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Breathtaking piano realism meets limitless creativity

Pianoverse combines the world’s finest concert-grade pianos with inspiring, cinematic effects to create an incredibly versatile piano instrument that can excel in any situation where a world-class piano sound is needed, from classical concerts to blockbuster movie soundtracks to live jazz performances.

Explore a breathtaking sonic range, from the most true-to-life acoustic piano experience to the wildest atmospheric and interactive creative textures, all in a single plug-in. And all with incredible ease of use and an inspiring workflow.

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  • The finest world-class pianos, meticulously tuned and recorded
  • Robot-assisted sampling for unparalleled accuracy and precision
  • Continuous pedal control for half-and catch-pedaling
  • Advanced controls like adjustable lid position, harp resonance, pedal and piano mallets noise
  • Multiple instrument and room microphone options
  • Studio-essential EQ, compression, limiting and stereo width
  • 30 revolutionary generative sound Spaces to explore
  • 12 high-end creative cinematic effects to tailor your sound
  • New All-access plan option

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PIANO/MASTER - Provides settings for the overall piano performance

PIANO/MASTER

Provides settings for the overall piano performance

PIANO/MODEL - Offers advanced controls for each piano’s physical attributes

PIANO/MODEL

Offers advanced controls for each piano’s physical attributes

SPACE - Takes you graphically to a choice of 30 sonic destinations

SPACE

Takes you graphically to a choice of 30 sonic destinations

MIX - Access mic, space and master channels with dedicated EQ, compression and more

MIX

Access mic, space and master channels with dedicated EQ, compression and more

EFFECTS - 3 further master effects slots drawing from 12 cinematic effects

EFFECTS

3 further master effects slots drawing from 12 cinematic effects

The world’s finest pianos in one instrument

Pianoverse offers the perfect piano sound for any genre, with superior results in every situation. IK’s team spent months sourcing treasured piano instruments from the most prestigious manufacturers including Yamaha, Steinway, Bösendorfer, Fazioli and more.

Each instrument was brought to one of Italy’s finest studios, hand-tuned and prepared, then sampled using multiple microphone setups and IK’s unique custom-built robotic system that allowed a degree of velocity measurement, sampling precision and repeatability that simply cannot be matched with traditional sampling workflows.

Picture composition of Yamaha, Steinway & Sons, Bösendorfer, Fazioli and Koch & Korselt pianos

Robot-assisted sampling for unmatched accuracy

Realism is one of the most important things we wanted to translate into the pianos of Pianoverse. Each piano has its own personality, in that it behaves in its own way, and this is particularly true for the dynamic response of the instrument.
A key has its own dynamic curve - the way it responds to varying velocity - and this curve is different for each key.
Only with a high-resolution, high-consistency sampling robot was possible to capture a detailed representation of the entire dynamics of the piano without flattening it or simplifying it too much, which is what necessarily happens with traditional sampling.

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Piano preparation (tuning)
Robot-assisted sampling of a Steinway & Sons piano

Using a mix of hardware technology, proprietary software, and the right dose of craftsmanship in-between, we designed a sampling robot comprised of an extremely precise and silent linear motor with an elastic actuator on top, made with a combination of rubber and 3D printed material, which had to sound like a human finger. The actuator is decoupled from the motor to prevent any shock from spreading to the robot structure and to simulate the aftertouch of a real finger.

Pianoverse robot mechanical draw

The control electronics consist of the motor’s dedicated drive, an advanced programmable logic controller system, as well as some custom electronics we had to design to make the actuation more silent and to send specific control signals to the software. This is where the commands from a computer are transformed into the electric power signals driving the linear motor.
All is connected to the control room computer where our proprietary recording software handles the whole thing, synchronizing actuation and recording. The software is designed to make sure we take all the necessary steps to capture the piano’s true sonic DNA.

Robotot-assisted sampling of a Steinway & Sons piano

The process starts with an articulated calibration that must be run for each piano before it is sampled. This is done to sense the dynamic of the instrument, gage the timbre variation, and check other characteristics of the piano. Once this is done, it helps the operator define the parameters for the sampling of that specific piano and to optimize them for maximum realism.

Piano calibration curves graph

Piano calibration curves

During the recording, the software monitors everything: it waits for the note tails to fade completely before stopping the recording, constantly checking the meters to avoid clipping, and it also detects potential unwanted noises during the recording. When the note is successfully sampled, it invites the operator to move the robot to the next key.

Striking each key with ultra-precise consistency carefully preserved the unique velocity curve and sonic DNA of each piano, resulting in a breathtakingly true-to-life performance.

Piano semples recording software

A powerful new performance engine

Our sound design team then used subtle techniques perfected over 2 decades of virtual instrument programming to bring these thousands of samples to life. Pianoverse’s groundbreaking new engine uses completely redesigned round robin, voice management and other techniques to deliver a seamlessly authentic experience.

Beyond inviting accuracy and sound

Pianoverse also shines with a unique combination of performance controls for both stage and studio work. To customize each piano’s sound, Pianoverse offers adjustable lid position, harp resonance, pedal noise or even the noise of the piano mallets, all things that are usually only available in modelled instruments.
And for live use, all three pedals offer continuous control, including half- and catch-pedaling and una corda, to deliver an unmatched performance experience. Whether for classical, jazz, pop, Latin or any other genre, Pianoverse always offers truly superior piano sound and feel.

Pianoverse Model GUI

Must-have studio processing

Pianoverse provide two sets of microphones per piano so the user can choose if they prefer a more modern and in-the-face sound, or a more classical sound. On top of that, for traditional sound-shaping and mixing, the Pianoverse engine also offers a comprehensive suite of must-have effects tools.
There’s selectable EQ and compression, each with multiple modes, for both instrument and room stereo microphone pairs. And a dedicated master channel offers EQ and a VCA-style limiter for final mastering polish, while a Stereo Width control quickly sets the width of the image ¬– and even reverses it from player perspective to audience perspective.

Pianoverse Mix GUI

Revolutionary generative Spaces to explore

Where other piano instruments end, Pianoverse is only getting started. Using a new generative reverberation engine, Pianoverse transports any of its concert-grade pianos to 30 sonic destinations, each with its own unique ambient sound. These go from traditional concert halls and studio spaces to less traditional ones like a warehouse or a vault, and otherworldly cinematic environments like iceberg, desert or even Mars!

Traditional spaces such as a club and cathedral are perfect for regular piano performances, but journey further afield to discover rich, interactive spaces that are perfect for all types of movie soundtracks. Each space uses unique sound generative techniques to create incredibly evocative soundscapes, inspiring your creativity at each step. Plus each space includes flexible controls to further shape your sound and create never-heard-before cinematic sounds and textures.

These immersive, inspiring sound design options deliver the most complete ambient sound-sculpting piano instrument ever.

Academy - A large, well-tuned warm, wooden room with quick, controlled reflections is the ideal starting place for your piano.

Academy

A large, well-tuned warm, wooden room with quick, controlled reflections is the ideal starting place for your piano.

Ballet Studio - A high-ceiling wooden studio space with one glass wall for a sharp reflection and long, warm decay.

Ballet Studio

A high-ceiling wooden studio space with one glass wall for a sharp reflection and long, warm decay.

Cathedral - A huge space of stone, marble, tile and glass with beautiful, complex reflections and a deep, long decay.

Cathedral

A huge space of stone, marble, tile and glass with beautiful, complex reflections and a deep, long decay.

Club - A tight, medium-sized space with a quick reflection from brick walls and fast diffusion from the room treatment.

Club

A tight, medium-sized space with a quick reflection from brick walls and fast diffusion from the room treatment.

Colosseum - An absolutely immense outdoor arena with a super long decay plus generated octaves above and below along with 4 user controls to further dial in the environment.

Colosseum

An absolutely immense outdoor arena with a super long decay plus generated octaves above and below along with 4 user controls to further dial in the environment.

Desert - A highly animated outdoor environment with rushing winds and sand particles along with 4 user controls to fine-tune the atmosphere.

Desert

A highly animated outdoor environment with rushing winds and sand particles along with 4 user controls to fine-tune the atmosphere.

Garage - A small, bright space with quick reflections and a super-fast decay.

Garage

A small, bright space with quick reflections and a super-fast decay.

Iceberg - A super lively outdoor environment with massively spacious decay along with 4 user controls to further fine-tune the Arctic experience.

Iceberg

A super lively outdoor environment with massively spacious decay along with 4 user controls to further fine-tune the Arctic experience.

Live Venue - A bright, large wooden hall with finely-tuned sustaining reflections and a medium-long decay.

Live Venue

A bright, large wooden hall with finely-tuned sustaining reflections and a medium-long decay.

Monastery 1 - A large stone space creates a long reflection with a medium-short decay for an instant sense of dimension while still maintaining control.

Monastery 1

A large stone space creates a long reflection with a medium-short decay for an instant sense of dimension while still maintaining control.

Monastery 2 - A longer, narrow stone space generates a series of long reflections ending with a medium-short decay for a very specific, moody environment.

Monastery 2

A longer, narrow stone space generates a series of long reflections ending with a medium-short decay for a very specific, moody environment.

Old Forest - The magic runs deep here with pitch-shifted echoes drifting into warm spaces within the rocks and trees. 4 user controls let you further craft the mystery.

Old Forest

The magic runs deep here with pitch-shifted echoes drifting into warm spaces within the rocks and trees. 4 user controls let you further craft the mystery.

Opera House - A large, bright hall with dense reflections and a long decay for instant drama and gravitas.

Opera House

A large, bright hall with dense reflections and a long decay for instant drama and gravitas.

Palace - A series of adjoining large rooms made of aged hard woods creates complex warm reflections with a medium-long decay.

Palace

A series of adjoining large rooms made of aged hard woods creates complex warm reflections with a medium-long decay.

Piano Booth - A small, treated recording booth with minimal ambience to add warmth and body.

Piano Booth

A small, treated recording booth with minimal ambience to add warmth and body.

Presbytery - The back corner of a stone church with stained-glass windows provides a warm, long reflection and medium-fast decay.

Presbytery

The back corner of a stone church with stained-glass windows provides a warm, long reflection and medium-fast decay.

Red Planet - Telemetry from the interplanetary probe is mixed in with this alien environment for a truly cinematic experience. 5 user controls allow let you further captain the mission.

Red Planet

Telemetry from the interplanetary probe is mixed in with this alien environment for a truly cinematic experience. 5 user controls allow let you further captain the mission.

Sanctuary - A large, well-tuned classical basilica mixes stone, wood and glass for a quick, bright initial reflection into a long, warm decay.

Sanctuary

A large, well-tuned classical basilica mixes stone, wood and glass for a quick, bright initial reflection into a long, warm decay.

Sea Floor - Explore the ever-compelling underwater depths with this cinematic environment. 5 user controls let you further navigate your dive experience.

Sea Floor

Explore the ever-compelling underwater depths with this cinematic environment. 5 user controls let you further navigate your dive experience.

Stone Chapel - A high ceiling in this medium-sized room creates a long reflection and medium-fast decay with a warm tone.

Stone Chapel

A high ceiling in this medium-sized room creates a long reflection and medium-fast decay with a warm tone.

Studio A - A medium-large wooden studio space with wall absorption creates a controlled dimension with a medium-fast decay.

Studio A

A medium-large wooden studio space with wall absorption creates a controlled dimension with a medium-fast decay.

Studio B - A small wooden studio space with wooden wall diffusers creates fast, medium-reflections in a controlled environment with a quick decay.

Studio B

A small wooden studio space with wooden wall diffusers creates fast, medium-reflections in a controlled environment with a quick decay.

Studio C - A large wooden recording booth with a higher ceiling has a longer pre-delay for a longer reflection with a warm, fast decay to add character and vibe.

Studio C

A large wooden recording booth with a higher ceiling has a longer pre-delay for a longer reflection with a warm, fast decay to add character and vibe.

The Mansion - Spirits and apparitions abound in this haunted, glitchy paranormal house on the hill. 5 user controls let you manage the madness.

The Mansion

Spirits and apparitions abound in this haunted, glitchy paranormal house on the hill. 5 user controls let you manage the madness.

Theater - A large, warm space hall with a raised soft wood stage and heavy velvet curtains and wall treatments generates a long initial reflection and a slow, dark decay.

Theater

A large, warm space hall with a raised soft wood stage and heavy velvet curtains and wall treatments generates a long initial reflection and a slow, dark decay.

Underground - Mind the gap as the sound travels down this dark, narrow tunnel with a medium-long decay.

Underground

Mind the gap as the sound travels down this dark, narrow tunnel with a medium-long decay.

Vault - A large stone chamber with a long initial reflection and a medium-fast warm decay.

Vault

A large stone chamber with a long initial reflection and a medium-fast warm decay.

Vintage Studio 1 - A large, bright room with standing baffles and diffusors cause the long initial reflections to trail off quickly.

Vintage Studio 1

A large, bright room with standing baffles and diffusors cause the long initial reflections to trail off quickly.

Vintage Studio 2 - Classic large recording room with wooden floor and high ceiling with warm, well-tuned reflections cycling into a medium-long decay.

Vintage Studio 2

Classic large recording room with wooden floor and high ceiling with warm, well-tuned reflections cycling into a medium-long decay.

Warehouse - A large, medium-dark space with multiple reflections building into a medium-length decay.

Warehouse

A large, medium-dark space with multiple reflections building into a medium-length decay.

Unique powerful creative effects

In addition to custom-created Spaces, Pianoverse also offers you 12 new creative effects to design your own sounds. These effects range from new cinematic spatial effects to must-have studio effects and can be inserted on 3 simultaneous slots: the first slot being a parallel send effect, while slots 2 and 3 are insert effects. Then, uniquely in Pianoverse effects, there are also 4 modulation sources – 2 envelopes and 2 LFOs – that may be assigned to various parameters in these 3 effects slots to further animate and move the sound and create extreme effects when desired.

All together these effects offer an arsenal of sound-sculpting tools that cannot be found in any other piano instrument.

Particles - A new advanced digital delay with pitch shifting and a complex, enveloping feedback path that can create everything from simple echoes to sci-fi stutters to sustaining clouds.

Particles

A new advanced digital delay with pitch shifting and a complex, enveloping feedback path that can create everything from simple echoes to sci-fi stutters to sustaining clouds.

ConvoMorph - A new reverb that can continuously morph between two convolution impulse responses, then modulated by an envelope, LFO or external controller like a modulation wheel or pedal for incredibly complex, evolving sounds.

ConvoMorph

A new reverb that can continuously morph between two convolution impulse responses, then modulated by an envelope, LFO or external controller like a modulation wheel or pedal for incredibly complex, evolving sounds.

Reelab - IK’s analog tape effect with separate control over wow and flutter, saturation and aging.

Reelab

IK’s analog tape effect with separate control over wow and flutter, saturation and aging.

Choral - A classic chorus effect based on a modulated delay line to simulate the sound of an ensemble.

Choral

A classic chorus effect based on a modulated delay line to simulate the sound of an ensemble.

Delay - A digital echo with adjustable feedback to create a sense of space and dimension or even to generate a rhythmic groove.

Delay

A digital echo with adjustable feedback to create a sense of space and dimension or even to generate a rhythmic groove.

Filter - A classic synthesizer filter with selectable slopes and modes that lets you filter down low frequencies, high frequencies or both low and high frequencies around the selected band.

Filter

A classic synthesizer filter with selectable slopes and modes that lets you filter down low frequencies, high frequencies or both low and high frequencies around the selected band.

Lo-Fi - This lets you create a less pure, vibey sound by reducing the bandwidth of the sound, adding distortion and narrowing the stereo image.

Lo-Fi

This lets you create a less pure, vibey sound by reducing the bandwidth of the sound, adding distortion and narrowing the stereo image.

Overdrive - This clips the waveform in the style of a typical guitar stompbox or amp to give the tone a more aggressive quality.

Overdrive

This clips the waveform in the style of a typical guitar stompbox or amp to give the tone a more aggressive quality.

Rephase - An analog-style phase shifter with selectable stages and variable feedback.

Rephase

An analog-style phase shifter with selectable stages and variable feedback.

Saturator-X - This effect models various beloved classic saturating hardware such as transformers and tubes.

Saturator-X

This effect models various beloved classic saturating hardware such as transformers and tubes.

Shimmer - A reverb effect combined with a pitch shifter that transposes the sound by as much as an octave either up or down. The pitch can also be modulated by an internal LFO.

Shimmer

A reverb effect combined with a pitch shifter that transposes the sound by as much as an octave either up or down. The pitch can also be modulated by an internal LFO.

Vintage Plate - Modeled after a hardware reverb unit to create the effect of spaces generated by a mechanical plate with additional controls for modulation (chorusing) of the reverb, an input high-pass filter to roll off low frequencies and an output low-pass filter to roll off high frequencies.

Vintage Plate

Modeled after a hardware reverb unit to create the effect of spaces generated by a mechanical plate with additional controls for modulation (chorusing) of the reverb, an input high-pass filter to roll off low frequencies and an output low-pass filter to roll off high frequencies.

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A series of 8 pianos

Pianoverse offers the widest sonic palette available in a single virtual instrument with an initial series of 8 remarkable instruments slated for release. You can start with one or more and add others later, endlessly discovering new inspiration as you need it. Or go for the All-access plan option and gain immediate access to all Pianoverse Pianos available now and those coming soon.

Pianoverse piano models:

Vintage Plate - Concert Grand YF3 (based on Yamaha CFIII) - <em>Available now</em>

Concert Grand YF3 (based on Yamaha CFIII) - Available now

Vintage Plate - Royal Upright Y5 (based on Yamaha U5 Professional Upright) - <em>Available now</em>

Royal Upright Y5 (based on Yamaha U5 Professional Upright) - Available now

Vintage Plate - Black Diamond B280 (based on Bösendorfer 280 Vienna Concert) - <em>Available now</em>

Black Diamond B280 (based on Bösendorfer 280 Vienna Concert) - Available now

Vintage Plate - NY Grand S274 (based on Steinway & Sons New York D-274) - <em>Available now</em>

NY Grand S274 (based on Steinway & Sons New York D-274) - Available now

Vintage Plate - Gran Concerto 278 (based on Fazioli F278) - <em>Available now</em>

Gran Concerto 278 (based on Fazioli F278) - Available now

Vintage Plate - Hamburg Grand S274 (based on Steinway & Sons Hamburg D-274) - <em>Coming soon</em>

Hamburg Grand S274 (based on Steinway & Sons Hamburg D-274) - Coming soon

Vintage Plate - Liberty Upright (based on Koch & Korselt Upright) - <em>Coming soon</em>

Liberty Upright (based on Koch & Korselt Upright) - Coming soon

Vintage Plate - Black Pearl B200 (based on Bösendorfer 200) - <em>Coming soon</em>

Black Pearl B200 (based on Bösendorfer 200) - Coming soon

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Pianoverse - Concert Grand YF3

Pianoverse instrument based on a 9’ Yamaha® CFIII concert grand piano.

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Pianoverse - Royal Upright Y5

Pianoverse instrument based on a modern Yamaha® U5 upright piano.

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Pianoverse - NY Grand S274

Pianoverse instrument based on a 9' Steinway & Sons New York D-274 concert grand piano.

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Pianoverse - Black Diamond B280

Pianoverse instrument based on a 9' Bösendorfer 280 Vienna Concert grand piano.

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Pianoverse - Gran Concerto 278

Pianoverse instrument based on a 9.5' Fazioli F278 concert grand piano.

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Pianoverse - Hamburg Grand S274

Pianoverse instrument based on a 9' Steinway & Sons Hamburg D-274 concert grand piano.

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Pianoverse - Black Pearl B200

Pianoverse instrument based on a Bösendorfer 200 piano.

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Pianoverse - Liberty Upright

Pianoverse instrument based on a Koch & Korselt Upright piano.

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