Musical Arts School
High-end optimized piano studio technology
for live playing and practicing
| Live version | Studio version (just the differences) | |
|---|---|---|
| Recordings | Imperfect + Perfect | |
| Mics | Live | Player, Internal, Hammer, Close, Room |
| Velocity layers | 22 layers | |
| Separate pedal down Samples | 22 layers | |
| Performance | Without dropouts and all features playable with the audio interface set to 128 samples (with recommended hardware) | |
| Pedal modes | Half-pedal + Re-Pedaling | |
| Release Samples | 22 layers + 22 layers adaptive staccato | |
| Sample processing | Mixed and AI-optimised for a natural piano sound in the player's sitting position (balanced spectrum, removed resonances, increased warmth and clarity) | unprocessed high-quality recordings |
| Sympathetic Resonance | Sample-based | |
| Size | lossless FLAC compression | |
| Velocity Curve |
Precisely measured presets for popular devices (natural touch with wide dynamic range, up to Δ 55dB) |
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| Round Robins | 2x 22 layers | |
| Silent key samples | ||
| Noises | Pedals + Mechanics (optional) | |
| FX Samples | ||
| Una Corda Samples | 22 layers | |
| Repetition Strike Samples | 22 layers | |
| Sostenuto pedal | ||
| Tuning | Transpose + Scala presets (Equal Temperament, Well-Tempered, ...) + Tuning presets (International 440, European 442, ...) | |
| Reverb | Sforzando Player presets | |
| Effects | ||
| Formats | Free Plogue sforzando player (SFZ, open standard, free as in free me from proprietary formats) | |
| Graphical user interface | Sforzando standard UI (in order to be able to create a fancy user interface, Plogue would first have to accept the Musical Arts School as an OEM partner) |