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Best Service anounces Galaxy 2

Monday, July 16, 2007 | Printer Friendly Printer Friendly

Best Service has announced the imminent release of Galaxy II - Grand Piano Collection, the successor to Galaxy Steinway 5.1, extended with the Vienna Grand Imperial and the 1929 German Baby Grand. It is now powered by the Native Instruments Kontakt 2 engine with a specially designed user interface, allowing simple, but flexible sound configuration and creative sound design.

Galaxy II - Grand Piano Collection was recorded at Galaxy Studios and Hansahaus Studios using high end and vintage microphones by Brauner, Neumann and Bruel&Kjaer and state-of-the-art equipment by Neve, SSL, Focusrite and Digidesign.

Facts and features:
  • Galaxy Steinway 5.1 (Steinway D in Real Surround and Stereo).
  • Vienna Grand Imperial (96 key Boesendorfer with incredible low end).
  • 1929 German Baby Grand (vintage Bluethner with a beautiful, singing tone).
  • More than 6000 samples in 24 Bit.
  • Up to 13 velocity zones for a wide and smooth dynamic range.
  • Real sustain resonance and release with multiple velocity.
  • Real Una Corda Samples (Soft Pedal).
  • Sympathetic String Resonance with real overtones.
  • Adjustable Hammer –, Pedal-, Damper- and String noises.
  • Sostenuto and Redamper.
  • Specially designed user interface.
  • integrated Help-Window.
  • Direct control of all important functions in the main menu.
  • Detailed editing in 10 special menus.
  • One-button control of tone colour, warmth, low end, loudness and dynamics.
  • Adjustable Stereo width and position.
  • Flexible and easy to use velocity editor.
  • Specially designed compressor for typical pop-piano sounds.
  • Warp-section with 4 FX-machines for drastic sound design.
  • Pad machine for generating spheric and atmospheric synth pads.
  • Convolution-reverb with lots of rooms, halls and ambiences.

    Galaxy II - Grand Piano Collection, priced at $299.95, will be released this month. Powered by Kontakt 2 Player it will be available for Windows and Mac OS X Universal Binary in VST, AU, DX, RTAS and stand-alone formats. Upgrade options for Galaxy Steinway 5.1 users will be available ($119.00).


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