Welcome to Pianissimo!
Thank you for using Pianissimo!
Pianissimo is a Virtual Grand Piano, delivering the rich, warm sound and expressiveness of a classic grand piano.
It operates as a VSTi plug-in, or runs as a stand-alone application.
Pianissimo uses a combination of sample playback and advanced physical modeling to create a stunning acoustic
grand piano sound. Starting with 250 MB of high quality samples of a Steinway™
Model D grand piano,
Pianissimo uses complex signal processing and programming to recreate the warmth, response, and playability of
a real grand piano. This warm, natural sound is then paired with a professional studio-quality reverb algorithm to
add the depth and ambiance of a real acoustic space. Add in modeled sympathetic resonance, incidental
mechanical hammer sounds, remarkable control over tone and velocity response, 256 voices of polyphony, and
incredibly low CPU usage, and Pianissimo might just be the best sounding, most playable virtual piano ever.
The VSTi will operate in any DAW with support for virtual instruments in the VSTi format, including Mixcraft™.
The Stand-Alone version supports any MIDI device, and any Wave, ASIO, or WaveRT device. It allows for two-
track recording, loading and saving of standard MIDI Type 1 files, and supports mixing down to WAV, MP3, WMA,
and Ogg Vorbis files.
Quick Start
Registration
Pianissimo Controls
Stand-Alone Host Controls
Important Sound Setup Information
Pianissimo is Designed And Programmed by Dan Goldstein.
rt by Rosalind Clarke.
Sample Programming by S. Christian Collins.
Copyrights & Trademarks
Pianissimo © 2008 Acoustica Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Pianissimo™ is a registered trademark of Acoustica™ Inc.
Steinway™ is a registered trademark of Steinway & Sons.
Neither Acoustica nor Pianissimo is affiliated with or endorsed by Steinway & Sons.
z.reverb by zplane.development.
Microsoft Windows Media Format © 2008 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
Many thanks to the LAME team for their work on the LAME encoder. See their website at mp3dev.org/mp3/
MPEG patent technology licensed by Thomson @ www.mp3licensing.com
OGG support © 2008, Xiph.Org Foundation
z Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
z Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation
and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
z Neither the name of the Xiph.org Foundation nor the names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this
software without specific prior written permission.
This software is provided by the copyright holders and contributors "as is" and any express or implied warranties, including, but not limited to, the implied
warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose are disclaimed. In no event shall the foundation or contributors be liable for any direct,
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