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If you decide your order isn't suitable for any reason you can return it - just let us know within 30 days of receiving it. Please keep hold of all the original packaging until you're sure you want to keep the order.
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Important: For hygiene and software licensing reasons, some items are only eligible for our Money Back Guarantee if they are returned to us unused and sealed in the original packaging with all software still "unregistered." Details of exclusions are shown within the product descriptions. Products include:
- Monitors and Headphones
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This table provides an overview of your statutory consumer rights, compared with our standard returns policy and optional extended money back guarantee and warranty.
| UK & Europe | EU Standard | Gear4music Standard | Gear4music Optional |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return Period | 14 days | 30 days | up to 180 days |
| Standard delivery charges refunded? | Yes | Yes | Yes, up to 30 days |
| Upgraded delivery charges refunded? | Standard costs only | Standard costs only | Standard costs only |
| Free collection on cancellation | No | No | Yes, up to 30 days |
| Free collection if defective, delivered damaged or incorrect item | Yes, within 14 days | Yes, within 14 days | Yes, within 30 days |
We are unable to accept returns of any custom made items designed to work together as a unique package and some items are only eligible for money back guarantee if they are returned to us unused and sealed in the original packaging. For full information on our returns policy, please refer to our returns and refunds information guide.
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Key Features
The Vienna Symphonic Library Studio Bosendorfer 280VC is a detailed plugin recreation of the Bosendorfer Concert Grand piano. Based on Bösendorfer's modern 280VC, it delivers a distinct, balanced sound with clearly defined bass, tenor, and treble registers, making it suitable for everything from intimate solo performances to dense orchestral arrangements. Recorded in the controlled acoustics of Vienna Synchron Stage B, it provides a focused, direct character with plenty of warmth and depth.
Seven microphone positions let you tailor the instrument to your mix, while the included Vienna Synchron Pianos software offers detailed control over EQ, dynamics, ambience, resonances, and effects. Whether you prefer a natural concert piano sound or a more processed production, the flexible recording setup and powerful editing tools make it easy to create a tone that fits your music.
Product Ref: 343036
The Bösendorfer 280VC offers a distinctive voice that differs from larger concert grands, with exceptional clarity across the entire keyboard. The bass, midrange, and treble remain clearly defined, helping complex arrangements retain their detail while giving solo performances excellent articulation. Its broad dynamic range allows you to play delicate chamber parts with subtle expression or produce the power needed for full orchestral scores. Alongside its precision, the instrument retains the warm tonal colours associated with traditional Viennese piano craftsmanship, giving you a balanced sound suited to a wide variety of musical styles.
Captured at Vienna Synchron Stage B, this library combines a controlled acoustic environment with the natural character of a premium concert grand. Choosing to record in the Synchron Stage offers a more intimate recording space which delivers a focused sound with less room ambience, making it easier to place the piano into different productions without sacrificing depth or realism. To truly capture the detail and subtleties of this piano, VSL developed advanced robotic performance technology to reproduce every keystroke with remarkable consistency, accurately capturing subtle dynamics, note releases, and articulation across the full range of the instrument.
VSL recording engineers used multiple high-end microphone arrays, handing you an abundance of options (7 microphone positions) for creating your individual sound. Even if you’re not using a surround setup, adding the Full Library’s additional room microphone signals to your stereo mix will provide you with more ambience variation and spatial depth. In addition to the multitude of options from mixing various microphone signals, the Bösendorfer 280VC comes with the free Vienna Synchron Pianos software that offers multiple options for shaping your sound and your playing experience. Hosting a high-performance playback engine, the software provides a full-blown mixer with a broad range of effects such as EQ, compressor, saturator, algorithmic reverb, delay, chorus, flanger, rotary, and many more. You may also adjust the volume of body resonances, sympathetic strings and pedal noises right in the main Play window. In the Edit window you can even tweak EQ, volume, tuning, dynamic range, etc. for each individual key.
"The SL Bosendorfer 280VC distinguishes itself as possible the most versatile, clear and dynamic grand piano you can buy." - Sample Library Review
