GSi MrRay73 Mark II v.2.0.3 VSTi
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MrRay73 Mark II is a digital simulation of the famous american electro-
mechanical piano of the seventies, invented during World War II by a
music teacher, Harold B. Rhodes (1910 - 2000), and widely used in almost
all musical genres ranging from soul/black music to jazz, blues, modern
and pop. This instrument has rapidly become a legend, and is still used
today, altough samples have replaced the real thing so that very often
music producers use huge sample libraries or hardware keyboards /
workstations to achieve this kind of sonority, and often the result is a
cold and 'dead' sound, with no vitality, no warmth, nothing that even
compares to the unpredictability and genuineness of the real thing.
In 2007 an enterprising and far-seeing american businessman has started
a new Company with the aim to re-manufacture the piano using the same
recipe of the old factory, employing the same ingredients and offering
the same "taste" of the vintage instrument. The new "Mark 7" piano was
presented at the NAMM show and it was a big success. It's on the market
again, after about 20 years, with the same name, same "soul" but largely
improved under many important technical aspects.
In a similar manner, MrRay73 Mark II is the second version of MrRay73,
after two years from its introduction to the public, but with a huge
difference in sound and functionality. While the old MrRay73 was one of
the first successfull simulations of such an instrument, capable of
offering similar vitality, warmth and richness of the real thing, the
new "Mark II" version brings many new improvements, first of all for
what concerns "THE SOUND".
As opposite to sample libraries, a real-time reproduction of a certain
sound has the ability to interact with the musician, producing different
behaviours from time to time. Hardly you will hear exactly the same
"waveform" twice. MrRay73 Mark II is a complete digital reproduction of
the real instrument, with all the moving parts that, together, generate
to the sound.
Summary of the main features:
- Full Polyphony (73 notes E - E)
- No note-stealing
- Adjustable single sound elements (metal, wood, pedal and damper noises)
- Sympathetic resonance and harp vibration
- Sustain pedal re-pedaling feature
- Six-stage vintage style Phaser effect
- Dual mode Tremolo effect
- Power amp simulation (Suitcase model)
- Adjustable wear of mallets and other elements (Piano Age)
- Stretch tuning or Equal Temperament
- Four velocity curves plus an adjustable "Dynamic range" level
- Fully Midi controllable with MIDI-Learn function
- Very Low CPU and memory usage
Some details about the sound generation:
- Full Polyphony & No note-stealing: on the real vintage instrument
you have a single "generator" (called "tone-bar") for each single key,
so when you hit a key, the corresponding tine is put into vibration
thus producing the sound. When you hit it again holding your foot on
the sustain pedal, you add further energy to the vibrating tine, but
depending on the relationship of the tine and the hammer-tip, you can
either add or remove energy with each key press. This causes subtle
variations with each note played.
- Sympathetic resonance and harp vibration: when you hold the sustain
pedal, all damper felts leave the tines, so they all are free to
vibrate, but if you hit a single note, the surrounding tines also get
part of the mallet's energy and produce a slight vibration. Also, when
the sound of a note decays completely but you are still holding the
key down, playing other notes may introduce what's known as
"sympathetic resonance". This is more evident on a classic piano, less
audible on the electric piano but still there. Part of the vibrations
is spread along the whole harp and captured by all pickups, giving the
overall tone a more "alive" sensation.
- Sustain pedal re-pedaling feature: when you're playing holding the
sustain pedal down, you may release it and depress it again immediately.
In this case, the dampers don't stop the tines completely, but still
leave a residual vibration. Sometimes, the dampers can even introduce a
further energy as if they were "picking" the tines.
- Six-stage vintage style Phaser effect: MrRay73 Mark II also includes a
phaser effect. It is modeled after a vintage stomp box of the sixties,
sold in Europe under the name "Maestro PS-1". It was a 6-stage phase
shifter, one of the first effects of this kind, with a deep and "liquid"
tone.
- Dual mode Tremolo effect: the tremolo effect is an essential element
of the classic Electric Piano sound of the seventies. In MrRay73 Mark II
you can have the effect of the classical analogue tremolo driven by the
photo-coupler element which gives you the smooth passage from one channel
to the other. As an alternative, you can have the monophonic vibrato like
the one found on the classic "Tweed" guitar amplifiers.
- Power amp simulation (Suitcase model): MrRay73 Mark II has a built-in
FET power amplifier simulation with three degrees of "power", to bring
you the classic tone of the famous "Suitcase" electric piano models.
Turning on the simulation, you'll hear a darker tone with a punchy low-
end, a slappy attack and a slight saturation on the high-end.
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