Piano Sound Expander
with 3 concert grand pianos and 3 upright piano sounds
The GRAND PIANO PRO is the latest in piano modeling technology with 4 GB flash memory, bringing you the sounds of the best concert grands and legendary vintage keyboards, supplemented by additional combo and orchestra sounds. For you, it’s still plug and play!
Do you need amazing piano sounds for live concerts, your home studio, playing at home or on the road? The GRAND PIANO PRO can do that and more, delivering a huge range of sounds you need for live performance in any musical style: E-pianos, organs, synthesizers, accordions, orchestra and so many other instruments. All this in a device smaller than your mouse pad.
How do you get the sounds?
All V3 sound modules are MIDI expanders. The housing has two pots: master volume and master reverb. Use MIDI to call up sounds and to make all other adjustments. If your MIDI instrument doesn’t have these functions available, you need a MIDI controller or our App V3 SOUND CONTROL.
SOUNDS
Three grand piano models - two upright pianos | 56 sounds
At the heart of this sound module are samples of flagship concert grands from famous manufacturers in Vienna (Imperial 290) and Hamburg (Model D). The two concert grand piano models are available in up to 11 dynamic settings, including string resonance and half-pedal functions.
For the third grand piano, a YAMAHA C4 was sampled, which was specially intonate for rock music.
A Schimmel K132 was sampled as an upright piano. This piano is available as a standard model and as a felt-muted version specifically for cinematic music.
All three grand pianos are available in three different dynamic levels, allowing you to easily adjust the sound to your keyboard - STANDARD / SOFT / HARD.
Additional variations with extra digital attack, pads, and strings round out the piano sound package.
Quick Guide: Piano Modeling Parameters
String Resonance (pedal down)
When you press the sustain pedal, the dampers move up and away from the strings to let them resonate freely. This function is supported by our new multi-layer algorithm.
Sympathetic Resonance
Sympathetic resonance is a harmonic phenomenon whereby a passive string begins to vibrate from the vibrations of other strings that are harmoniously related to it.
Note-off-Samples
The note-off samples used here vary between velocity and elapsed time. Immediately after a key is struck, other samples come into play, just as they do after a note held for three seconds.
Sustain-Pedal-Grabbing
When the sustain pedal is pressed again after being released, it reactivates or grabs the string resonance that is still there.
Half pedal function
Just like a real piano, the intensity of the sustain effect varies, depending on how far you press the pedal.
Noise
Both the hammer fallback sound and the frame open sound when the pedal is pressed can be adjusted using the app.
Electric Grand | 15 Sounds
Electric Grand CP 70b
Electric Grand CP 80
E-Pianos | 26 Sounds
Electric Piano Mark I
Electric Piano Mark II
E-Piano Mark I Dyno 1979
Wurlitzer A200
Wurlitzer W140B
Electric Piano
The electric pianos have up to 20 layers of dynamics, allowing for expressive play with percussive accents. The note-off algorithms, which are controlled by velocity as well as by the envelope, create natural sounds during play.
Bread and butter sounds
The organ bench includes a selection sampled with a rotary effect (fast and slow). Strings, choirs, guitars, synthesizer sounds, basses, mallets (xylophone, marimba, timpani, etc.), and a program with a classical percussion section round out the package.
Whatever you need to add rhythmic accents to the sound of an orchestra, you'll find it in this sound expander.
