7 Grand. Leaving aside the fact that a company called Synthogy is fast building a reputation for recreating great pianos, let’s take a quick look at the company’s Ivory II range in order to get a feel for where these two fit in. And at just over 100 quid a piece, they might take up your hard-drive space, but at least they’ll leave you a few quid to buy that drive. But what pianos… as we’ll come on to see and hear, and what meticulous recordings. ![]() The package weighs in at over 110GB, and that is for just two pianos. You’ll certainly require one with Studio Grands, the latest instrument offering in the Ivory II collection from Synthogy. Or, since they’re tumbling in price, why not get a couple? Sadly, Mac and PC developers don’t seem to be upping the base hard-drive specs of their machines as much as they once did, so as a music producer in the 21st century, a speedy external drive of some capacity is your new best friend.
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