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We have been busy working on getting a new site ready called pianocompare.com. The change to a new CMS system will allow for better maintenance and administration to allow us to get more content more easily and quickly

PlayIvorys.com is not going away but you will find new demos at the other site along with all the demos from here. Drop by and register its free.

Thanks again for your patience we have been working to get this ready for you. Give us ideas of what you want to see on the site. We encourage all our Playivory supporters to support the new site and thank you for your help!!

Garritan Authorized Steinway

We are happy to announce that the Garritan Authorized Steinway Piano has been added to the demo playlist. Listen to this gorgeous piano, what a splendid addition for us musicians and piano lovers. Check out more details at www.garritan.com

Roland SRX-02 Demos Added

Roland SRX-02 Complete Piano Expansion
Many Thanks!! to Gerald Gonzales a member here for rendering a few demos of the Roland Complete Piano Expansion presets for us. This piano can be heard on the piano comparison page by locating it in the mp3 player.

Let us know what you think of the Premier presets by commenting in the forums.

Thanks again Gerald, way to go for a great addition to our comparisons!!

Ivory Italian Grand Demos

Synthogy Ivory Italian Grand Expansion Many Thanks!! to Llew a member here for rendering a few demos of some Ivory Italian Grand presets for us. This 18G+ library can be heard on the piano comparison page by locating it in the mp3 player.

Let us know what you think of this 10ft sample set by commenting in the forums.
Thanks again Llew way to go!!

TruePiano Saphire Module released

Check out the new Saphire Module just released for TruePianos

I have been playing the new Saphire module for a couple of days now and decided my next demo will feature this piano. It is very nice I like the soft play and been playing some holiday music with it so far. Try it for yourself with their demo download now available. Stayed tuned for more demos!

Thanks PlayIvorys

Demo6 has been started

Demo 6 was designed to demostrate some expressive playing in context to dynamics and soft play. This demo should show how a piano reponds to soft play with control. See the Piano Comparison page for more detail. You can find the demo in the playlist and more pianos will be rendered for this demo soon.

Keyboard Magazine reviews Pianoteq and Ivory's Italian Grand

Check out the current issue of keyboard magazine for a quick review of PianoTeq and also Ivory's Italian Grand

Piano Comparison Page Reformatted

Returning members and visitors you will notice that the Piano Comparison page has been reformatted. This reformat will allow for better readability while allowing the expansion of more pianos much easier. The noticable change is that demos and descriptions have now have their own page piano page. This allows us to dedicate an entire page to the expansion of demos for any piano. We appreciate you patience during these changes and hope you find the change eaiser to read. No actual demos have moved so any links from forums or external webpages should not be effected. Thanks PlayIvorys

TruePianos

Check out the new Piano VST Instrument called TruePianos

This blend of sampling and modeling technology from 4Front is definitely worth listening too on the Piano Compare page. Currently there are two models named after gems Emerald and Diamond with more on the way soon. Try it for yourself with their demo download now available. Stayed tuned for more demos!

Thanks PlayIvorys

Software 88 Article in October Edition of Electronic Musician

Check out the October Issue of Electronic Musician article by Charlie Otwell, Marshall Otwell and Len Sasso called Software Eighty-Eights. They discuss the playability of six VST Piano Products that include Art Vista Virtual Grand Piano, Best Service Galaxy Steinway 5.1, EastWest Bosendorfer 290, Native Instruments Akoustik Piano, Steinberg The Grand 2, and also Synthogy Ivory.