Whilst this category of piano might be slightly less forceful than a full concert grand it is nevertheless still a powerful instrument with rich and sustained bass registers and bright, ringing treble notes. The two new additions to the Ivory II range are both in the 7-foot category of grand pianos which is often described as Conservatory or Music Room Grand and is often the choice of top recording studios. The American Grand is sampled from a wonderful vintage 1951 Steinway Concert Grand with a depth and warmth I have really enjoyed. Ivory II also have their Italian Grand which is sampled from the acclaimed 10-foot concert grand (Fazioli) and then, my personal favourite, the American Concert D. This collection also included a Yamaha C7 Grand which is a very popular pianos in recording studios and smaller being a 7-foot grand. Synthogy’s Ivory II Grand Pianos included the Bösendorfer 290 Imperial Grand and Steinway D which are both full-size concert grands.
I did mention the Synthogy Upright Pianos and this was a good addition to their product range since there are occasions when you might want the very different tone of an upright piano or maybe even the warmth and imperfections of a vintage upright. The Synthogy range is quite comprehensive and, apart from their Upright Pianos, they have mainly concentrated on full-size concert grands which are generally 9-foot length instruments designed for the concert hall and with the power to be able to match the sound of a full symphony orchestra. I have various competing piano products installed on my system and my current favourites have been the Garritan Abbey Road CFX Concert Grand and of course all the wonderful Synthogy Ivory II pianos. Providing you have a decent 88-note hammer action MIDI keyboard and a reasonably powerful computer with sufficient hard drive space you can be playing the sounds of a £100,000 piano for a relatively modest outlay.
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“Nowadays we are spoilt for choice with exceptional software editions of fine acoustic pianos. This time, Tony has been putting Synthogy’s new Ivory II Studio Grands through its paces, read on to see what he things and take a listen to his wonderful audio examples…
Those of you who are regulars readers of the Time+Space blog will be familiar with our guest blogger Tony Cliff – an accomplished pianist who reviewed several virtual pianos for us over the years including Garritan Personal Orchestra 5, Spectrasonics Keyscape, iZotope RX 6, Toontrack EZkeys, Garritan Abbey Road CFX Concert Grand as well as a number of Synthogy’s Ivory pianos.
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