Maybe not exactly which one, but I'm pretty sure it's one of the pianos included with Komplete 7, which all suffer from the same problem, and that is an excessive emphasis on the percussive element (as if the mic was too close to the strings), muffled mid-frequencies, unnatural decay and virtually unusable pianissimo (in a real gran piano, there's virtually no audible percussion in a pianissimo passage. I can probably even tell you which one it is. The upper notes sound so clear, percussive, and intimateĪctually not a good grand piano VSTi at all IMHO (sounds a lot like a Yamaha CP70), I can spot it's a sampled piano from a mile. Which Piano VST gets the closest to this tone?! They say you can defeat the room sound and go for the close mics instead but I've never used it. It seems to have more of a natural room sound, which would work well in some contexts but not so well in others. It does have a fairly decent upright, but it's worthless in a mix, sounding too thick and clunky.Īrt Vista Grand is a real character, with various permutations for different styles. I bought it a while back, tried it a couple of times, and never use it anymore. Native Instruments has had a piano VI for a couple of years now, but the consensus seems to be that it's even worse than Ivory. Plus, they suffer from the Ivory sound, which is kind of clinical, for want of a better word.
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Ivory just released an upright collection featuring 4 uprights, two of which would be useful only for ragtime or movie soundtracks, but for $279, I would think you could do better elsewhere. I've heard their grand is not particularly bright, but there are tone controls within the program for that. Motu Mach Five sample player comes with an 8 gig grand piano, as well as some rock pianos and a bunch of other stuff. The True Piano is great for cutting through a rock or pop mix, but not so great for solo stuff, depending on how discerning you are.
They give you a 40 day fully functional demo of one out of four of their pianos. A lot of players really like the German Baby Grand for solo stuff and quiet jazz.Ĥ Front True Pianos Truepianos - Welcome is a simulated piano, taking up only 60 megs or something like that. They also have a Vienna Grand with is a little beefier, and a German Baby Grand, which is more mellow.
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I'm using the 16 bit download version of the Steinway which is only about 2 gigs. They also have a 'warp' function which can turn your piano into something from Star Wars, and a pad function which can add a nice pad to the piano. There's one for presence, one for resonance, which can add lushness or subtract it, and one for compression. What's nice about it is the tone controls. Galaxy Piano Galaxypianos comes with its own player based on Kontakt. They also make a rustic upright called Rain Piano for $49 but it also needs a sample playback engine. I think it requires a sample player like Kontakt, Mach Five or Gigastudio. The SampleTekk White Grand seems to be the most present - good for cutting through a mix. It's not exactly up to date, but Ivory is there, along with several of the others mentioned here. Here's the link to that digital piano shootout. Although Ivory is popular, there's something weird going on in the midrange and I can't imagine trying to fit it into a mix.
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Pretty good tone, but my Young Chang that I bought 20 years ago, is just so perfectly recorded/sampled, and it utilizes a DSP block in my Kurzweil algorithm so that I can darken the tone using my Mod Wheel (not just a simple filter), I am so glad I have it.I've tried several. The Ivory II should be better than it is (I paid $149 for it). I just bought Ivory II (American Concert D) and Waves' Grand Rhapsody, too. Amber might be a bit too bright.įor serious piano recording, I still think my Young Chang Grand from Sweetwater (created for my Kurzweil) remains the best.
The Amber model tends to be my favorite, but the others (Atlantis, Sapphire, Diamond and Emerald) can be interesting for various reasons. I'm glad to have them to play around with. I had Amber from X3 Producer, and just added the other 4. I paid $90.30 for the additional 4 models. I bought the complete set of TruePianos about a month ago, and they honored a discount I had, I believe for being a Cakewalk X3 Producer owner. Thanks for all the helpful links, I should mention I'm looking to use it outside of Cakewalk, I would have used TruePianos already.
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