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garritan virtual concert grand

Garritan Virtual Concert Grand

First and only sampled Piano to be endorsed by Steinway

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 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.

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

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:

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.


System Requirements

WINDOWS
* 2.8 Ghz CPU Pentium 4 or better * 2 GB RAM Recommended * 45GB of free hard drive space—Professional Edition 16 bit or 67GB Professional Edition 24 bit * 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. * Internet connection for online registration 

MAC
* 2.0 Ghz Core 2 Duo or better recommended * 2 GB RAM Recommended * 45GB of free hard drive space for Professional Edition 16 bit or 67GB Professional Edition 24 bit * 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. * Internet connection for online registration

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