The Absolute Piano really exploit the Virtual Piano concept by adding specific and innovative possibilities. With its filters you can sculpt the piano timber and produce a large number a piano sounds from the same base. Everything is specifically designed to manipulate and play piano sounds.
Absolute Piano : Steinway Concert Grand. This piano has been sampled from a huge Steinway Model D piano. It sounds large and deep. It can be used for all kind of music from pop/rock to classical music.
What's new in this version?
We've removed most of the 'simulation' options. They were taking too much process. Now the simulation has been limited to the pedal sound for classic piano . It speeds up the sample Playback by 2!
Polyphony : the Absolute piano can play 128 notes simultaneously!
New sound-bank, all the new Pianos were recorded in the Summer 2006 when the piano shop was closed. I've used ADK TC microphones with ART Pro Channel valve pream to get the warmest sound. The piano sound is deeply compressed (lossless) to be small (280mb only). The compression is not audible.
The reverb has been enhanced, it is now as good as any professional one. Also there are 2 vu-meters for left and right precise view instead of one for the mix of the two channels in V2. The interface is clearer, the license is displayed on the main surface.
The key features of the Absolute piano :
Optimization : even if the Absolute Piano is small - if you compare to its competitors - it is based on a very optimized high quality sound bank and it sounds fantastic. Yes, small can be better ... sometime. This piano was sampled on 4 velocity layers with up to 12 second length.
Creativity : the Absolute Piano features a sound sculpture filter specifically designed for that p�®ano. It is in fact a 3 bands powerful shelving filter tuned to 'sculpt' the piano timber. You can create warm or old piano, RagTime or classical sound easily.
