Steinberg
Media Technologies GmbH is pleased to announce that its
much-anticipated major update to The Grand is now shipping to resellers
worldwide. The Grand 3 offers the sound of three legendary concert
grands, as well as leading electric and upright pianos, all recorded in
outstanding quality with two microphone positions in up to 20 velocity
layers. Additional features include onboard equalization tools, a full
tuning editor, and a range of technologies to enhance computer resource
efficiency as well as a stand-alone mode. The Grand 3 supports VST3,
VST2, AU and ReWire and runs on Mac OS X, Windows XP and both Windows
Vista 32- and 64-bit versions. MSRP for The Grand 3 is $449.99. For
more information including demo songs and performances, please see
www.steinberg.net.
“Excellent
sound content of the highest standard paired with a brand-new VST3
engine optimized to recreate the feel of playing some of the most
famous pianos ever: that was the challenge to our developers,” comments
Nadine Roos, Steinberg’s Product Marketing Manager for The Grand. “And
they’ve absolutely come through. Close your eyes while playing The
Grand 3 on a high quality controller keyboard and we think you’ll be
very, very impressed with the level of authenticity attained. And
thanks to a lossless compression technology, the 88GB of included
samples require only around 32GB of free hard drive space, keeping the
resource footprint remarkably low for a virtual instrument of its
quality. Simply put, we believe that The Grand 3 represents the apex
of virtual piano software,” adds Roos.