Ivory 3 American Concert D - Grand Piano

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. The plate of the piano itself 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 fine levels of control over the sound.

The Ivory 3 engine is also MIDI 2.0 ready with support of MIDI 2.0 high resolution velocity. 65,536 velocity-to-timbre levels are manifested in real-time by the RGB engine, opening the door to new possibilities of musical expression with extremely fine degrees of tone color.

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.

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. Whether your controller is sending 127 values of MIDI 1.0 velocity, 16,384 values with MIDI (CC88) Velocity Extension, or 65,536 values of velocity with MIDI 2.0 16 bit Hi-Resolution velocity, Ivory 3’s Continuous Velocity feature provides endlessly smooth velocity to timbre change for each value sent. In musical terms, this translates to limitless degrees of tone color!

RGB Engine: The Heart of Ivory 3

Ivory 3 builds upon Synthogy's critically acclaimed, award-winning technology of Ivory II. All of the features from Ivory II have been carried forward into their new platform, along with complete support and compatibility for Ivory II pianos and presets. However, the heart of the Ivory engine has been replaced with Synthogy's proprietary RGB technology. The RGB Engine (Real-time Gradient Blending) is Ivory 3’s new real-time playback and DSP technology that provides unprecedented expressive capabilities and stunningly realistic sound. Custom designed by Synthogy DSP guru, George Taylor to be innovative, extensible and flexible, Synthogy’s RGB engine provides the foundation for a powerful new generation of real-time audio platforms.

The RGB Engine powers such new features as Continuous Velocity, which means real-time velocity to timbre on every piano strike. No more discrete velocity levels! Dynamic Shift provides fine control over your Hi-Resolution velocity to timbre response. Hammer Strength changes the character of piano strikes from soft hammer to hard. Enhanced Sympathetic Resonance and Sustain Resonance brings Ivory II's Harmonic Resonance Modeling to a new level, with more harmonic overtones and dynamic control.

Additional Features

Ivory 3's new platform architecture also includes Multiple Microphone Perspectives, with multiple close, mid/side and ambient perspectives available. Each Stereo Microphone set is loaded and ready at the touch of a button, and each Mic may be routed, mixed and processed in real-time through Ivory 3's new mixing desk.

Ivory 3 also includes New Synth Layers including a beautiful Ensemble Strings sample by Audio Bro. Additional Synth Layer features such as Envelope Attack control have been added to the Synth Layer section as well as a dedicated channel of the mixer for processing the Synth Layer with the full complement of channel mixing and effects.  

All of these features are accessible through Ivory 3’s All New Graphical User Interface. The Ivory 3 GUI has been elegantly redesigned from the ground up. The focus has been to create an interface that is fun and easy to use while providing logical and ergonomic access to the tremendous power in the Ivory 3 engine.

Powerful, Custom On-Board Mixing Desk: Each Stereo Channel in Ivory 3's Mix Desk has its own Trim, Gain, Polarity invert, 3 band EQ, Compression, Ambience, Chorus/Delay, Balance, M/S processing, Bus sends, plus multiple signal paths for parallel processing and more!

Ivory 3 also provides a new, simplified Preset structure that makes it easier to save and recall your custom presets. What were once separate presets for Programs, Effects, and Sessions in Ivory 2 have now been incorporated into the single Design Preset. At the same time, the Ivory 3 engine will support all of your old Ivory II presets and libraries for full backwards compatibility!

Highlights of Ivory 3 American Concert D:

• Remastered recordings of an exceptional Vintage 1951 Steinway® Concert D Grand Piano
• Includes the all-new Ivory 3 piano engine 
• Continuous Velocity to Timbre for limitless degrees of tone color. No more discrete velocity levels!
• MIDI 2.0 Ready whether your controller is sending 127 values of MIDI 1.0 velocity, 16,384 values with MIDI (CC88) Velocity Extension, or 65,536 values of velocity with MIDI 2.0 16-bit 
• The RGB Engine, a new real-time playback and DSP technology that provides unprecedented expressive capabilities and stunningly realistic sound
• Dynamic Shift provides fine control over your Hi-Resolution velocity to timbre response
• Hammer Strength changes the character of piano strikes from soft hammer to hard
• Enhanced Sympathetic Resonance and Sustain Resonance is Harmonic Resonance Modeling evolved, with more harmonic overtones and dynamic control
• Multiple Microphone Perspectives, with multiple close, mid/side, and ambient perspectives available 
• On-Board Mixing Desk: Each Stereo Channel has its own Trim, Gain, Polarity invert, 3 band EQ, Compression, Ambience, Chorus/Delay, Balance, M/S processing, Bus sends, plus multiple signal paths for parallel processing, and more!
• New Synth Layers including a beautiful Ensemble Strings sample by Audio Bro
• All New Graphical User Interface. The Ivory 3 GUI has been elegantly redesigned from the ground up
• Simplified Preset structure that makes it easier to save and recall your custom presets. What were once separate presets for Programs, Effects, and Sessions in Ivory 2 have now been incorporated into the single Design Preset
• Support for Ivory II presets and libraries for full backwards compatibility. Existing Ivory II owners will find that it installs quite readily into their current library. All of their previous Ivory II libraries, presets and projects will open within the Ivory 3 engine and environment. 

Ivory 3 Frequently Asked Questions

Q: I already own Ivory II, what is the upgrade path?
A: Owners of Ivory II - American Concert D may upgrade to Ivory 3 American Concert D.
Please go to synthogy.com to see if you are eligible for an upgrade.  

Q: Is there a boxed version available?
A: No, Ivory 3 American Concert D is only available as a download.

Q: I purchased Ivory 3 before realizing I am entitled to an upgrade, what can I do?
A: Please contact us here so that we may resolve your issue.