Synthogy Ivory Grand Piano Software (Macintosh and Windows)

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"The Sound is amazing!!"

Feature:
Has all sorts of adjustments you can make. Most I have never messed with as the default choices sound amazing to start. I would have given it 10 here, but it is a VST only and has no stand alone app. (which is nice occasionally)

Quality:
This is a very polished piece of software. It has never crashed on me and has the feel of "nicely done".

Value:
It's not cheap, but you can't compare cheap to quality. Since this piece is at the top for software pianos, it would be a good value at $500.

Desirability:
I have it.

Sound:
One word....INCREDIBLE! I have tried other sampled pianos including NI Akoustic Piano, but the sound of Synthogy is so much richer and lush. While to date, no sampled software piano is going to rival the real thing, Synthogy is the best so far. $350 for this or $$$$$ and an addition to your house for the real thing. The $350 does pretty darn good.

Ease of Use:
The interface is easy to navigate and will get you up and running right away. Synthogy is a beast of a program though and some computer expertise is helpful to get it working to full potential. I have mine running on an old Athlon 3200+ with 2 gig of ram. Even with large buffer and 160 voices, cpu hardly ever exceeds 60-65%. Be prepared to upgrade your hard drive setup though. A DEDICATED drive is almost a must and 7200 rmp isn't always enough. I recommend a 10,000 rmp raptor. (I am using a 74 gig 15,000 RPM SCSI drive connected to an Ultra 160 card and I have 0 problems)

Overall:
As with all software, as soon as something better comes along, I will be moving along. Until then, this product is top notch and a must have.

Submitted: 4/4/2007

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"Great sounding pianos - high processing hit"

Feature:
Solid samples with good velocity and feel.

Value:
NI and Synthogy have a battle going for front runner in the acoustic piano space. The edge goes to Synthogy for me because of installation and ease of use. Some have said the processing power is too high and I would agree it is very high. I use a G5 dual 2.7 with 8 gigs of ram. I also turn up the voices to 36 and it plays flawlessly well. I don't expect this level of product to do well on my PowerBook G4 1.67 but it does work. Ram is the key factor for this instrument. Why would I expect this level of instrument to work on older gear? This is the reality of progress - more processing power is needed to use this level of sophistication in product design.

Desirability:
I haven't found a better sample library piano yet. Of course, I'm always looking and listening.

Sound:
The depth of these samples is truly amazing. The key to my playing sounding authentic is all in the EQ and compression. I find the sample levels adequate but not perfect. To capture the nuiances of a real soundboard is extroidinarily difficult. In quiet passages the light hammer sound is lacking. Listening to soft passages and ballads truly shows the instruments strengths and limitations. I also use NI's Akoustic Piano. I like them both but prefer Synthogys Concert D Grand for ballads.

Support:
not needed yet

Submitted: 12/26/2005

Style of Music: Rock, Alternative, Jazz

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Ivory: The largest, most skillfully designed grand piano virtual instrument ever! Over 3,500 samples are combined with a sample-playback engine built from the ground up to bring out the resonance, response and character of the world's finest concert grands.

Features
Three glorious grands in one multi-platform sample-based virtual instrument.

Over 30GB of stunning, all new, acoustic grand piano samples of German Steinway D 9' concert grand, Bosendorfer 290 Imperial Grand, and Yamaha C7 Grand. Each piano has up to 8 stereo dynamic levels with real release and soft pedal samples.

Synthogy's powerful custom 32 bit sample playback and DSP engine.

Sympathetic string resonance

DSP for realistic damper pedal response.

World class digital FX including ambience, chorusing and EQ. User controls for timbre, stereo width and perspective, velocity response, mechanical key noise, tuning and many others.

Synth pad layering for creating modern sounds.

Control over resource usage for optimum CPU performance.

Support for VST, RTAS, and Audio Units.

Ivory's superb piano samples were brought to life using no-compromise technology in the finest studios and concert halls. The sessions were produced by accomplished pianist and award winning sound designer Joe Ierardi.

Technical Info

iLok compatible

Audio Samples

Three amazing grands with over 3,500 samples! Get over 30 GB of samples for Steinway D 9' concert grand, Bosendorfer 290 imperial grand, and Yamaha C7 grand. Plug-in support for VST, RTAS, and AU formats.

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