System requirements and recommendations

Requirement

A Mac or PC, not older than about 4 years

The C. Bechstein Digital Grand was designed with highest demands on sound quality and a flexible sound design.

We have tested the C. Bechstein Digital Grand very practically in all common DAW systems (Intel i5 / i7 or similar, with 8GB memory, built-in or via USB 3 connected SSD, Windows and macOS) from year of 2012/2013.

As described, in-part up to over 1,200 parameters come together fast for the innovative STRING EQ. Coupled with high polyphony here, also highly performant systems today, status 2017 – may reach their limits. However, please note that KONTAKT also provides many useful settings that counteract any performance bottlenecks.

For use on older systems we offer “ECO presets” with less processor-heavy preferences. Of course, the Digital Grand can be used with all its highest quality features in offline mode (also known as “bounce”, “freeze”, etc.).

More information & tips

Requirement

KONTAKT or KONTAKT PLAYER Version 5.6.8

The Digital Grand takes advantage of Native Instruments´KONTAKT version 5.6.8 (available since mid 2017).

You can download KONTAKT PLAYER here for free: https://www.native-instruments.com/en/products/komplete/samplers/kontakt-5-player/

Recommendation

Solid State Disk

We recommend a solid state drive with a read transfer rate of at least 350 MB/s – connected via USB 3, USB-C or faster. “SSD  hard disks” installed in your Mac, in a PC or Notebook  normally meet this requirement – traditional (magnetic) hard disks or  also most USB sticks on the other hand do not (also not if the they are connected via USB 3 or faster).

Image copyright and tested with our Digital Grand: Sandisk Extreme 500 (https://www.sandisk.de/home/ssd/extreme-500-ssd)