NAMM 2006Synthogy announces Fazioli add-on for Ivory

Synthogy has announced the upcoming release of an all-new expansion for their Ivory Grand Piano virtual instrument. The Fazioli Concert Grand sample pack is a new sample-set that installs directly into Ivory, providing a fourth "world-class" concert grand piano to Ivory's collection of Bösendorfer, German Steinway, and Yamaha C7 pianos.

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The Fazioli F-308 10 foot concert grand was "expertly regulated and recorded at the famed SUNY Purchase concert hall in New York using Class-A equipment". Twelve velocity layers are included in the sample pack, as well as soft pedal samples and release samples at multiple time and velocity levels. The Fazioli collection alone will contain 2000 samples with the goal of creating a realistic and gratifying musical experience at the highest possible level.

The Fazioli sample pack will be offered as a separate add-on volume that installs into Ivory, providing a new set of programs and key-sets that will appear within the Ivory user interface. It will be shipped on DVD and offered at an SRP of $139. It is expected to be released in Q2 of 2006.

Also in Q2, Synthogy has announced that a Stand-Alone version of Ivory will be made available as a free upgrade to registered users.