Three of the five pianos modelled in The Grand 3 are the Yamaha C7, the Bosendorfer 290 and the Steinway D. These offerings represent the very best in grand pianos and are the same models used in Ivory, QL Pianos, and two of the models in NI's Akoustik Piano. For the composer/producer who doesn't know his Steinway from a fish fillet, think of these as your Stratocaster, Les Paul and Telecaster of grands. To round out the sonic palette, The Grand 3 adds a Nordiska Pianofabriken upright and Yamaha CP80 Electric. These two aren't grand pianos, but let's not get caught up in semantics. Any upright is a welcome addition to a piano library and the CP80... well, think of it as a gift from your friends at Yamaha.
So now it's time to load some pianos and start playing. I hit a bit of a speed bump here: load times on The Grand 3 are somewhat slow. This is not unexpected, considering that it's a huge library with different pedal and release samples, and it's decompressing the files on the fly, but it's hard not to notice that your piano hasn't loaded in the time it took you to check your email twice, update your Facebook status and make a cup of coffee. Was it worth the wait though? Big time!
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Next up is the Steinway Model D. The fact that Steinberg have sampled every key with up to 20 velocity layers is evident on the Model D. Quiet passages are intimate, while loud sections are thunderous and leave you scurrying for the volume knob. The Model D was perfect for a cartoon music cue I was writing, which had a concert piano vibe. Completely dry, it was a little thin, but the included reverb editor quickly gave it the fullness I was looking for. Speaking of reverb, as well as offering both algorithmic and convolution reverb, The Grand 3 allows you to visually edit your piano in its virtual space. Very useful.
Next, we have the upright. The Nordiska Pianofabriken may not be a household name outside of Sweden (or even inside of Sweden), but it doesn't matter: the upright offering for The Grand 3 is unique and lovely. Although it's untreated with tacks, ragtime sounds right at home on it, and even though it's not the 'right' piano for every style, every style sounded right on it. This is a good 'go to' piano for when you want something a little smaller but with a lot of style. The natural ambience of the player versions gives just the right amount of space without sounding too reverberant.
Synthogy's Ivory, East West/Quantum Leap Pianos, and The Grand 3 are perhaps the big three when it comes to sampled piano libraries, but there are other libraries out there that the serious virtual piano player should check out: Garritan Authorised Steinway Grand, the only sampled piano authorised and endorsed by Steinway & Sons; Modartt's Pianoteq 3, which relies on modelling over sampling; VSL's Vienna Imperial; and UVI Soundbank's Italian Grand.
The Grand 3 allows editing with piano-specific tools, such as sustain resonance and string release. It also includes volume controls for key sound, hammer release and pedal noise. Combined with the aforementioned EQ and ambience features, Steinberg have included enough sound-sculpting options to let you produce the right sound in most situations.
The Grand 3 is a major player on the virtual piano playing field. If you don't own a suite of virtual pianos, you have to consider getting The Grand 3. If you do own a suite of virtual pianos, you have to consider getting The Grand 3.
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The Grand is a VST Instrument devoted to providing the sound of a ConcertGrand Piano in the self-contained, pristine environment of your computer.Its sounds are based on the sampled/modeled sounds of a real Grand Piano. As aresult it takes up over 1.3 GB of disk space! It also uses a large chunkof RAM (you can adjust how much sample is streamed from disk or loadedinto RAM). If you want that real piano sound instantly accessible andflexible enough to use in your computer sequencer, The Grand is anaffordable good deal! It is available for both Mac and PC platforms with VST 2.0compatible host applications.
The initial screen you see when you open an instance of The Grand is ofthe keyboard. You can click on the keys to play notes (or use MIDIinstruments connected to your computer). The Grand's 88-key keyboardemulates many of the characteristics of an acoustic piano. There arethree weighted key settings to choose from and adjustable velocitycurves individually adaptable to suit your personal playing style.Authentic functionality of sustain and sostenuto pedals is also built-inwith real re-pedaling resonance.
There are a couple options for shaping your Grand Piano sounds. There arefour basic Piano sounds: Natural, Soft, Bright, and Hard. A simpleAmbience effect can be dialed-in, adding a little reverb to sweeten' thesound. There are also hammer and string release parameters forauthentic-sounding damper and hammer action, adjustable polyphony andtuning, tempered and grand concert piano tunings. The Grand succeeds increating a darn good piano, rich in sound and with enougheditability to give you a broad range of feeling. Unfortunately,The Grand does not attempt to go beyond emulating the piano sound, sothere are no LFOs, no filters, nothing that can really modulate orchange the sound. Just rich, clean piano sounds instantly available andwith simple programmability. It's a great tool for composers who don'twant to deal with the troubles and expense of a real concert grand,and it's easier to use than any sampler.
History: Not to be confused with G. Steinberg (Perzina), the Wilhelm Steinberg factory has roots in piano making from 1877. After the reunification of Germany, several piano companies formed Thringer Pianoforte. Today Parsons builds pianos in both Germany and China. The P series upright pianos are completely built in China while the S series uprights are built in Germany. All grand cabinets are built in China. While the P series grands are completely built in China, the larger sizes (S series) utilize Parson rims from China but assemble and finish with higher grade parts in Germany.
The Grand 3 offers the sound of three legendary concert grands, as well as leading electric and upright pianos, all recorded in "outstanding" quality with two microphone positions in up to 20 velocity layers. Additional features include onboard equalization tools, a full tuning editor, a range of technologies to enhance computer resource efficiency as well as a stand-alone mode.
Equalization
A powerful and versatile equalizer offers full four-band parametric control that works as a sum over all output channels with variable response curves and shelving modes, as well as analog-style peak filters.
Tuning
The enhanced tuning editor provides customizable scales and a wealth of presets for tempered and concert tuning. Each tuning situation may be stored and retrieved as preset whenever required.
Aber kann das auch in dieselbe plugin? Ich denke das ein VST kein zwei schnittstelle unterstutzen kann. Sowieso musst die main() funktion angerufen werden mit genau so viel parameter wie programmiert (Wenn VST 2 weniger parameter hat dann VST 3, dann besteht hier schon ein problem). Aber gut ich habe keine Ahnung wie viel der Neue standart unterschied macht von der alte.
theres more diff. than you might think.
new preset format/management, sample-accurate automation, ui - dsp code detachments or native sidechain- ability to name a few.
but i think thats just minor enhancements.
oh and i guess his german text is a quote from steinberg site.
in the text they (steiny) say that theres is still support for vst2 besides vst3.
so he is asking why he cant load the vst2 plugin.
In the latter case, Engine also gave a good suggestion (if the Steinberg vstplugins folder is the folder that has been configured in Renoise to search plugins for or not) and then ofcourse, if the vst 2 model has been checked to install. Usually one then also has to confirm if he wants this version of the plugin installed. Then you still have plugins that are 64 bit or 32-bit but in most cases, the 32-bit plugin is also installed when choosing the 64-bit plugin.
Nowhere have you even said what your system is! What you computer comprises of. What version of Windows you are running (eg 32 or 64 bit.) What steps you went through to install. With your severe lack of information how do you expect people to actually be able to help you?!
Can you get it to run with any other software? Can you run it stand alone? Have you registered the software and got your USB-eLicener set-up and working? Did you actually remember to buy a USB-eLicencer with your software? As Steinberg wont run without one but assume you may already have one so do them as separate products. Or do you just want to blame Renoise for your inability yo get it working?
Have you contacted Steinberg support? Renoise Demo version should load any VSTs the full release will so they should easily be able to test the plugin and hopefully give you some more useful pointers than any Renoiser who does not have the plugin.
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