It runs under both OS 9 and OS X, and host support is equally comprehensive - it can run in VST and AU hosts, as well as under Pro Tools and Digital Performer. This fact has come to light because Joe has now teamed up with a DSP software designer called George Taylor to produce Ivory - a plug-in which offers sampled pianos of the same extraordinary quality to Mac users for the princely sum of £189. It would appear that Kurzweil had a secret weapon - a gentleman by the name of Joe Ierardi who was solely responsible for sampling and crafting the fine piano sounds that have been loaded into the various different generations of Kurzweil keyboards. Even in 2004, the one instrument which I enjoyed gigging with the most was a Kurzweil PC88, which considering its vintage, has an amazing piano sound.Īnd now I know why. I don't think I have ever heard a Kurzweil synth that didn't have a decent acoustic piano sound. Synthogy's Ivory goes where no virtual piano has gone before, sampling three full-size grand pianos to form a detailed library more than 30 Gigabytes in size - and all in one £189 plug-in!

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