Steinway D Platinum: Concert Grand Piano Plugin by EastWest Sounds

Each piano in the library includes eight articulations: sustain, sustain with pedal, repetitions, repetitions with pedal, soft pedal, soft pedal with sustain pedal, staccato and release trails. Sustain and sustain-with-pedal layers offer 10 to 18 velocities per note, while repetitions and their pedal versions use 8 to 12 velocities. Soft pedal layers have 5 to 8 velocities, and staccato has 16 velocities on every piano.

Repetition samples were taken from performances at 180 BPM, so fast repeated notes are recorded as true repetitions rather than alternate takes. The software detects these true repetitions during playback. Pedal resonance is recorded for every note at multiple velocities, including with the soft pedal down, and release samples use a software envelope follower.

Stereo swap and mic position mixing are handled in software, so you can adjust the stereo image and the balance between microphone positions without re-recording. A lid position simulation lets you change how the instrument sounds with the lid open or closed.

An articulation matrix makes loading quick and straightforward. The plugin uses a streaming engine that the developer describes as the most powerful available, with high polyphony counts for dense passages.