Virtual Music Libraries For Professionals

Standard sampled piano sounds are always static with no interaction between the strings while playing, but the NEO Hybrid Modeling Engine forges these ethereal harmonic changes, generating subtle resonances based on which notes are being played at any given moment. The NEO Hybrid Modeling Engine is always changing, always reproducing this interaction between strings, giving it a living, breathing sound, creating a real instrument with its own soul.

The NEO Hybrid Modeling Engine achieves this realistic and authentic sound by using physical modeling to shape the sound's "skeleton" and then maps it to a series of harmonic components in real time to provide the resonance between the strings and the sound of the piano "box". IR and Convolution Reverb provide for a sense of realism essential to the live sound. Too often, reverb is added as a gloss to emulate playing in some sort of cavern, but here the reverb is replicating the reverb that occurs inside of a large vibrating instrument. (You can add your cavern playing on top of this essential sound if you need to!)

All of this number crunching can put a serious load on your computer. That's the real magic in Sound Magic. Literally hundreds of tricks are included behind the scenes - the pre-rendering of samples for example - to lower the CPU demand. You don't need a super computer to create an authentic, living piano sound - we've done the magic behind the scenes so you can create your own magic with your current computer - on stage or in the studio!

The NEO Hybrid Modeling Engine gives you absolute control over every aspect of a piano - you can even design your own piano! There are nearly 40 controls waiting for you to tweak! Some of you just HAVE to dial up the hammer hardness and velocity, play with the dynamic response, even control the interaction between different strings. Not a tweaker? Right out of the box, there are 16 preset modules to choose from letting you jump into your choice of pianos right now!

The latest version of the NEO Hybrid Modeling Engine is 60% faster than our previous engine. Couple this speed with our Sound Magic (extremely low CPU usage and low latency) and you've got the ideal piano for live performance and other heavy duty jobs.

But really, as spectacular as the sound is, as efficient as the Engine is, as friendly as the computer load is, the real Magic comes from the touch! Some sampled pianos will suddenly glitch or pop with hard playing - you won't experience this playing the Supreme Piano 2 with our NEO Hybrid Modeling Engine. Has your current piano ever lagged behind, unable to keep up with your flashing fingers or those quirky sparks of inspiration that drive your music? This simply will never happen on a piano using the NEO Hybrid Modeling Engine. The behind the scenes alchemy provided by our NEO Hybrid Modeling Engine makes worries about latency or velocity curves or the thousand and one parameters that you, as a musician, simply should NOT have to worry about, a thing of the past. We've got the technical magic covered, you've got the freedom to make your own Sound Magic!