Meldway Grand by Melda Productions
Overview
A naturally creative piano offering beautifully realistic sound, dynamics, and extensive customization options.
Technical Specifications
- Mic Positions
- 7 stereo microphones
- Plugin Formats
- VST3, AU, AAX
- Standalone
- Yes
Ideal Use Cases
- Music students practicing classical repertoire and exercises.
- Home studio producers needing a versatile and expressive piano for diverse projects.
- Songwriters composing new material and arranging instrumental parts.
- Educators teaching piano performance and music theory.
- Arrangers creating detailed scores and mockups.
Insights from Real-World Use
Strengths
- feels nice to play
- interface is kind of inviting
- great piano that they sampled
- deep sampled piano
- lots of different mic positions
- natural stereo positioning
- sound good
- sounds and feels like the real thing
- HUGE amount of dynamic range
- astounding array of adjustments and FX
- best ones sound wise
- my favorite piano vst
Weaknesses
- challenges with some aspects
- stereo positioning is just really weird
- top sounds unrealistic
- jumps too fast to the very hard sounds
- slight oddity in the sound of the C2 key at higher velocities
- suffers from the ability to be played on a smaller system like the Mac M1 Mini
- installation process has been very
Tone: nice, beautiful, amazing sound, lovely sound, wonderful inspiring, rich, expressive, excellent sounds
Review Snippets
- Meldway Grand offers an organic, natural sound that remains authentic despite customization, and can also be special.
- Meldway Grand is the most customizable and fully featured piano I have ever used.
- Nice to play, with an inviting interface.
- Meldway Grand may well be the only software grand piano you will ever need. It's beautifully realistic, dynamic, and unbelievably customizable
- I am amazed by the endless sound customisation options and consistent high quality sound of Meldway Grand.
- Meldway Grand's natural stereo positioning is superior to other pianos.
- Me too, its an amazing sound but the top sounds un realistic it jumps too fast to the very hard sounds
- Meldway Grand is a game-changing, exciting piano instrument.
- I'm such an amateur when it comes to piano and even I can make it sound good. So bit of both.
- Sooo nice! I purchased it two days ago, lovely sound despite some cons
- I have been playing with the beta version and it is a wonderful inspiring piano. It really sounds and feels like the real thing! As minor feedback, I did notice a slight oddity in the sound of the C2 key at higher velocities but I expect Vojtěch is aware of that.
- No clue how many it has, I can say it has a HUGE amount of dynamic range, I was not prepared for how expressive it is. Leaps ahead of my pretty competent yamaha digital piano.
- An excellent, rich, beautifully recorded grand piano with an astounding array of adjustments and FX. Pros *Excellent sounds recorded using seven mic pairs and
- This is indeed one of the best ones sound wise but unfortunately it still suffers from the ability to be played on a smaller system like the Mac M1 Mini
- I purchased your Meldway Grand Piano on the Black Friday sale and was excited to try my first Melda plugin but so far the installation process has been very
Frequently Asked Questions
- What host or player is required to use this plugin?
- No specific host or player is required, as it supports standalone operation. However, it does require MSoundFactory or MSoundFactoryLE.
- Is this a sampled or modeled piano VST?
- This is a sampled piano VST, specifically a sampled Steinway D grand piano.
- What platforms are supported?
- It supports both Mac and Windows operating systems.
- How many microphone positions are available?
- There are 7 stereo microphones included, with various controls for each.
- Does it include sympathetic resonance?
- Yes, sympathetic resonance modeling is a feature of this plugin.
- What genres is this piano VST best suited for?
- It is well-suited for a variety of genres including classical, jazz, pop, rock, and film/scoring. It is versatile for recording, classical, jazz, pop, and sound design use cases.
- What is the price of Meldway Grand?
- It is free.