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Sound Magic has announced Piano One Special Edition, a free virtual piano instrument for Windows and Mac.

In order to Celebrate Piano One is selected as one of the 27 best free VSTs by music radar! Sound Magic releases Piano One Special Edition. The Special Edition contains all the presets published up to Sep 2012, 20 presets in total and most important, adds previous hidden key noise and harmonic controls into automation list, which previous only available on our commercial products.

The Sound of Piano One comes from the Yamaha C7 concert grand, a true workhorse in the professional piano world, appearing on famous concert stages, in international competitions and in prestigious music events throughout the world.

By utilizing the Sound Magic Hybrid Modeling Engine, Piano One offers both the Realistic Sound of Sampling and the Playability of Modeling. Hybrid Modeling provides an instantaneous feeling – no delay – and a truer and richer sound than canbe created with either sampling or modeling alone. What’s more, Piano One utilizes only 160MB, which is quite a small footprint, making Piano One usable even on older PCs. There is no waiting time when loading and the CPU usage is so small that it’s virtually unnoticeable.

Piano One is available for Windows and Mac (VST/AU) at no cost.

More information: Sound Magic / Piano One

Sound Magic has announced Mac version 1.5 of its Piano Thor virtual Steinway piano instrument.

This is the sound of the piano “Thor” developed from the most famous Steinway piano – perhaps the most famous grand piano – in history. This is the Steinway D numbered CD443, the piano that Vladimir Horowitz loved most. The CD443, Mr. Horowitz’s last piano, was selected by the artist for his own personal home use. When he was first introduced to this instrument, Mr. Horowitz had reservations about the piano’s action (which was rather heavy) but came to love the instrument so much that, when he briefly considered concertizing in 1989, he planned to take the CD443 with him. This piano was used for recording sessions made at his home in both 1988 and 1989.

Piano Thor featured an amazing dynamic range which other pianos were hard pressed to compete with. It had more “bite” when it was played really hard but it produced a soft, singing tone when played softly. And Steinway’s famous singing tone and bell like sympathetic resonances made it a truly great piano. This vast dynamic contrast and its lighting fast response won this superb instrument the name “Thor”, the Norse god of storms and thunder.

Changes in Piano Thor v1.5

• Add Audience Mic Position.
• Add Key Release Modeling.
• Add String Resonance.
• Adjust Dynamic.
• Many Minor Changes.

Piano Thor for Windows and Mac is available to purchase for 129 EUR.

More information: Sound Magic / Piano Thor

Dream Audio Tools has announced its September Sale, offering a limited time 30% discount on all its products.

Save on sample libraries for Kontakt, SampleTank and the Dream Keys VST instrument.

Dream Audio Tools products

• Indie Fingers—multisampled fingered arpeggios and guitar sequences, to offer a modern yet sophisticated edgy pop/rock guitar tone toolset, played on a Strat, bridge position.
• Dark Dreams—featuring cinematic designed raw percussions, hits and sound effects. Think dark. Think raw. Think playable. Metallic hits, Klangs, Slams, Bottoms, Ambience hits, Big hits, unprocessed bits and a large variety of designed patches for Kontakt 4 and above.
• Dream Keys—new piano sample library for Native Instruments Kontakt designed as a toolbox for film composers, electronic and pop musicians. It offers a selection of carefully crafted sounds derived from two different piano sets.
• Dream Rythms—modular library for Native Instruments Kontakt featuring more than one hundred combinable rhythms and sequences, including warped keys, guitars, synths, basses, kicks and percussive elements.

The sale ends September 20th, 2012.

More information: Dream Audio Tools

Sound Magic has updated its Supreme Piano virtual piano instrument bundle for Windows and Mac to version 2.5.

Supreme Piano 2 starts with a revolutionary concept: “A single virtual instrument can not solve all of the problems in the entire music production process, or fit every musician’s unique need. We need a whole solution for this, a flexible system which is easy to operate, that follows our changing needs.” Supreme Piano 2 is not a bundle of pianos but an entire system that focuses on solving problems. Supreme Piano 2 has the power to handle many different situations – and you will find a solution for your problem.

Supreme Piano bundles 4 virtual piano instruments – “From the famous dark, rich Bosendorfer tone to that fantastic and sexy Fazioli sound, From well known brilliant steinway to Yamaha.”

Changes in Supreme Piano v2.5

• New Key Release Modeling algorithm.
• New Sympathetic Resonance Sound algorithm.
• New Scala Tuning System
• Lower CPU usage.
• New Sustain Pedal Release behavior.
• Minor changes on GUI
• Many other changes.

Supreme Piano (includes 4 piano modules) is available to purchase for 299 EUR.

More information: Sound Magic / Supreme Piano

Sound Magic has updated its BlueStone Piano instrument for Windows and Mac to version 2.5.

BlueStone Piano starts with the robust Steinway sound, utilizing these powerful harmonics to create the unsurpassed authenticity and complexity that has long been a standard in concert halls around the world. BlueStone Piano has successfully captured the highly resonant wooden body flavor of a vintage Steinway built in 1927 and also managed to represents its unique singing tone through Sympathetic Resonance and soundboard resonant. It is a very emotional piano with great dynamic.

This new version features Sound Magic’s NEO Hybrid Modeling Engine, which provides better simulation on key release and Sympathetic Resonance Sound than previous releases. Also by offering newly designed Scala Tuning System, BlueStone Piano will provide better and richer sound than before, and allow the user more control over the sound.

Changes since BlueStone Piano v2.1

• New Key Release Modeling algorithm.
• New Sympathetic Resonance Sound algorithm.
• GUI keyboard now response to other note message in other channel as well.
• Lower CPU usage.
• New Sustain Pedal Release behavior.
• Many other minor changes.
• Demo Version also included Key Release Modeling now.

BlueStone Piano for Windows and Mac (VST/AU) is available to purchase for 99 EUR.

More information: Sound Magic / BlueStone Piano

ILIO has announced that Synthogy is offering a $50 manufacturer’s rebate off the price of $179 on Ivory II-Italian Grand.

Ivory II-Italian Grand is the successor to the acclaimed original Ivory–Italian Grand, and features a greatly expanded sound set fully integrated with the new Ivory II piano DSP engine (with Harmonic Resonance Modeling for true Sympathetic String Vibration).

Handcrafted in Italy, the piano itself is one of the world’s most expensive and exclusive Concert Grands, renowned for its expressive dynamics and full-bodied character. Its tone is versatile, equally at home in large scale classical works, intimate jazz playing, as well as a full range of pop styles. The beauty of this instrument is captured in great detail, with up to 18 velocity levels, additional soft pedal and release samples and pedal noise enhancements. Synthogy’s decades of expertise in piano development, along with proprietary “timbre interpolation” technology combine to deliver the unrivaled playability and expressiveness that Ivory is famous for.

The offer is valid only from June 4, 2012 through June 15, 2012. The rebate form can be downloaded here.

More information: Ivory II – Italian Grand