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The Shigeru Kawai SK-EX is the flagship concert grand from Kawai's artisan line - handcrafted, precision voiced, and designed for expressive range across musical genres. In Pianoteq, this instrument is faithfully recreated through physical modeling: all 243 strings, the soundboard, cabinet behavior, and voicing details are modeled in real time, producing a tonal voice that evolves naturally with your touch. The SK-EX is known for its clarity, dynamic breadth, and lyrical brilliance, and the Pianoteq adaptation retains these qualities in digital form.
Working with Kawai, Modartt developed a model capturing the SK-EX's unique features - such as its hand-wound temaki bass string construction and its duplex scale brilliance. This gives the virtual piano a rich, commanding low end and a shimmering upper register. The model preserves the instrument's transparency even in dense passages, and offers lively response across gentler dynamics.
You get 15 curated presets combining voicing, mic placement, and effect chains to suit genres from classical to modern. In more advanced Pianoteq editions, you can fine-tune voicing, adjust string or hammer parameters, and reposition virtual microphones to sculpt the spatial image of the instrument.
Recent improvements in the model bring refined soundboard behavior, more accurate resonance coupling, and enhanced dynamic consistency - especially in high-velocity playing. The SK-EX model in Pianoteq balances power and delicacy, giving you a concert-level grand in a lightweight, editable package.
Whether you're recording solo recitals, film scores, or expressive modern pieces, the SK-EX model gives you sonic depth, clarity, and expressive nuance.
Features
| Complete physical modeling | All 243 strings, soundboard, cabinet behavior |
| Hand-wound temaki bass modeling | Authentic low-end character |
| Duplex scale brilliance | Enhanced upper-register shimmer |
| 15 factory presets | Voicing + mic + effects ready to go |
| Adjustable voicing & mic layout | Modify tone and spatial placement |
| Dynamic response across range | Smooth transitions from soft to loud |
| Improved soundboard modeling | More natural resonance and body |
| Refined resonance coupling | Better interaction between strings and frame |
| Dynamic consistency upgrades | More even tone in vigorous passages |
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