Ivory 3 American Concert D

Our highly acclaimed, Vintage 1951 Steinway Concert D Virtual Grand Piano comes to Ivory 3. The choice of great artists around the world now brilliantly realized through the power of the highly expressive Ivory 3 engine.

Upgrade to Ivory 3 American Concert D with a valid Ivory II American Concert D serial number beginning with SY-P7-
A Timeless Classic

In the exalted realm of great concert artists, there are precious few instruments that leave a lasting impression upon the masters who played them. Ivory 3 American Concert D is one of those instruments.

The Steinway & Sons Concert & Artist department chose this vintage 1951 New York Steinway D (CD 121) for Steinway artist promotion. Throughout the years, the instrument has been lauded by some of the world’s greatest concert artists. Indeed, the plate of the piano is signed by Glenn Gould, Rudolf Serkin, and many others, as a testament to high praise by these great masters.

Ivory 3 American Concert D is powered by the award-winning Ivory 3 RGB engine, with groundbreaking Continuous Velocity for smooth, seamless velocity-to-timbre on every piano strike. 4 stereo microphone positions provide exceptional presence and depth of field. The powerful on-board mixer enables a fine degree of control over the sound.

The results are simply remarkable. Synthogy's powerful Ivory 3 platform with one of our most beloved Concert Grands, captured in stunning detail. Ivory 3 American Concert D is truly an instrument for the ages.

About the Instrument

A Remarkable 1951 New York Steinway D

From the moment you put your hands on it, it’s not hard to see why. This 1951 New York Steinway D has an exceptionally clear and transparent sound, yet with a singing tone and mature beauty and resonance that can only be found on a concert instrument in this class.

Legendary Concert Piano Sound

Critically Acclaimed. Industry Standard. Few instruments have been as celebrated, few instruments have been as loved, or widely recorded and performed upon. That's why Ivory 3 American Concert D may be the most requested and anticipated release in our history. Experience the power and beauty of this prized concert instrument like never before.

Expertly Sampled at the Françoys-Bernier Concert Hall

The recording took place in the Françoys-Bernier Concert Hall at Le Domaine Forget in the Charlevoix region of Quebec, the same hall where Ivory's acclaimed German Steinway D was recorded.

Master concert technician Michel Pedneau restored this legendary instrument to its glory and prepared it for our session. Synthogy’s team brought their years of expertise to capture every detail of this amazing instrument.

RGB Engine
At the heart of Ivory 3 is our new Real-time Gradient Blending (RGB) Engine that provides the foundation for a new generation of expressive capabilities. RGB Engine behaves like modeling technology, yet maintains the complex, rich, and realistic sound of real-world recorded acoustic instruments.
Continuous Velocity

Continuous Velocity

Provides continuous velocity-to-timbre at every piano strike, a first for sample-based virtual instruments.

MIDI 2.0 Ready

MIDI 2.0 Ready

Ready NOW for MIDI 2.0 high resolution velocity, delivering all 65,536 timbre levels for each key.

Dynamic Shift

Dynamic Shift

Enjoy finer adjustment of velocity response with Dynamic Shift and Equal Energy controls.

Maximize Hardware

Maximize Hardware Capabilities

Take advantage of performance enhancements designed into the latest generations of computer hardware.

Multi-microphone

Expanded Multi-Microphone Control

Experience an expanded depth-of-field with high-resolution velocity controlling up to four microphone positions.

Hammer Strength

Hammer Strength

Hammer Strength changes the character of piano strikes from soft hammer to hard.

Product Features

Ivory 3 American Concert D is powered by our critically acclaimed, award-winning RGB Engine technology in the Ivory 3 platform. All of the features from Ivory 3 are present here, along with complete support and backward compatibility for Ivory II pianos and presets.

    Principle among these features is Ivory 3’s Continuous Velocity to Timbre. Gone are the limitations of velocity layers or levels. Continuous Velocity provides real-time velocity to timbre change at every attack velocity.

Watch the Ivory 3 American Concert D
What They're Saying

Stunning virtual piano instrument.

Nick Batzdorf
Synth and Software Magazine

The sound quality and responsiveness is… addictive. So controllable, delicate one moment and then so singing, commanding or even thunderous the next… Synthogy have got this dynamic response aspect spot on.

Robin Bigwood
Sound On Sound, UK

The RGB Engine is a powerful, expression-oriented new development.

Ratko Delorko
PianoNews, Germany

The innovative (RGB) engine combines the best aspects of sampling and Full Harmonic Modeling, resulting in a piano that feels and sounds incredibly authentic, truly capturing the essence of a real concert grand.

Michael Hodge
Worship Musician Magazine

Ivory 3 can do it all - and sound great doing it.

Jason Buchwald
Music Players

Conclusion: An excellent VI that is second to none.

Ratko Delorko
PianoNews, German

PC / Windows

Hardware Requirements

  • 8-Core 3.4 GHz Intel Core i7 (or AMD equivalent) recommended minimum. Some features can be adjusted or turned off to accommodate slower hardware or demanding projects
  • 16 GB RAM minimum, 32 GB RAM recommended
  • At least 38 GB of free hard drive space
  • Solid State Drive (SSD)
  • Internet connection for installation
  • Graphics screen size of at least 1354 x 990 for full view of the editor in some hosts
  • iLok key is optional

Software Requirements

  • Windows 10 release 1609 or newer, 64-bit only
  • Any VST v3 host, or
  • Pro Tools 11 or newer for AAX, or
  • The included Ivory 3 Cantabile application

Macintosh / OS X

Hardware Requirements

  • 8-Core Intel CPU minimum, Apple Silicon CPU recommended
  • 16 GB RAM minimum, 32 GB RAM recommended
  • At least 38 GB of free hard drive space
  • Solid State Hard Drive (SSD)
  • iLok key optional

Software Requirements

  • macOS 10.15 (Catalina) or newer
  • Any AU v2 host, or
  • Any VST v3 host, or
  • Pro Tools 2020.3 or newer for AAX, or
  • The included Ivory Standalone application

UI & DSP Engine

  • NEW: DSP Technology: Ivory + RGB Engine
  • NEW: All new GUI
  • NEW: Streamlined Intelligent Preset Browsing
  • NEW: Native Apple Silicon Support
  • Unified Interface
  • 38 GB Core Library
  • Near Unlimited Velocity Levels
  • Assignable MIDI Controls in the Ivory Standalone App
  • Backwards Compatibility with Ivory II Products
  • Dozens of User-Adjustable Presets

Response Control

  • NEW: Continuous Velocity
  • NEW: Real-time Gradient Blending (RGB) Engine
  • NEW: MIDI 2.0 Ready High-Resolution MIDI Velocity Response
  • NEW: Design & Global Velocity Curves
  • NEW: Fine User Control of High-Resolution Dynamic Color
  • Timbre Interpolation
  • Sample Interpolation Technology
  • Dynamic Shift
  • Dynamics Processing

Resonance Modeling

  • NEW: Enhanced Sympathetic String Resonance (Harmonic Resonance Modeling)
  • Soundboard Sustain Resonance

Microphone Control

  • NEW: 4 Microphone Positions
  • NEW: Microphone Polarity & Phase Delay

Layers

  • NEW: Enhanced Synth Layer Controls
  • NEW: 10 Total Synth Layers
  • NEW: FM E Piano Layer
  • NEW: String Section by AudioBro

Sound Sculpting Controls

  • NEW: Hammer Strength Adjust
  • Shimmer (unique control over sustain and decay)
  • Half-pedal Control / Half Pedaling
  • Lid Position Control
  • Stereo Width and Perspective Control
  • Timbre Shifting
  • User-editable Tuning Tables

Pedal Effects

  • Pedal Noise Enhancements
  • Realistic Damper Pedal Response
  • Real Release Samples
  • Real Soft Pedal Samples "Una Corda"

On-Board Effects

  • NEW: On-Board Mixing Desk
  • NEW: Insert FX
  • NEW: Channel/Bus Effects (Aux Send to Aux FX Bus)
  • NEW: FX - Middle-Side Processing
  • NEW: Fx - Compression
  • NEW: FX - Delay
  • FX - Chorus
  • FX - EQ
  • FX - Ambience
  • Parametric EQ