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The Steinway D Black Friday deal from EastWest Sounds takes 55% off this concert grand virtual instrument, bringing it to $44 until Jan 17, 2027.
The maker describes the sound as bright, regal and elegant, capturing the full sound of the concert hall. It handles soft passages, but the maker says it shines in broad, virtuosic playing.
It is a sampled piano for your DAW. The maker pitches it at composers who want a famous concert grand in their own studio, and at performers who want a powerful instrument to play.
The recording chain was vintage Neumann microphones, Meitner AD converters and a vintage 8078 Neve console, in a proper piano environment.
Every piano in the library carries eight articulations:
The articulation matrix gives you quick, simple loading of whichever ones you need.
Velocity layering varies by articulation:
The repetition samples were taken from 180 BPM performances. The maker says that gives a true repetition sound rather than an alternate take of a single note, and the software detects true repetitions as you play.
Pedal resonance was recorded for every note at multiple velocities, and also with the soft pedal down. Release samples run through a software envelope follower.
In the software you can mix mic positions, swap the stereo image and simulate the lid position.
EastWest calls the streaming engine the most powerful available, with the highest polyphony counts. That matters for long sustained passages with the pedal down, where voices stack up fast.
Yes. The Steinway D Black Friday deal from EastWest Sounds takes 55% off, bringing the virtual instrument to $44. The offer ends Jan 17, 2027.
You get a sampled concert grand with eight articulations: sustain, sustain with pedal, repetitions, repetitions with pedal, soft pedal, soft pedal with sustain pedal, staccato and release trails. Pedal resonance samples are recorded for every note.
The repetition samples come from 180 BPM performances, so the maker says they give a true repetition sound and not simply an alternate take. The software detects true repetitions as you play, which keeps fast repeated notes sounding natural.
Yes. The software lets you mix mic positions, swap the stereo image and simulate the lid position. The piano was recorded with vintage Neumann microphones, Meitner AD converters and a vintage 8078 Neve console.
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