Garritan - Abbey Road Studios CFX Lite

We placed the awe-inspiring Yamaha CFX Concert Grand Piano in Abbey Road Studio One, where award-winning engineers used the world’s greatest microphones and equipment to create a stunning virtual instrument library. The resulting product, the CFX Concert Grand, set new standards for virtual pianos.

The CFX Lite is a subset of the CFX Concert Grand that retains all of the expressive detail of the original by providing the full power of the Close Classic mic perspective. Today you can download stellar piano sounds at an affordable price.

Special Features

These new features, not found in the original CFX Concert Grand, are available today in CFX Lite (as well as the CFX Concert Grand update for Mac and Windows).

Timbre Effect

To produce this effect, the CFX Lite uses a higher or lower sample than the pitch you play (depending on the knob setting) and transposes it, producing the altered timbre at the correct pitch. When the Timbre Effect knob is at 50%, you’ll experience the natural timbre of the sampled Yamaha CFX concert grand piano.

Turn the Timbre Effect knob above 50% to give the piano a more plucked sound and turn the Timbre Effect knob below 50% for a less percussive sound. This can be used to emulate the  technique George Martin utilized on “In My Life.”

Reverb

Size and Decay knobs have been added for more comprehensive control over the reverb settings.

Impulses

Twenty-two reverb impulses of actual presets from Abbey Road Studio One rack gear are included (these represent some serious secret sauce).

Re-Pedaling and Partial Pedaling

Added realism has been added to pedal behavior. Re-Pedaling “catches” a note with the sustain pedal after it is played and Partial Pedaling allows you to use a continuous sustain pedal to vary the amount of dampening applied.

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System Requirements

Windows

• Intel or AMD processor based system hardware
• Microsoft Windows 8.1 or later with 64 bit architecture
• An OS compatible sound card or external audio device, ASIO compatibility recommended

MacOS

• Intel based Apple hardware (For information on M1 based system click here)
• macOS 10.12 and up
• A sound card or external audio device compatible with Core Audio

Both

• Multi-core processor required
• 4 GB RAM minimum required. 8 GB RAM or greater recommended.
• 133 GB of free hard drive space is required for “Full” installation; 24.5 GB is required for “Compact” installation.
• A dedicated hard drive with fast interface (SATA, USB 3.0, Firewire 800, Thunderbolt) is recommended. A solid-state drive (SSD) is preferred.
• Internet connection for download and activation

The Garritan Abbey Road Studios CFX Lite sound library is AAX, VST, and AU compatible, and is proudly powered by the ARIA Player. There’s no need to purchase a separate sampler.