Best Service Galaxy II Steinway

Steinway Piano from the Galaxy II Piano Collection
For Galaxy II, a Steinway D concert grand, probably the most popular concert grand of all, was recorded in Galaxy Studios, Belgium, one of the most sophisticated studios in Europe with a huge recording hall. The instrument was hand-chosen by studio owner Wilfried van Baelen from a range of dozens of instruments at Steinway/Hamburg, delivering an amazing sound with an exceptional dynamic range.

Galaxy Steinway was recorded in 5.1 surround and stereo with a tremendous microphone setup to capture its size and dynamic range with 6 channels.

Heinrich Engelhard Steinweg, piano maker of the Steinweg brand, emigrated from Germany to America in 1850. In 1853, Steinweg founded Steinway & Sons, by the year 2000, Steinway had made its 550,000th piano. The Steinway Model D 270 is probably the most popular concert grand of all. For Galaxy II, a Model D was recorded in Galaxy Studios, Belgium; one of the most sophisticated high-end studios in Europe, which also boasts a huge recording hall. The instrument was chosen by studio owner Wilfried van Baaren from a range of dozens of instruments at Steinway/Hamburg. It has been recorded in 5.1 surround and stereo with a tremendous microphone setup to capture its size and dynamic range with 6 channels.

Features:

• Galaxy Steinway 5.1 (Steinway D in 5.1 surround and stereo)
• More than 2,000 samples in 24 bit
• 10 modeled velocity zones for a wide and smooth dynamic range
• Additional resonance, release and noise samples
• Chromatic and multiple velocity resonance and release samples
• Multi velocity pedal, damper, hammer and string noises
• Real overtones powered by the Kontakt Player engine
• Kontakt Player license included
• Compatible with Kontakt (Player) 4.2 or newer
• New direct access user interface
• Lossless sample compression for better disk streaming
• True half pedaling when using a continuous sustain pedal
• True repedaling and sostenuto
• Noises dynamically playable with a continuous sustain pedal
• One-knob control of tone colour and dynamics.
• Intelligent EQ for warmth, punch and brilliance
• Sympathetic string resonance with real overtones
• Flexible and easy-to-use velocity editor
• Convolution reverb with many different types of rooms, concert halls and ambience
• Adjustable stereo width and position
• Specially designed compressor for pop piano sounds
• Pad Machine
• Warp Engine for sound design beyond regular piano sounds

Requirements:

Windows
Windows 7, 8.1 or 10 (latest Service Pack, 32/64-bit)
Intel Core 2 Duo or AMD Athlon 64 X2, 4 GB RAM (6 GB recommended)

Mac
Mac OS X 10.10, 10.11 oder 10.12 (latest update)
Intel Core 2 Duo, 4 GB RAM (6 GB recommended)

for all

• 1GB free disc space for player installation
• additional hard disc space according to the library size
• internet connection for product activation required (on any computer)

SUPPORTED INTERFACES

• Stand-Alone
• VST
• Audio Units
• ASIO
• CoreAudio
• WASAPI
• AAX Native (Pro Tools 10 or later)