Synthogy Releases American D Piano for Ivory 3 Virtual Instrument
It follows their sampled/modeled Ivory 3 German D, which we reviewed as “stunning”
We were totally impressed with Synthogy’s Ivory 3 German D when it came out early last year. The first demo of their new American Steinway has a lovely round sound, and we’re looking forward to checking it out.
Their Ivory 3 “engine” includes Synthogy’s Continuous Velocity, which makes it highly responsive. But its success goes beyond technological innovation – it’s just done extremely well.
Remember the early days when sampled pianos (from every developer) had a telltale brittle sound, especially in the midrange? Those days are clearly over. Here’s the developer’s release:
Synthogy, the leading virtual piano software company renowned for its award-winning Virtual Instruments, is thrilled to announce the release of Ivory 3 American Concert D. Following the successful debut of their groundbreaking Ivory 3 German D in 2023. This highly anticipated release brings their unparalleled technology to this legendary, vintage 1951 American Steinway D Grand Piano virtual instrument.ย ย
Ivory 3 American Concert D features stunning digital recordings of one of the most celebrated instruments to grace the concert stage. The Steinway & Sons Concert & Artist department chose this 1951 New York Steinway D (CD 121) for Steinway artist promotion. Throughout the years the instrument has been lauded by some of the worldโs greatest concert artists. The plate of the piano itself is signed by Glenn Gould, Rudolf Serkin and many others as a testament to high praise by these great masters.
Now with Ivory 3 this prized instrument is brilliantly realized like never before through the power of the highly expressive Ivory 3 engine. Synthogyโs award-winning RGB engine features its revolutionary Continuous Velocity for smooth, seamless velocity-to-timbre on every piano strike. A unique technology that behaves like modeling yet maintains the complex, rich and realistic sound of real-world instruments, it is the foundation for a new generation of expressive capabilities.
The Ivory 3 American Concert D instrument also features 4 stereo microphone positions. Multiple close and ambient choices were expertly recorded to provide exceptional presence and depth of field. The powerful on-board Ivory 3 mixer enables fine levels of control over the sound.
In addition, the Ivory 3 engine is MIDI 2.0 ready for support of MIDI 2.0 high resolution velocity. 65,536 velocity-to-timbre levels are manifested by the RGB engine, opening the door to new possibilities of musical expression with extremely fine degrees of tone color.
The results are simply remarkable. Synthogyโs powerful Ivory 3 platform with one of their most beloved Concert Grands, captured in stunning detail. Ivory 3 American Concert D is truly an instrument for the ages.
Since its initial release in 2023, Ivory 3 has garnered critical acclaim and widespread excitement across the music industry. Synth and Software Magazineโs Content Director Nick Batzdorf called it a โStunning virtual instrument.โ Sound on Sound Magazineโs Robin Bigwood wrote: โThe sound quality and responsiveness isโฆ addictive. So controllable, delicate one moment and then so singing, commanding or even thunderous the nextโฆ Synthogy have got this dynamic response aspect spot on.โ Jason Buchwald of Music Players said โIvory 3 can do it all, and sound great doing it.โ (WIHO Award)
Price: $249 (upgrades from Ivory 2 are $149)
