The sound library was recorded by legendary producer-engineer, Alan Parsons, known for his timeless work with
Pink Floyd, The Beatles and of course The Alan Parsons Project. IK Multimedia US founder and executive producer,
Dave Kerzner, teamed up with Alan to sample a spectacular Bösendorfer® Model 290 grand piano at Mark Knopfler's
British Grove Studios in London.

To capture the essence of this dynamic instrument, Alan used AKG® C12 and Neumann® U67 valve microphones
running through a classic EMI console that's similar to the one he used while working with The Beatles and Pink Floyd.
Alan Parsons Imperial Grand provides over a gigabyte of content with over 650 stereo samples. All notes have been
sampled at 8 different velocities for the utmost in realism and playability (some notes have been omitted for uniform
tonality).



The piano samples were then obsessively voiced specifically for SampleTank 3 by IK’s international sound design team
who slaved away to find the perfect velocity split positions combined with carefully dialing in the ideal velocity
response from the SampleTank 3 engine. SampleTank 3's Acoustic Resonance convolution effect provides ultra-realistic
soundboard resonance so that when you press the sustain pedal, the harp resonates the way it should; giving you the
real-life experience of playing an acoustic grand piano.

Alan Parsons Imperial Grand gives SampleTank 3 an amazingly versatile piano instrument. Its dramatic presence,
unsurpassed power and emotional depth make it perfectly suited for everything from rock to jazz, pop to classical
and everything in between.

Content:

14 Instruments:
- Alan Parsons Imperial Grand
- The Koeln Piano
- Classical Grand
- Soft Grand 1
- Soft Grand 2
- Soft Grand 3
- Warm Grand
- Bright Grand
- Chorus Grand 1
- Chorus Grand 2
- Flanger Grand
- Phaser Grand
- Env Filter Grand
- Lo-Fi FX Piano

Library size:
- Over 1.3GB of content
- More than 650 stereo samples

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQJTT2zJqlk

http://soundcloud.com/ikmultimedia/01-classical1-waltz?in=ikmultimedia/sets/st3-imperialgrand

http://soundcloud.com/ikmultimedia/02-classical2-concerto-1?in=ikmultimedia/sets/st3-imperialgrand

http://soundcloud.com/ikmultimedia/03-classical3-romantic?in=ikmultimedia/sets/st3-imperialgrand

http://soundcloud.com/ikmultimedia/07-pop-landscape?in=ikmultimedia/sets/st3-imperialgrand

The Alan Parsons Imperial Grand sound library for SampleTank 3 is available now via the IK online store
and the SampleTank 3 Custom Shop for a special introductory price of just $79.99

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