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BÖSENDORFER IMPERIAL

Synchron Series Collection


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  • Full 8 octaves in tonal range – 97 keys (with bass extension)
  • Warm, orchestral sound, rich in depth and tone color
  • Powerful bass
  • Six pre-configured Main Presets: Concert, Intimate, Player, Pop, Ambience, Mighty
  • Proprietary Vienna Synchron Pianos engine with adjustable sympathetic resonances, pedal noise, key noise and so much more
  • Per-note EQ, volume, dynamic range and tuning
  • Advanced Release Sample Technology
  • Recorded at Stage A of Synchron Stage Vienna
 

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We’re always striving to improve and optimize our products and procedures – a special challenge, having set a very high bar with the grands we’ve previously captured at Synchron Stage Vienna. Listening back to the virtual representation of our brand-new Bösendorfer Imperial, we believe we’ve created a new milestone in the art of piano sampling.

The Bösendorfer Concert Grand 290 Imperial represents the apex of the famed Austrian piano manufacturer’s precious heritage. Its nine additional sub-bass notes extend the instrument’s key range downward to the low C – for a total range of eight octaves. The extra bass strings create additional harmonic resonance with every key you strike, providing warmth, richness and depth across the entire instrument. The massive soundboard projects an unusually broad frequency range, evoking a sonorous, orchestral timbre.

The Imperial’s magically unfolding tonal character, especially apparent in the pianissimo to mezzoforte range, was meticulously sampled in finely calibrated velocity steps using our proprietary piano robot that we’ve further developed and perfected. To guarantee a consistent sound over all keys, velocities and note lengths, the total recording production time was scheduled as tightly as possible to minimize even the smallest changes in the instrument’s sonic behavior. A sufficient block of time was reserved at the Synchron Stage, but after recording nearly 24 hours a day it still took several weeks to capture the 290 Imperial in its entirety.

What’s more, our proprietary Release Sample Technology was even further refined, allowing the Synchron Player to automatically match hundreds of individual and finely stepped release samples per key to your played notes in real-time. The result is a hyper-realistic playing feel and 100% timbral authenticity.

 

As with all the instruments of our Synchron Pianos series, this Bösendorfer 290 Imperial enjoys permanent, climate-controlled residency at Synchron Stage Vienna, whose main hall is characterized by its particularly warm and natural ambience. The 540 m2 Stage A has lent its acoustic signature to numerous international productions, from classical chamber music to international, large-scale orchestral film scores.

The Vienna Synchron Pianos software player offers multiple options for shaping your sound and the playing experience. Hosting a high-performance playback engine, the software provides a musician-friendly user interface that allows for quick and easy timbral control. Create your sound intuitively by filtering particular key ranges or even single keys, adjust the body resonance of the instrument or add just a touch of algorithmic reverb to refine the overall sound.


11 Microphone Positions

With over 4,000 samples per key and almost 20,000 samples per microphone position, the Bösendorfer Imperial boasts breathtaking authenticity. In order to capture this marvelous instrument in one of the best acoustic environments on the planet, our recording engineers used multiple high-end microphone arrays, affording an abundance of options for creating your individual sound.

Bösendorfer Imperial Setup

Microphone Setup

Microphone Positions

  Standard Library Full Library
1. Room Mic (Mix)
2. Condenser - Close 1 (Sennheiser MKH 8040)
3. Ribbon - Close 2 (Royer SF-24)
4. Tube - Close 3 (Neumann M149)
5. Mid 1 (Sennheiser MKH 800)
6. Mid 2 (Sennheiser MKH 8040)
7. Main/Room Mic – Decca Tree Stereo (L/R)
8. Main/Room Mic – Decca Tree Mono (Center)
9. Main Surround – Stereo (L/R)
10. High Stereo (3D) – Stereo (L/R)
11. High Surround (3D) – Stereo (L/R)


NKS Integration

The Synchron Bösendorfer Imperial supports Native Instruments’ NKS format and is compatible with Komplete Kontrol keyboards and Maschine. Use the Light Guide to quickly identify key switches and play ranges of your instruments, browse and preview sounds, and quickly adapt them using pre-configured control knobs. Download the NKS installers from MyVSL.


Standard Library Full Library
Sample Amount 108,025 237,655
Download File Size 38.6 GB 91.5 GB
Installed File Size 128.8 GB 295.3 GB