Steinway B Grand Piano Power Station New England—Waterford, Connecticut

The Steinway B is one of the most recorded pianos in history and is widely considered the ideal studio piano. Its unique balance of size and power make it an extremely versatile instrument for all styles of music. This particular instrument was hand selected and prepared with the kind cooperation of Steinway & Sons® at their factory in Astoria New York. Before recording, all piano regulation, voicing and tuning was done on-site by a Steinway concert technician before painstakingly sampled by Synthogy’s expert team. The recording sessions took place in the classic tuned live room of Power Station NE, an acoustic replica of the famed Power Station New York.

Bösendorfer 225 Grand Piano Firehouse Recording Studios—Pasadena, California

This Bösendorfer 225 Grand Piano possesses a deeply resonant tone and balance in all registers and has a distinguished place in the history of recorded music. Slightly longer than most studio grands at 7' 4", and with four additional low keys, this instrument has appeared on numerous Grammy®-winning and Grammy-nominated recordings. The sessions were engineered by Tony Shepperd in the state-of-the-art Studio A at Firehouse Recording Studios in Pasadena, its venerated sound captured in this historic piano room.

Ivory II-Studio Grands is built on Synthogy’s award winning virtual piano engine and features:

Up to 24 Velocity LevelsMultiple Levels of Soft PedalMultiple Levels of Release Samples, triggered by Velocity and DurationHarmonic Resonance Modeling for true Sympathetic String VibrationCustom Soundboard Emulation DSPPedal Noise EnhancementsNative 64 Bit SupportTimbre-shifting, Parametric EQ and Synth Layer controls for powerful sound sculpting capabilitiesSample Interpolation Technology used for ultra-smooth velocity and note transitionsWorld class digital FX including Real Ambience, Chorus and EQCustomizable User Controls for Timbre, Stereo Width and Perspective, Velocity Response, Mechanical Key Noise, Lid Position and moreTuning TablesDozens of programs and effects presets

Ivory II-Studio Grands will be the first Synthogy piano collection to ship with their new Ivory 2.5 Piano Engine. This update will support PACE’s machine-based license authorization scheme as well as the traditional PACE iLok™ key. Additionally, the Ivory 2.5 Piano Engine includes new features, such as:

Shimmer: unique control over sustain and decay

New Half-Pedal Controls

Assignable MIDI Controls

High Resolution MIDI Velocity Response

Improved UI accessibility for sight impaired users

The Ivory version 2.5 Piano Engine will be offered as a free update to Synthogy’s other Ivory II piano collections: Ivory II-Grand Pianos, Ivory II-Italian Grand, Ivory II-Upright Pianos, and Ivory II-American Concert D.