SEILER was the first to integrate the new technique of digital sound generation in its grand and upright pianos. At the unveiling of SEILER's pioneering DuoVox System in 1987, Steffen Seiler thus announced: "This system marks the dawn of the renaissance of the good old acoustic piano sound."

It was his idea to produce pianos with a mechanical mute system (patented by SEILER) and an integrated MIDI output that would enable them to be switched over from acoustic to electronic-assisted playing. The result was the opening up of a new musical dimension.

 
The acoustic art of digital sound

AWM sampling permits the reproduction of the sound of a concert grand. The pianist hears what he or she is playing through the headphones, while the piano remains inaudible to everyone else. Nor does this feature oblige the player to dispense with the advantages of an acoustic, mechanical instrument. This is because, unlike electronic pianos, SEILER's DuoVox System retains the characteristic touch of all SEILER's grands and uprights, as well as their mechanical precision.

 
Entering a new dimension

The upgraded DuoVox Plus permits the control of synthesizers, computers and other peripheral equipment, too. This means that the player's acoustic playing can be replaced or supplemented with a digitally generated orches- tral sound or other sound modules. SEILER's DuoVox Plus System thus opens up a wide range of musical possibilities from Baroque music to com- puter-controlled contemporary music.

This development came hand in hand with the creation of a new in-stru- ment which enables concert pianists and professional musicians to practise silently day or night - and that at a professional level. This instrument, SEILER's EliteTrainer, weighs just 90kg and is equipped with the action of an original SEILER concert grand as well as with damping and a precision, mechanical keyboard. All these features ensure that the dynamics of touch and feeling of the piano are the same as those of a genuine SEILER grand. Sensitive, stereo point sampling makes for perfect tonal dynamics audible only through the headphones.

SEILER's EliteTrainer and the SEILER DuoVox Plus System combine classic and modern for all those who do not want to forfeit the masterly accomplishments of world-class piano-making even in this, the age of computers.

DuoVoxPlus:

Connect to a computer acore printing programs for arranging, Sequencer programs, Instructional software, input MIDI data from a PC	Connect up other instruments: sound module, keyboard, synthesizer Use of a great diversity of sounds, use of an external sequencer for arrangements and recording
Connect to a stereo system Transmit to other rooms, listening at room volume	Connect to a Recorder make own recordings in Dat, Tape, Minidisk
Play without being heard In an apartment block, when the children are asleep, composing, training