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  • Please welcome: Steinway & Sons D-274

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    Hello everybody!

    We are more than stoked to present our newest addition to the Synchron Series to you:
    Our beautiful Steinway & Sons D-274 is now at your disposal.

    Check out the Audio Demos and our Videos - more and more will be added within the next days!

    All the best from Vienna,
    Your VSL Team


    Paul Kopf Product Manager VSL
  • Hi Paul

    Thanks! I was hoping for Synchron Brass I or Synchron Woodwinds I but the new Steinway sounds fantastic. Happy holidays to you and to all the VSL team.

    Best,

    David


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    @daviddln said:

    Hi Paul

    Thanks! I was hoping for Synchron Brass I or Synchron Woodwinds I but the new Steinway sounds fantastic. Happy holidays to you and to all the VSL team.

    Best,

    David

    While I consent daviddln, that to complete the Synchron-ORchestra with Synchron Brass and Winds and further Stringpackages will be always wellcome

    This Steinway is something I also waited for a long time and it defenitly could be an important addition to the Synchron-World. I am quite curious about the additional close microphone, which seem to sounds in the video most touching of all we can currently hear from that new Library,


  • I just have to say, I really enjoy playing on this Steinway, the crisp attacks, roundness of the sound, clarity and balance is stunning.


  • Pretty cool! Bought! Will load it on Weekend. Best, LJ

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    @Guy Bacos said:

    I just have to say, I really enjoy playing on this Steinway, the crisp attacks, roundness of the sound, clarity and balance is stunning.



    Sounds like the perfect description of a real Steinway piano 😄

    Congrats for your performances once again!


  • Welcome Steinway & Sons D-274! You have a really nice sound!

    Any chance someone care to exchange the second Close mic set with the Decca Tree in the Standard library? I would be happy to have the not-too-close mics, rather than the room mics!

    Paolo


  • May I request the 3 Chopin demos for both the Yam and Steinway with the exact same settings?

    Thanks in advance!


  • This is awesome! I know it's going to sound incredible. I recently purchased a new computer with a hard drive big enough because I was anticipating something like this from VSL. Now it's here. 

     

    Will this run in the current Synchron Piano Player that already has my VSL CFX in it or will I need two versions of the Synchron Piano Player on my computer? Thanks.

     

    God Bless,

     

    David


    F308, D-274, 280VC, Bösendorfer Imperial, Vienna Imperial
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    Hi David,

    Yamaha CFX and Steinway D share the same software, just make sure to update all VSL Software to have full functionality!

    @Paolo: Setup will stay as it is. The Full Library is absolutely worth it!

    @9u10m: Maybe after the weekend 😊

    Best,
    Paul


    Paul Kopf Product Manager VSL
  • I just purchaed it, but do I download both the "stereo" and the "multi" versions of the libarary for the full version or is just one of thm sufficient? Thanks.

    God Bless,

    David


    F308, D-274, 280VC, Bösendorfer Imperial, Vienna Imperial
  • Hi David, 

    Yes, you need both Standard and Multi. 

    Best,
    Paul


    Paul Kopf Product Manager VSL
  • Oh my God.

    The Grand Concert piano that I was waiting for.

    Herb, you’re not the friend of my banker


     

    Gabriel Plalame


  • Hi Paul,

    Indeed, what a great instrument!

    May I add a request for demos? I'd like to hear some pieces or excerpts that feature very soft dynamics and the middle register!

    The loud stuff with lots of very high, low and fast notes always sound impressive, but the real challenge for sampled pianos for me is in that center register that can often sound flat and dull. I'm sure the Steinway will have a beautiful tone in that range, but it would simply be nice to hear it.

    Pick the Debussy RĂȘverie, a Bach prelude, or a Mozart Sonata...

    Thank you!
    Tobias


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    @Paul said:

    Hi David, 

    Yes, you need both Standard and Multi. 

    Best,
    Paul

    Thanks. I have a super slow internet (5Mbps). In download manager I've been downloading both the Standard and Multi libraries at the same time. Just now the standard library completed after 28 hours. Download manager says another 6 hours to complete the Multi download. Once they are both downloaded, I can only install one at a time, correct? 

    So I would install the standard using the library installer and when that's finished I would install the multi. It's this correct? Thanks.

     

    God Bless,

     

    David


    F308, D-274, 280VC, Bösendorfer Imperial, Vienna Imperial
  • Hi David, 

    Yes, you need to install one after the other. The order is not important, and you can start the installer while the download for the other library is still running. 

    Best,
    Paul


    Paul Kopf Product Manager VSL
  • Thanks. 

    On the the VSL website it says that the full library is 266.2 GB, but the samples on my SSD total 285.94 GB

    Thanks again.

    David


    F308, D-274, 280VC, Bösendorfer Imperial, Vienna Imperial
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    Wonderful piano. Very responsive, beautiful clear and round sound, great lower end, fast loading. Another great product. The sound is different from the Synchron Yamaha CFX, so worth buying even if you have that one.

    I made a youtube video comparing the sound of the Synchron Yamaha CFX and the Synchron Steinway for those of you who are interested. I used the preset Player Decca tree multi mic for both piano's.


    Best regards,
    Heike


  • Congratulations on this instrument!  The technical quality of the recordings is astonishing. There are few acoustic piano recordings that have a piano that well prepped and recorded. 

    I notice in the demo with Stefan that he is playing an FLKeys Lachnit controller.  These can output high-def MIDI (4096 levels).  Does this piano take advantage of any of that resolution in the programming?  I found the choice of controller interesting as it is likely the best piano controller available in the world, and goes far beyond what a normal digital piano is capable of delivering. 

    I have a VAX77 keyboard which also outputs high-def MIDI, scanned optically. 

    Thank you, and again, very nice work on the sampling.  Truly state of the art.

    Nathanael


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    Hi niversen,

    Thanks for your kind words.

    We also like the Lachnit a lot, that's why it was our first choice for Stefan.

    However, the Synchron Pianos respond to normal MIDI, no higher resolution.

    @David B.: Mac doesn't take byte to GB conversion so seriously, hence the difference in numbers. Yoiu can check with this converter (Synchron Pianos are 285'938'563'215 bytes).

    Best,
    Paul


    Paul Kopf Product Manager VSL