Ivory II Grand Pianos; Ivory II Italian Grand; Ivory II Upright Pianos; Ivory II American Concert D; Ivory II Studio Grands. Ivory II Grand Pianos is the next generation of Ivory piano products by Synthogy. Powered by a new custom engine, the entire line of Ivory virtual pianos features groundbreaking technology, a fresh graphic interface, and further expanded piano sample sets to provide performers and producers with more expressive detail than ever.
As a lead maker of virtual keyboards Synthogy offers a variety of different options for creating the sound that you need for your recordings.
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With the Ivory II Studio Grands package you get the power of two different grand pianos in one. Virtual keyboards for the Steinway B Grand and the Connecticut and Bosendorfer 225 grand are both included.
The library used to construct these keyboards is 112 GB. That is a substantial amount of data that reflects in the sound. You can hear every detail whether it is a slight press of the keys or the mechanical noise, it will be there.
Steinway’s Model B is one of the most requested Synthogy keyboards. The company boasts that it is the perfect piano and each one is created with years of craftsmanship behind it. Recordings for this package were taken at the Power Station NE.
Bosendorfer’s 225 Grand is known for its resonant tone and clarity that comes from being longer than most pianos at seven feet four inches.
Multiple Grammy winners and nominees have used this instrument to produce their music, so a digital recreation of it is only logical. For the 225, the recordings were made at the Firehouse Recording Studios in Pasadena, California.
The Virtual Piano that started it all, Ivory Grand Pianos redefined what virtual instruments could do, combining stunning, world-class piano samples with a powerful, software/DSP engine and custom user interface. Ivory’s worldwide critical acclaim and popularity has made it the industry standard, and the virtual piano of choice for the world’s most elite musicians.
With Ivory II Grand Pianos, the world’s most popular virtual grand piano collection has been taken to a whole new level. Featuring a greatly expanded sound set with nearly double the velocity layers, and the powerful, new Ivory II piano DSP engine with Harmonic Resonance Modeling for true Sympathetic String Vibration, Ivory II Grand Pianos soars at the highest possible levels of sampling and synthesis technology.
The playing experience is simply extraordinary with an emotional range extending from the heartiest fortissimo to the most delicate and nuanced pianissimo. Ivory II Grand Pianos will breathe under your fingers, inspiring your best performance from a truly organic instrument.
A host of new piano-centric features have been added to the Ivory II engine. Principal among them is Sympathetic String Resonance, a long sought after but elusive characteristic of real pianos that Synthogy approaches in a completely new and unique way, realizing the true complexities and subtleties of sympathetic string excitation. Harmonic Resonance Modeling is a brand new technology that does not rely upon triggering additional samples, ordinary sine waves, or recordings in any way. Rather, notes struck that are harmonically related excite the actual complex overtones of the notes that are being held, in the same manner that undamped strings ring in a real acoustic piano. The result is an unprecedented new level of realism.
Ivory II also delivers some of Synthogy’s most frequent customer requests, with features such as Half Pedaling, Lid Position, Pedal Noise, and Tuning Tables to provide even greater detail and control. Additionally, features like Timbre Shifting, Parametric EQ, and new Synth Layer controls offer powerful new sound sculpting capabilities for custom piano programming and sound design.
At the heart of Ivory II are Ivory's legendary pianos. Each Ivory piano has been further refined and developed, including expanded velocity levels (up to 18 per piano), additional soft pedal samples, and more release samples. Synthogy's decades of expertise in piano development, along with proprietary 'timbre interpolation' technology combine to deliver greater fidelity, unrivaled playability, and a musical experience that is unsurpassed.
Ivory II represents the most significant design enhancement to Ivory's custom piano technology since its introduction. Years in the making, every effort has been taken to assure that Ivory II is a true and worthy successor to the legacy established by our original Ivory products.
Synthogy Ivory Ii Grand Pianos
Suggested retail price: $349