The Essential Uprights Collection. Ivory II Upright Pianos features a choice selection of Modern and Vintage Upright Pianos, paired with the powerful Ivory II engine for the most expressive range of tone color and personality.
The Award-winning features and technology that have made Ivory II the choice of industry professionals and reviewers all over the world comes to Ivory II Upright Pianos.
This classic collection of 4 Vertical Pianos now enjoys the full benefits of the powerful new Ivory II piano DSP engine, with Harmonic Resonance Modeling for true Sympathetic String Vibration.
With each of the 4 Upright Pianos boasting more velocity layers, pedal noise enhancements, half-pedaling, and more, Ivory II Uprights offers a more intimate and authentic playing and listening experience than ever before.
In addition to the new Ivory II features, the heart of this collection is the 4 superb Upright Pianos. Each piano was carefully chosen, and the classic instruments were selected after an exhaustive search among hundreds of vintage uprights.
Each of these authentic pianos is brimming with character and recorded with Synthogy's renowned and meticulous attention to detail to capture the unique personalities of these instruments.
Modern Upright - A brand new Yamaha ® U5 upright
Yamaha uprights are widely regarded as the best uprights built today. The model U5 is the top of their upright line. Expertly tuned and regulated, it is a great piano for a modern pop, rock or jazz recording. Many musicians and producers love the way this upright sits in a mix and adds personality to the music.
Vintage Upright - 1914 A.M. Hume upright
A big, American-made upright from the "golden age" of piano building, Hume pianos are highly regarded by knowledgeable piano technicians for their excellent build quality and resonant sound.
This particular instrument was chosen for its tremendous tone and its all-original parts, which were carefully maintained over the years. This classic vintage American upright is perfect for blues, rock, vintage jazz, or roots music, and yet versatile enough for virtually any style of music. Outstanding as a solo instrument or in the mix.
Honky Tonk, Barroom Upright - 1915 Packard Upright
Another big, old American upright with all original parts, though this instrument has enjoyed a more "colorful" life than the Hume.
This particular piano comes by its barroom sound authentically, having been the house piano at the famous Cheers bar in Boston for many years. Custom detuned in the genuine "honky tonk" style, this beauty has loads of smoky, scotch-and-soda character.
Genuine Tack Piano
A genuine, early 1900's, upright with real tacks in the hammers Like the Barroom Upright, this piano is the real deal, not a synthetic emulation. Custom prepared for our recording session with metal tacks inserted into the hammer felts, and "not perfectly" tuned, this instrument is a turn-of-the-century classic.
The Tack Piano is an authentic sound that continues to be used in everything from traditional period and roots music to classic pop and modern experimental rock.
All Ivory II products come with the award-winning Ivory 2.5 engine and contains the full complement of Ivory II’s features such as Harmonic Resonance Modeling, Half Pedaling, Lid Position, Pedal Noise, and Tuning Tables to provide even greater detail and control. Additionally, features like Timbre Shifting, Parametric EQ, and new Synth Layer controls offer powerful new sound sculpting capabilities for custom piano programming and sound design.
Ivory II Upright Pianos includes up to 18 discrete velocity levels with Sample Interpolation Technology for ultra-smooth velocity and note transitions.
Sustain Resonance was introduced in Ivory version 1 as a groundbreaking new technology to reproduce the complex interaction between strings, harp, and soundboard. It has since become an industry standard among Virtual Pianos.
Whether you're looking for a tight, clean response or want that extra saturated sustain, there are 11 different resonance styles to choose from.
Ivory II premiered with Sympathetic Resonance, yet another new resonance technology that does not rely upon triggering additional samples, ordinary sine waves, or recordings in any way. Rather, Sympathetic Resonance selectively reproduces the complex harmonically-related overtones common between notes that are struck and notes that are being held, in the same manner that undamped strings ring in a real acoustic piano. This brings an unprecedented level of realism.
Soft Pedal (Una Corda), Release Samples that are triggered by note length and velocity, Pedal Noise, Half-Pedaling response curve, Timbre Shift to add some real drama, Key Noise to adjust intimacy, Lid Position, Shimmer for some extra sparkle, User-editable Tuning Maps, Release time, EQ, Ambience, Chorus, Synth Layer... and more!
Whether you purchase a new Ivory 3 product or choose to update to Ivory 3 for free, this library will load seamlessly into the Ivory 3 engine while providing full backwards compatibility with your Ivory II projects. Ivory 3 supports newer hardware, adds an integrated Mix Desk with Compression, Delay, and M-S processing, and much more.
More authenticity? the Upright Pianos library uniquely offers "Creaks and Clunks" and "Random Creaks and Clunks" layers for that extra unexpected charm.
PC / Windows
Hardware Requirements
Minimum Hardware
- 2.0 GHz Quad-Core CPU
- 1.5 GB RAM
- 15 GB free hard drive space
- Hard drive speed of at least 7200 RPM
Recommended Hardware
- 2.4 GHz Quad-Core CPU
- 2 GB RAM
- 84 GB of free hard drive space
- iLok key optional with Ivory 2.5
Software Requirements
- Any AAX or VST 2.4 plug-in host, or the included Ivory Cantabile application.
- Windows 8/10 (32 or 64 bit)
Macintosh / OS X
Hardware Requirements
Minimum Hardware
- 2.0 GHz Quad-Core CPU
- 1.5 GB RAM
- 15 GB free hard drive space
- Hard drive speed of at least 7200 RPM
Recommended Hardware
- 2.4 GHz Quad-Core CPU
- 2 GB RAM
- 84 GB of free hard drive space
- iLok key optional with Ivory 2.5
Software Requirements
- Any AU, AAX, or VST 2.4 plug-in host, or the included Ivory Standalone application.
- Mac OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion) or newer
UI & DSP Engine
- Unified Interface
- DSP Engine: Ivory 2.5 Engine
- 84 GB Core Library
- Up to 16 Discrete Velocity Levels
- Assignable MIDI Controls in the Ivory Standalone App
- Dozens of User-Adjustable Presets
- Intelligent Preset Browsing
Response Control
- High-Resolution MIDI Velocity Response
- Timbre Interpolation
- Sample Interpolation Technology
- Session Velocity Curves
Resonance Modeling
- Sympathetic String Resonance (Harmonic Resonance Modeling)
- Soundboard Sustain Resonance
Microphone Control
- Single Stereo Microphone Position Control
Layers
- NEW: Creaks and Clunks Layer
- Synth Layer Controls
- Up to 10 Synth Layers
Sound Sculpting Controls
- Shimmer (unique control over sustain and decay)
- Half-pedal Control / Half Pedaling
- Lid Position Control
- Mechanical Key Noise Control
- Stereo Width and Perspective Control
- Timbre Shifting
- User-editable Tuning Tables
Pedal Effects
- Pedal Noise Enhancements
- Realistic Damper Pedal Response
- Real Release Samples
On-Board Effects
- FX - Chorus
- FX - EQ
- FX - Ambience
- Parametric EQ