
Tuning Tables Optional synth pad layer for modern/pop combinations. Customizable User Controls for Timbre, Stereo Width and Perspective, Velocity Response, Mechanical Key Noise, Lid Position and more. World class digital FX including Real Ambience, Chorus and EQ. Timbre-shifting, Parametric EQ and new Synth Layer controls for powerful sound sculpting capabilities. Release samples triggered by velocity and duration. Una Corda (soft pedal) samples at multiple velocities. Advanced Ivory II software/DSP engine, including Synthogy’s exclusive Harmonic Resonance Modeling for realistic Sympathetic String Vibration. The first of Synthogy’s pianos to feature up to 20 velocity levels, with Sample Interpolation Technology for ultra-smooth velocity and note transitions. The largest, most extensively sampled of all Ivory II pianos. 1951 New York Steinway D selected by Steinway & Sons for artist promotion and concert hall specification. Highlights of Ivory II: American Concert D For existing Ivory II users, Ivory II–American Concert D will install directly into the existing Ivory II library, giving access to all of Ivory II´s pianos and features from one great interface. Ivory II–American Concert D will feature up to 20 velocity levels, will have the full compliment of Ivory II features, and run as a plug-in or standalone. This is the same hall where Ivory´s acclaimed German Steinway was recorded, and also by the same recording and technical team. The piano was recorded in the Françoys-Bernier Concert Hall at Le Domaine Forget in the Charlevoix region of Quebec. In fact, the plate of this particular piano is signed by pianists Glenn Gould and Rudolf Serkin, a testament of high praise for the instrument by two of the world’s great masters. The instrument has an exceptionally pure and clear tone, a remarkably expressive dynamic range and has been described by many artists as among the finest they’ve ever played.
This particular New York Steinway D has the designation "CD 121" signifying that it was selected by Steinway & Sons for artist promotion and concert hall specification. Synthogy has captured every nuance of this very special instrument and meticulously brought it to life with unparalleled realism! It combines mature overtones with a youthful clarity that can only be achieved with an instrument of this class.
Played and recorded by many of the world’s great artists, this 1951 “New York” Steinway Model D was hand-picked by Steinway & Sons for concert promotion, and has been lovingly and consistently maintained by artisan technicians. The latest in a series of critically acclaimed virtual pianos from Synthogy.