Abbey Road Studio One currently houses a 72-channel Neve 88 RS console, an array of the finest microphones available and of course the studio employs the very best recording engineers. Studio One is the largest of the Abbey Road recording spaces with a reverb time of 2.3 seconds offering both warmth and clarity – ideal for recordings whether full orchestras or solo piano. Abbey Road Studios opened in 1931 and has been the location of numerous landmark recording in all fields of music. This is one of the finest orchestral studios in the world and built to accommodate a 110-piece orchestra and 100-strong choir simultaneously. The second important distinguishing feature of this product is that the CFX Grand was recorded in Studio One of the world famous Abbey Road Studios. It is refreshing therefore that the new Garritan product is based on a different piano and not just yet another Steinway. In addition the powerful bass and tonal richness throughout the registers is able to project over the sound of a full symphony orchestra even in the largest halls. This piano is designed to produce a wide palette of tonal colours and the greatest expressive nuance. Late in 2007 the Yamaha Corporation also acquired ownership of the world-famous Bösendorfer piano company and it is quite possible that some of this additional expertise has also influenced the development of the Yamaha CFX. Since its launch, the CFX has won widespread acclaim and is entirely hand-built by a small team of skilled craftsmen utilising the finest materials available and represents the culmination of nearly 20 years of development to build the finest of concert pianos. Well, firstly the choice of piano here is Yamaha’s newly developed CFX nine foot concert grand. So you might well ask why would Gary Garritan decide to produce yet another sampled piano and what might mark it out as distinctive from all the others currently available? It is a great time at present for pianists as there are so many high quality sampled piano products competing for our attention and we can choose a Bösendorfer or Fazioli and of course there are numerous versions of Steinway pianos to entice us. Over the last couple of years, professional pianist and long-time friend of Time+Space, Tony Cliff, has been generous in spending some time sharing his thoughts and opinions on the virtual pianos that we sell, with Synthogy’s Ivory II pianos and Toontrack’s EZkeys both reviewed by him for the Time+Space blog.įollowing the release of the Garritan Abbey Road Studios CFX Concert Grand a few months ago, we approached Tony to ask for his verdict on this latest virtual piano and he has kindly obliged with the following review.
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