Magnolia Studio Grand
A vintage Steinway grand piano, recorded in an intimate performance hall.
US$49
Hear Magnolia Studio Grand In Action
- Rhapsody in Blue Andrew Aversa
- Promise Akira Yamaoka (Arranged by DanFourts)
- Piano Sonata No. 30 Op 109 Mvmt. 2 Beethoven (Arranged by Michael Hoffmann)
- Guren no Yumiya (Attack On Titan) Linked Horizon (Arranged by Animenz and Jason Pai)
- Yellow Bloom Vae Song
- Cursed Shinshu Field Masami Ueda (Arranged by Tremendouz)
- Seaside Fantasies Jon R. Mohr
- The White Pearl Andreas Martin Wimmer
- Promise (Library Only) Akira Yamaoka (Arranged by DanFourts)
- Yellow Bloom (Library Only) Vae Song
- The White Pearl (Library Only) Andreas Martin Wimmer
Reviews
Simon Franglen
Titanic, Skyfall, Spectre, Avatar, Avatar: The Way of Water
Impact Soundworks make detailed, emotive instruments. I’ve happily bought over two dozen of their libraries which should say everything. They get used every day.
Mark Portmann
Ariana Grande, Luis Fonsi, Celine Dion, Quincy Jones
"[ISW]'s instruments consistently deliver the sound, feel, and reliability I need to do my best work. Thank you for raising the bar and making tools that inspire."
Neal Acree
World of WarCraft, Diablo III, StarCraft II, Overwatch
"Impact Soundworks has some of the most creative and innovative libraries out there. From world instruments to the insanely deep sampled Shreddage guitar series the Impact catalog is full of must-haves and unexpected and inspiring surprises. Highly recommended!
Stewart Winter
Co-founder, VideoHelper
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Brian Pickett
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Richard Jacques
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"I'm a huge fan of the Ventus Winds series. They feature rare instruments deep-sampled to an incredibly high level of detail. It's so liberating to have such a wide range of articulations & phrases that perfectly capture the nuances and performance style of these instruments... from beautiful to haunting, celebratory to sorrowful. Each is expertly recorded and the sound quality is superb, sitting in the mix with ease. If you want to add authentic world winds to your palette, then look no further."
Kevin Manthei
Angry Birds Mystery Island, Marvel’s Spider-Man, Villainous, Neverwinter, Star Trek Online
"ISW creates some of the most inspiring & realistic guitar sample libraries. I had to write a bunch of really gritty, angry heavy metal & sports action rock cues. I used Shreddage 3 Serpent for leads and was blown away by its onboard processing, programming, and amazing live-sounding leads. I also created a signature sound based on the lead guitar in David Lynch's Twin Peaks series, originally played on baritone guitar. [Serpent] built a convincing replica of that sound just using on-board FX. It was so fun and easy to do!"
Audio Demos
- Rhapsody in Blue Andrew Aversa
- Promise Akira Yamaoka (Arranged by DanFourts)
- Piano Sonata No. 30 Op 109 Mvmt. 2 Beethoven (Arranged by Michael Hoffmann)
- Guren no Yumiya (Attack On Titan) Linked Horizon (Arranged by Animenz and Jason Pai)
- Yellow Bloom Vae Song
- Cursed Shinshu Field Masami Ueda (Arranged by Tremendouz)
- Seaside Fantasies Jon R. Mohr
- The White Pearl Andreas Martin Wimmer
- Promise (Library Only) Akira Yamaoka (Arranged by DanFourts)
- Yellow Bloom (Library Only) Vae Song
- The White Pearl (Library Only) Andreas Martin Wimmer
Overview
A classic Steinway Model L with a uniquely warm, textured tone that sings out in a world-class concert hall. Every nuance of its intimate musicality has been meticulously captured, edited, and virtually recreated with unparalleled precision. From classical works to scoring, jazz, pop, and more, this Steinway is a staple for concert pianists to keep at home, and Magnolia Studio Grand is about to become a staple of your composition work.
Product Info
Steinway Model L recorded in a world-class concert hall
The beloved “living room grand” chosen as a home instrument by countless acclaimed pianists. Recorded with close and room mic perspectives.
Seamless, continuous dynamics
7 dynamic (velocity) layers per chromatically-sampled note, with our custom SpectralFusion DSP providing an additional 6 intermediate recorded layers for optimal smoothness.
Perfectly mix-ready out of the box
We captured the piano with a wide range of mics and perspectives, then carefully mixed these into the most distinct and useful channels: Close and Room.
Lifelike performance details
Each note is hand-edited to preserve the most pristine and natural hammer-on-string attack, with equally detailed release samples that breathe life into MIDI notes.
Exhaustively sampled
4,800+ samples provided in 16 and 24-bit fidelity, recorded chromatically (all 88 keys) with damper pedal-up and down. Sustain lengths from 2 seconds (highest notes) to 20 seconds (lowest notes).
21 inspiring snapshots
From naturalistic “out-of-the-box” pop and classical setups to cinematic, emotional, lo-fi, and ambient tones.
Features
Elegant and powerful UI
Individual mic editing
Customizable key response
Special editing for each individual key
Alternate tuning support
Requirements
8GB of disk space
7200RPM hard drive or solid state drive recommended.
8GB of RAM minimum
Higher amounts of memory let you load more instruments. 8GB is the required minimum for Kontakt Player 7. Magnolia uses no more than 1GB.
Kontakt Player 7.10.7+
This library will run in the FREE Kontakt Player.
Kontakt Requirements - Mac OS
Intel Macs (i5 or higher): macOS 10.14, 10.15, 11 or 12 (latest update).
Apple Silicon Macs (via Rosetta 2 & natively on ARM in Standalone or in hosts that support it): macOS 11 or 12 (latest update)
Kontakt Requirements - Windows
Windows 7, Windows 8, or Windows 10 (latest Service Pack, 32/64-bit). Intel Core i5 or equivalent CPU. Graphics hardware support for OpenGL 2.1 or higher. Windows 10 strongly recommended.
Tutorials
Magnolia Studio Grand vs Camellia Concert Grand sound demonstration
Walkthrough & Demonstration
Featured Artists & Composers
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Simon Franglen
Titanic, Skyfall, Spectre, Avatar, Avatar: The Way of Water
Impact Soundworks make detailed, emotive instruments. I’ve happily bought over two dozen of their libraries which should say everything. They get used every day.
The legendary Steinway Model L has been a staple of classical pianists for over a century. But every individual piano is as unique as a human voice, and we fell in love with this one the moment we heard it. This particular instrument has been lovingly, expertly maintained over the duration of its life, and we captured every detail with unparalleled precision. The combination of the instrument’s intimate nuance and the presence of the recording hall is unique and, we think, highly inspiring.
Magnolia Studio Grand, like Camellia Concert Grand, began life as an R&D project to test a new recording technique. When we heard the sound of what we had created, though, we felt we needed to put this in your hands as an affordable, beautiful, and truly playable instrument. We love the end result, and we hope you will, too.
To deliver the most consistent performance across all 88 keys, we used a human-supervised machine to press the piano keys at precise speeds, guaranteeing identical velocities at each dynamic level. From there, our exclusive SpectralFusion technology seamlessly blends between velocities for a new level of nuance and control. This allows us to avoid imperfection and mechanical limitations, resulting in a playground ready to be brought to life by your human creativity.
Originally from 1903, the Steinway Model L shocked professionals around the world with its rich, robust sound and quickly became known as the “living room grand.” Packing the warm, resonant tones of a Steinway into a smaller frame, it quickly became a beloved go-to home piano for concert pianists who needed the responsiveness and power of an artisanal instrument at home.
This classic was discontinued in 2005 and replaced with the Model O. But the Model L’s layered, powerful sound makes it a sought-after instrument even today. Most Model Ls were built in New York, and they are emblematic of Steinway’s “classical New York sound.”
Perfect for concert hall works, jazz sessions, pop, jazz, and more, this Steinway’s rich tone has made it a versatile, cross-genre powerhouse, and now that versatility is yours.