#Synthogy ivory 2 user manual install
#Synthogy ivory 2 user manual full
#Synthogy ivory 2 user manual plus
#Synthogy ivory 2 user manual mac

EffectsДЄ fullвЂ‘size browser pane temporarily replaces the graphical interface when you're searching for Program, Session and Effects presets.

#Synthogy ivory 2 user manual plus

The eight good pad sounds available, plus associated level, transpose, decay and release controls, point to this being somewhat more than an afterthought. Used unwisely, it can be nauseatingly sickly, but actually it's aВ handy thing to have available. Unexpected - and unexpectedly useful too.ДЄnother trick up Ivory II's sleeve is aВ SynthВ layer, which lets you layer aВ gentle 'halo' pad on top of your chosen piano. The effect ranges from subtle EQвЂ‘like shifts, through hyped 'house' piano variations, to bizarre, plummy inharmonicity and plasticky Casiotone timbres. There's also an intriguing parameter called Timbre Shift, which appears to enable some sort of resampling process to skew the spectral balance of whichever keyset you've loaded. If tweaking is your thing, there are five possible piano lid positions, 'performer' and 'audience' stereo perspectives, and knobs for adjusting release time, key noise, timbre (a gentle lowвЂ‘pass filter), dynamic range, stereo width and level. If you need to make Ivory II run leaner, the additional sample sets and resonances can be disabled, and aВ separate Keyset browser gives access to sounds with fewer velocity layers, or alternative velocity mappings. The last two are DSPвЂ‘based processes, and you can adjust both the levelВ of what they contribute and the soundboard characteristics.

These include sample 'keysets' with 16 or 18 velocity layers, key release and una cordaВ sample sets, plus sustain (damper pedal) resonance and sympathetic resonance.

#Synthogy ivory 2 user manual full

Synthogy provides 16 factory presets for each piano type, most of which utilise the full capabilities of the playback engine. Click the popвЂ‘up menu and you get aВ fullвЂ‘size browser overlay. Festooned with knobs and popвЂ‘ups for dreaming up your own piano presets, it also has aВ straightforward preset-management section at top right. The heart of Ivory II is the Program page. Ivory II Grand Pianos presents the same user interface whether it's running as aВ plugвЂ‘in or as one of the standвЂ‘alone applicationsВ 'Ivory Standalone' on the MacВ and 'Ivory Cantabile' on Windows. Compared to some piano instruments, too, there's also quite good scope for creative sculpting of the basic sounds. Nor does Ivory II force you to use all available bells and whistles there are plenty of options to limit processing and memory demands for those moments when your computer is about to topple over.

#Synthogy ivory 2 user manual install

And while aВ good 82GB of disk space is used up by aВ full installation, you're not bound to install all the piano types. The pianos are aВ BГ¶sendorfer 290 Imperial Grand, Steinway D Concert Grand and Yamaha C7 Grand (think jazz, classical and pop respectively, if you're into generalisations).

#Synthogy ivory 2 user manual mac

It runs on Mac and PC, as aВ standвЂ‘alone application or as an Audio Unit, VST or RTAS plugвЂ‘in for your DAW. One thing's for sure - Ivory II Grand Pianos should appeal to aВ range of users. It sits alongside their specialist Italian Grand and Upright Pianos libraries, and the whole range builds on the original, very successful Ivory, which was reviewed so positively in the March 2005 issue of SOS.

Ivory II Grand Pianos is the principal product in US pianoвЂ‘sampling specialists Synthogy's lineвЂ‘up. This is where you load, save and tweak sounds. The heart of Grand Pianos: the Program page. Can its successor improve on that legacy? Synthogy's Ivory piano library was met with enormous acclaim on its release.