In fact, Eighty Eight Ensemble can save and recall your MIDI Learn presets and use them with any patch, so you only need to create them once.Įighty Eight Ensemble features an integrated patch browser that makes it easy to store, sort, and find exactly the sound you are looking for. This intuitive MIDI mapping system allows Eighty Eight Ensemble to quickly integrate with your favorite MIDI hardware controller. Simply adjusting a parameter and then touching an external MIDI control creates a link between the two. In addition to the onscreen controls, Eighty Eight Ensemble features a brilliant MIDI Learn Mode. The velocity response can be set to make the most of your keyboard and playing style. The zones, or range of keys where each instrument will play, can abut or overlap as you desire. Combis can have both an upper and lower split. Solo sounds include flute, clarinet, acoustic guitar, etc. Setting an upper split adds a solo accompaniment instrument playing above the piano. Setting a lower split adds a bass sound-such as bass guitar-playing below the piano. Split Combinations, or Combis, introduce a second sound-or even a third-played in a specified range of keys. These layered sounds include strings, synth pads, and choral pads. Layered combinations, or Pads, add a second instrument that sounds along with the piano. The high-frequency damping and room size parameters can add just the right ambience to your performance.Īs the name implies, there is more to Eighty Eight Ensemble 2 than piano. Eighty Eight Ensemble 2 also adds a new robust reverb section. Even the level of the sustain pedal and hammer release elements that help define the character of the piano can be individually controlled. An improved limiter offers enhanced dynamic control. The four-band EQ allows the timbre of the sound to be easily refined. The result is some 1500 sample recordings, with 16 dynamic levels captured and preserved for every key.Įven with all this painstaking attention to accuracy, Eighty Eight Ensemble 2 provides plenty of opportunities to customize the sound to match the project-or your taste.
The recording philosophy employed in creating Eighty Eight Ensemble 2 was based on using a simple signal chain, the finest A/D converters, and exceptional microphone preamps. Meticulously sampled and expertly voiced, Eighty Eight Ensemble 2 provides every composer, pianist, and musician the opportunity to infuse their compositions, recordings, and performances with the breathtaking realism of this truly world-class grand piano.
Eighty Eight Ensemble 2 is an exceptional recreation of the Steinway 9-foot CD 327 grand piano. Our flagship piano instrument is not just any piano.
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