That's not a face‑lift that's a major reconstruction. The improvements to The Grand 3 are apparent even at a cursory glance: there are now five piano models instead of two, and the library has swollen from 3.4GB to a hefty 32GB. In the stand‑alone instance, as you can see here, there are additional controls for the metronome, MIDI scratch pad and easy I/O access. Rather, they've been hard at work on an overhaul that sends a clear message to the other virtual piano builders: they're still a contender, and they're making a run for the title. It turns out that Steinberg have in no way abandoned their flagship virtual piano suite. But now, seemingly out of nowhere, Steinberg have released The Grand 3, debunking my theory. I personally assumed that Steinberg might have given up the fight altogether and put their piano resources into one of their other top‑selling products, such as Cubase, HALion or Nuendo. The primary players in the field - Synthogy's Ivory, Native Instruments' Akoustik Piano and Quantum Leap Pianos - have been leap‑frogging one another for dominance, while The Grand seemed to have fallen off the radar.
In the four years since Steinberg released The Grand 2, the virtual piano landscape has been quietly evolving. Steinberg's one‑stop piano shop gets an overhaul from the ground up.
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