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Soundware and software distributor ILIO has announced a interesting program with hard drive maker Glyph Technologies to offer hard disk pre-installed with virtual instruments.

ILIO’s G-TIP (Glyph–Turnkey Installation Program) packages will include virtual instrument software from Vienna Symphonic Library and Synthogy pre-installed on Glyph hard drives. Purchasers of these packages may register their software with the manufacturer without having to manually install the multiple Gigabytes of data many of these products contain.

There will be several pre-configured packages offered, each focused on a specific manufacturer’s line of products. For example, the program will debut with five packages of pre-installed virtual instrument collections from the Vienna Symphonic Library. Custom packages will also be made available upon request. Each package will comprise a Glyph GT Series hard drive, and the complete virtual instrument product(s) pre-installed on the drive. All original product packaging and documentation will be included, and Glyph will honor its full hard drive warrantee coverage on all authorized ILIO G-TIP packages.

It’s an interesting idea, especially for large libraries that could take a long time to install. Read more…

Ilio has announced a PC version of Ivory, Synthogy’s piano plug-in. The pristine sound of the German Steinway D 9’ Concert Grand, Bosendorfer 290 Imperial Grand, and Yamaha C7 Grand Pianos can now be heard in VST and RTAS environments, both under Windows XP and Mac OS 9 or OS X.

Besides porting their custom-built piano engine to another platform, the team around Joe Ierardi and George Taylor have extended the library with two additional velocity layers on each piano. All 88 keys are now individually sampled in up to 10 dynamic levels, including the Bosendorfer’s extended low octave. This adds up to over 40 GB of stereo samples in 32 bits. On top of that, the proprietary noise reduction even improves the fidelity of the core library.

All current registered users of Ivory will be eligible to upgrade to the new version. For users who purchased the original Ivory on or after April 1st, 2005, the upgrade will be free (excluding shipping). For users who purchased the original Ivory before April 1st, 2005, the upgrade will be only $39 (plus possible tax and shipping). This upgrade will be available directly through ILIO.

Ivory is distributed worldwide by ILIO.