Features & Benefits
A Truly Remarkable Virtual Piano
The Garritan Abbey Road Studios CFX Lite offers you access to the Yamaha CFX, an incredible concert grand piano characterized by a wide palette of tonal colors and the ability to create the most subtle, expressive nuances. This beautiful instrument is matched with the stunning acoustics of Abbey Road Studios’ legendary Studio One and the finest collection of microphones in the world.
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The CFX Lite includes the Classic Close mic perspective from the full CFX Concert Grand. You can learn about the studio, the piano, the engineers, the mic perspective and the presets, most of which both products share, below.
| FEATURES | PERSPECTIVE | CFX LITE | CFX CONCERT GRAND |
| Classic Mic Perspective – most faithfully captures the natural tonal character, clarity and nuance of the CFX Concert Grand | Close Mics | X | X |
| Ambient Mics | X | ||
| Contemporary Mic Perspective – bright and hard with lots of attack from the hammers, while maintaining warmth with intimate ambience | Close Mics | X | |
| Ambient Mics | X | ||
| Player Mic Perspective – offers the experience of playing the CFX in Studio One, particularly when used with headphones | Close Mics | X | |
| Ambient Mics | X | ||
| Samples of the Yamaha CFX Concert Grand Piano | X | X | |
| Recorded in Abbey Road Studio One | X | X | |
| Captured by renowned engineers from Abbey Road Studios | X | X | |
| Recorded with classic mics and outboard gear from Abbey Road Studios | X | X | |
| 20 Layers of detail, including seperate sample sets for pedals-up, sustain pedal down and soft pedaling | X | X | |
| Dozens of presets | X | X | |
| EQ controls and a multitude of adjustable piano parameters | X | X | |
| Customizable velocity and dynamic range | X | X | |
| Convolution reverb | X | X | |
| Full and Compact versions | X | X | |
| Additional convolution impulse responses (including outboard reverbs from Abbey Road Studios) | X | X | |
| Timbre Effect (simulates the change in timbre produced when instruments are played back at a different speed than they were recorded at) | X | X | |
| Partial pedaling (requires continuous pedal controller) and re-pedaling | X | X |
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. Learn More
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