Production Voices – Concert Grand Gold

Concert grand piano

Concert Grand is a premium 299GB (before lossless compression) 9-mic piano sample library sampled from the Steinway D New York 9′ Concert Grand piano and created for the full version of Kontakt (Kontakt Player is not supported).

If you listen to iconic classical or jazz piano recordings, it was most likely a Steinway D, the legendary king of the concert stage. For decades, performers have sought out the warmth and grandeur of the Steinway sound. This is in stark contrast to the bright pop pianos found in many recording studios. They are elegant and refined. 

Every engineer has their own approach to recording such a large instrument, and every musician wants to hear different aspects of the sound. That’s why all nine microphones are so important in the Concert Grand . You can choose different tones using the microphone arrangements that have been tried and tested by sound engineers for centuries.

Concert Grand gives you control over the sound in a way that no other piano library has ever had before. The ambisonics channel is a leap forward in terms of library flexibility. Concert Grand features everything that Steinway has to offer, including all of its overtones that are louder than most mechanical noises. We haven’t eliminated the imperfections – we’ve allowed them to contribute to the authentic sound of a grand piano.

Concert Grand is available in three variants: Concert Grand LE , Concert Grand Gold and the high-quality Concert Grand Platinum 96 kHz 24-bit to create a complete virtual sample library from the highest quality to fast-loading 44.1 kHz 16-bit samples, great for live performances, scoring, album recording, rehearsals and more.