A “Realism” control is also included, providing a way to set the balance between the sound quality and the instrument’s impact on available CPU resources. The custom user interface is also rather well made, featuring a handy reverb module, a 3-band equalizer which is optimized for controlling the sampled instrument’s main sound characteristics, and an interesting “Distance” control to place the piano closer to or further away from the listener. All of this leads to quite natural sounding playback, with almost impossible to spot sampling artifacts. Steinway Grand 3 features five velocity layers per sampled note (same as in the full version), whereas the instrument has been sampled on a semitone-per-semitone basis (the sample content is 24-bit stereo and compressed to NCW format). Let’s first take a look at Steinway Grand 3’s main features and then highlight some of its limitations when compared to Gran Coda. The instrument is based on the commercial Gran Coda (£14.99) sample library and, even though it comes with some limitations when compared to the full version, it is still a highly usable instrument in its own right. Provided as a rather compact 300 MB download, the new Steinway Grand 3 is a high quality virtual piano instrument in a compact and well crafted NI Kontakt 5 package. If you’re looking for a great sounding grand piano sample library but don’t necessarily want to download something huge like Ivy Audio’s amazing Piano in 162 (which is also available in SFZ format), the latest freebie by Hephaestus Sounds will probably be right up your alley. Steinway Grand 3 is a brand new free concert piano sample library by Hephaestus Sounds, based on their acclaimed Gran Coda virtual instrument.
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