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Art Vista Virtual Grand Piano

Hans from Art Vista sent us over a press release for their new Virtual Grand Piano...

Art Vista Productions, renowned for the Malmsjö Acoustic Grand and Cool Vibes instrument sample libraries, is introducing the new Art Vista VIRTUAL GRAND PIANO - a studio quality piano software. Native Instruments is contributing the renown Kontakt Player technology to the product.

This easy-to-use software which can be used on any computer, both PC and Mac, offers an unparalleled realism of a real Concert Grand Piano when played from a midi keyboard. Piano students as well as professional studio musicians can enjoy a response identical to the real thing, whether it is the feather touches for quiet passages of Debussy, or the banging of a thunderous Beethoven Sonata. An intuitive interface provides controls for playback and recording parameters.

There are over 200 presets, including emulations of recording styles from the most famous piano recordings in all genres from the 1950's through 2005. Different piano response characteristics are also included to cover playing styles such as classical, pop, rock, jazz, and gospel.

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Getting beyond the market speak, several of our moderators have already picked this product up -- and at full price...the Sonikmatter name doesn't get us very far these days -- and have raving about it:

"That's the sound I'm always looking for... right there! He manages to get an incredibly "right" amount of room vs piano sound in his samples..."

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