The Viennese Concert Grand for the 21st Century
Recorded at Stage B of Synchron Stage Vienna
True all-rounder, versatile and profound
Very distinct, clear, colorful sound
Huge dynamic range
Multiple Microphone Positions – for a multitude of timbral variations
Advanced release sample technology
Six pre-configured main presets
21 additional FX presets
Bösendorfer’s new and acclaimed “Vienna Concert” grand piano
merges the company’s venerated traditional approach to piano manufacturing
with the most recent, sophisticated engineering.
The 280VC is completely modern, reimagined from scratch,
while remaining true to Bösendorfer’s legendary foundations.
Heralded as the next-generation concert grand,
the 280VC has already proven to be a true all-rounder.
Compared to the Bösendorfer Imperial with its additional bass strings,
wider soundboard and more orchestral sonic character,
the sound of the 280VC is very distinct and clear.
You can easily differentiate between the bass, tenor, and treble sections.
Beyond that, its huge dynamic range makes this concert grand very versatile.
It has the necessary sensitivity to offer supportive accompaniment to singers
and solo instrumentalists in chamber music settings,
while at the same time it holds its own against the power of a large orchestra in a huge concert hall.
In addition, the 280VC boasts the qualities of all Bösendorfer concert grands,
such as its diversity of sonic colors and that certain warmth inherent to fine Viennese instruments.
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The Bösendorfer 280VC was recorded at Synchron Stage Vienna’s Stage B, a 69 m² (739 sq ft.) live room
offering a beautifully controlled acoustic environment
with less ambience than the large main hall.
Hence the sound of the 280VC is more intimate
and direct than the Stage A recordings of the Bösendorfer Imperial,
with ample body and fullness, making it a very genre-versatile piano
that’s easy to control and fun to play.
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Sampling Precision
To capture the Bösendorfer 280VC with all its subtleties,
our engineers further refined our precise motion-control system
based on a solenoid that controls a noise-free “robot finger”.
The micro-controller moves the finger with super-human precision,
providing flexible curvatures for down-strokes and release movements,
the latter corresponding with the preceding note length and various release speeds.
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7 Microphone Positions
In order to capture this marvelous instrument in Stage B of Synchron Stage Vienna,
our recording engineers used multiple high-end microphone arrays,
affording an abundance of options for creating your individual sound.
1. Close 1 – Condenser (Sennheiser MKH8090 ORTF)
2. Close 2 – Tube (Neumann M-149)(Full)
3. Mid 1 (Sennheiser MKH 8040 ORTF)
4. Mid 2 (AKG 414)(Full)
5. Main/Room Mic – Decca Tree Stereo (Sennheiser MKH 800)
6. Main/Room Mic – Decca Tree Mono (Sennheiser MKH 800)
7. Main Surround – Stereo (Sennheiser MKH 800)(Full)
Even if you're not using a surround setup,
you get more ambience variations and spatial depth out of the Full Library
by adding the room and surround microphones' signals to your stereo mix.
Customize Your Personal Sound
In addition to the multitude of options from mixing various microphone signals,
the Bösendorfer 280VC comes with the free Vienna Synchron Pianos software
that offers multiple options for shaping your sound and your playing experience.
Hosting a high-performance playback engine,
the software provides a full-blown mixer with a broad range of effects
such as EQ, compressor, saturator, algorithmic reverb,
delay, chorus, flanger, rotary, and many more.
You may also adjust the volume of body resonances,
sympathetic strings and pedal noises right in the main Play window.
In the Edit window you can even tweak EQ, volume, tuning, dynamic range, etc.
for each individual key!
NKS Integration
The Synchron Bösendorfer 280VC supports Native Instruments’ NKS format
and is compatible with Komplete Kontrol keyboards and Maschine.
Use the Light Guide to quickly identify key switches and play ranges of your instruments,
browse and preview sounds, and quickly adapt them using pre-configured control knobs.
Download the NKS installers from MyVSL.