Italian Grand is a magnificent addition to Ivory's award-winning collection of pianos or an excellent free-standing plug-in in its own right. The sound is uniquely expressive, from its smooth, delicate pianissimo iterations through to an explosive fortissimo that will satisfy the most lionhearted of performers. This new 10-foot grand was expertly regulated and recorded at the famed SUNY Purchase concert hall in New York using Class-A equipment, this Italian 10-foot Concert Grand is known for its dynamics, expressiveness, and full-bodied character. Its 19GB core library features 2,000 samples. Twelve velocity layers are included in this virtual instrument, as well as soft pedal samples, and release samples at multiple velocity and duration levels. And now, Ivory Italian Grand now comes complete with Synthogy's exclusive Ivory Piano Engine (other Ivory piano samples not included).

Synthogy Italian Grand Features:

• 19 GB core library
• Over 2,000 samples
• 12 discrete velocity layers
• Una corda (soft) samples and release samples
• All Ivory pianos can be accessed from one interface

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Synthogy Italian Grand Specifications:

• Requirements and compatibility
• (MAC): AU, RTAS, VST 2.0, OSX 10.2 or greater, minimum G4 450MHz w/1GB RAM
• (PC): RTAS, VST, Windows XP, Minimum 1.3GHz P4 w/1GB RAM
• iLok Key is required

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It's a Fazioli - and it's amazing

Posted by Muso on Jul 8, 2008

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Former gigging and recording musician

Reviewer's Play Style: classical, jazz, rock (more heavy and some prog)

I was a piano performance major in college, and still remember the first time I was lucky enough to play a Fazioli grand piano... I thought the name was silly having never heard of it back in 89, but then I got misty eyed after giving it a spin in one of the few stores here in the states where they're available.

This is an amazing rendition of that piano - before getting Ivory and this expansion pack, I thought I had some decent piano emulations, but playing the same music on the others and this... leaves me speechless at how much better this instrument it. The Synthogy guys did a fantastic job, and frankly playing the pianos that come with Ivory, and this expansion pack over the past few months has brought the joy back to my playing. If you're serious... pair this with a Kawai MP8 (or one of the MP9500's) and a good up to date computer and you'll remember why you loved playing (or you'll learn to :)

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