Please note:
The USB license agreement allows this product to be used to produce library or production music.
Featuring five wonderful grand pianos
This product requires an iLok Key which is used to store the license.
Grand Piano Collection features surely some of the best sounding sampled pianos in the market. True to USB´s beliefs, they don´t think it´s about figures (like velocity, memory, number of microphones) but about feeling. A good sounding piano is a rare alchemy between the instrument, the acoustic in the recording studio, the microphones and above all, the engineer´s taste. These pianos are not their first endeavour, in fact they sampled many more to have the chance to see the expertise turn up.
Grand Piano Collection highlights five wonderful instruments:
Steinway D Concert Grand
Fazioli F278 Concert
Erard Baby Grand Piano
Seiler Upright Grand
Japanese Upright
For everyone of them USB used the same method:
First, they had to find the right instrument. Then they solicited two different classical and jazz pianists, both outstanding concert performers, to give them a hand finding the ideal one. After some research and like dozens of piano reviewed, they found the amazing sounding models that all their consultants loved. Then they booked for several days some of the best recording studios in Europe, for example (www.guillaumetell.com) for the Steinway. As the tuning work is important, they took the best qualified person for that essential part of the process.
During the recording USB always used the very best sounding quality gear. But for each piano, they selected a different set up, to give different colours for every of the five instruments. And thanks to UVI Engine´s advanced keygroup layers and rule switching, the sustain pedal and release samples perform and feel like a real piano.
At the end of the process, during the editing of samples, USB consulted a great instrumentalist to test the result of this work, then we were able to even improve the instruments in response to make it really enjoyable.
The result is five excellent sounding pianos, with soul and a musicality.
In the maze of piano sample libraries, Grand Piano Collection has a very unique place: the UVI philosophy regarding pianos is to propose truly musical and excellent sounding presets, but with a convenient and "realistic" size (around 20 GB for 5 instruments). It´s also the most versatile library, thanks to the choice of very different sounding instruments.
How to use your UVI Soundcard
The UVI Soundcard libraries are dedicated to be used with the UVI Workstation, MOTU BPM Beat Production Machine and the MOTU MachFive II virtual sampler.
The UVI Workstation is a multi-timbral software instrument that provides unlimited parts, integrated effects, live performance feature, and a smooth real-time workflow. It operates as a MAC/PC stand alone application and as a virtual instrument software plug-in compatible with Mac OSX and Windows for all major hosts sequencers.
Please note: The UVI Workstation is supplied with EVERY UVI Soundcard.
