

Created in partnership with Steinway & Sons.Recording was done in one of the finest venues in the world, The Troy Music Hall. 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. The Basic version is available in downloadable format only.


The Basic version, ideal for students, amateur musicians, and educators, is a light version that offers a single perspective.The Standard version offers the under lid and classic perspectives.The Professional version offers the Steinway Model D piano with five different listening perspectives:.The library comes in three versions: Professional, Standard and Basic : It accurately captures the distinctive sound of the hallmark Steinway & Sons concert grand piano - with authenticity and musicality. The Authorized Steinway Virtual Concert Grand Piano is a sample-based software instrument developed in collaboration with Steinway & Sons, maker of some of the world's finest pianos. Not to mention, it features a typical ASDR envelope, reverb and is light on the processor. Another through-and-through free VST for grand piano enthusiasts, DSK’s The Grand incorporates a sampled grand piano and boasts 4 velocity layers per note. I know that there will be some people who rip on it, but for a free option, it’s easy to use and gets the job done. The DSK Grand piano is a classic free piano VST that I think is definitely useable. It was sampled with two microphone positions (close and ambient) for a flexible sound and has five dynamic levels and two round robins giving it an incredibly realistic sound. The Standard version, which was recently released, offers two perspectives (a Basic version for students will be available soon).Free 5GB Piano Sample Library (SFZ + Kontakt format) “Piano in 162” is a sample library recorded with a beautiful Steinway Model B grand piano by Ivy Audio. It offers five different listening perspectives, including a player perspective from the bench, a classical recording perspective, an under-the-lid perspective, a stage perspective and a close audience perspective. The Professional version offers the most features of the superb Authorized Steinway Virtual Piano series and is ideal for professional studio and live use. Steinway & Sons was directly involved in the development of this virtual piano and chose Garritan to accomplish the extraordinary technical and artistic challenge in setting a new standard: a virtual concert grand piano with the unmistakable vibrancy and tone of a true Steinway Model D Concert Grand piano. The music world has long acknowledged the Steinway piano as the benchmark for excellence in engineering and craftsmanship, and Steinway & Sons has recognized the need for a virtual Steinway piano that would come as close as technologically possible to the beauty and complexity of this legendary sound.
