Steinberg The Grand 3 Operation Manual

Operation Manual 

Cristina Bachmann, Heiko Bischoff, Marion Bröer, Sabine Pfeifer, Heike Schilling
Thanks to: Matthias Klag, Michael Ruf
The information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part 
of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH. The software described by this document is subject to a License Agreement 
and may not be copied to other media except as specifically allowed in the License Agreement. No part of this publica-
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The Grand 3
Table of Contents
5Welcome
5Key command conventions
6How you can reach us
6Installation
6The USB-eLicenser
7System requirements
7Installing The Grand
8Register your software!
8Getting ready to play
8Setting up The Grand as a VST instrument in 
Cubase
8Using The Grand in an AU compatible application
9The Grand standalone and ReWire
10Missing content
11The content
11The recording of The Grand
11The models
12Parameters
12General plug-in controls
15The Model page
16The Equalizer page
17The...

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The Grand 3
Welcome
Congratulations and thank you for purchasing The Grand 3 
by Steinberg.
Both its previous versions have established The Grand as 
one of the leading virtual piano instruments worldwide. 
Now in 2009, The Grand is returning with a third version 
to claim its rightful place at the forefront of virtual piano 
software on the market today.
With the purchase of The Grand 3 you have chosen a pre-
mium virtual piano suite which comes with five virtual pi-
anos perfectly recorded to meet...

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How you can reach us
Clicking the Steinberg logo in the top right corner of The 
Grand opens a pop-up menu where you will find items for 
getting additional information and help:
•On this menu, you can find links to various Steinberg 
web sites. Selecting one automatically launches your 
browser application and open the page.
On the web sites you can find support and compatibility information, an-
swers to frequently asked questions, links for downloading new drivers, 
etc. This requires...

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System requirements
To use The Grand, your computer must meet the following 
requirements:
Windows
• Windows XP (SP2) or Windows Vista
• Pentium/Athlon 2.0 GHz dual core mobile (2.5 GHz recom-
mended) or dual core 2.0 GHz processor (3 GHz recom-
mended)
• 2 GB RAM (3 GB recommended)
• Up to 32 GB of free hard disk space
• Display resolution 1024 x 768 pixels (1280 x 800 pixels 
recommended)
• Windows DirectX compatible audio hardware (ASIO compati-
ble audio hardware recommended for...

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Register your software!
We encourage you to register your software! By doing so 
you are entitled to technical support and kept aware of up-
dates and other news regarding The Grand. 
Proceed as follows:
•Click the Steinberg logo in the top right corner of the 
control panel and select “Register The Grand 3” from the 
menu that appears.
This option is an Internet link that opens the Registration page of the 
Steinberg web site. To register, simply follow the instructions on screen. 
Getting...

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The Grand standalone and ReWire
The Grand can be used as a standalone application, inde-
pendently of any host application. This also makes it pos-
sible to use The Grand with sequencer applications that 
do not support one of the provided plug-in formats of The 
Grand (i. e. VST and AU), but allow for data exchange us-
ing ReWire.
ReWire2 is a special protocol for streaming audio and 
MIDI data between two computer applications. When us-
ing ReWire, the order in which you launch and quit...

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•On the General page, activate “Don’t prompt for confir-
mation when quitting The Grand 3” if you want The Grand 
to close without prompting when quitting the program.
•On the ASIO Driver page, select your audio hardware 
driver from the ASIO Driver menu.
If you plan to use several audio applications simultaneously, you may 
want to activate the option “Release Driver when Application is in Back-
ground”. This will allow another application to play back via your audio 
hardware even though...