The piano bears strong resemblance to some Imperfect Samples pianos. Studio Grand ($40) - Basically the sound is quite rich and its dynamics is pretty OK but terrific aliasing between layers brings everything to nothing. Many samples are contaminated by some unwanted sounds. The use of good reverb helps a bit to reveal some overtones but not that much.Įstate Grand ($80) - the same lack of consistency from the above. Also the upper range octaves in particular 5th and 6th ones suffer from lack of high freq. Production Grand ($200) - Despite the fact the recording is done wery well the main cons of the piano are the following: irrelevant dynamics and velocity mapping, quite noticeable transitions between layers, many neighbour keys sound too unnaturally different (one is too bright the other is too dull at the same velocity level). Native Instruments New York Grand - 2 Points Synthogy Ivory II (Pack of 3) - 4 Points Synthogy Ivory II American Concert D - 12 Points I expect the modeling tech to continue to improve, and it does seem to offer a more intimate relationship with the keystrokes than sample libraries.ġ Point: I suppose the NI NY Concert Grand, though I don't use it anymore for the reasons stated above. I like TruePianos better than PianoTeq (also have tried the demo), which has a fantastic touch/feel response but sounds weirdly plastic-like or something. The modeling approach is interesting to me, however, and if they ever do actually come out with their long-rumored v2.0 and have a sale, I might get it if it's $120 or less. At $180, it's too pricey and I don't really need it as I am happy with the Vintage D. I have only tried the demo, which timed out after I think 40 days. Dongle = no sale.Ģ Points: TruePianos Atlantis. I also will not use anything involving iLoks or other hardware copy protection schemes. Like some others, I have not tried the most expensive libraries. I was "OK" with the NI Komplete NY Grand until the Vintage D blew it away.
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VI Labs True Keys German Grand - 1 Pointģ Points: Galaxy Vintage D. Synthogy Ivory II (Pack of 3) - 1 Point Native Instruments New York Grand - 1 Point Native Instruments Alicia’s Keys - 1 Point VI Labs True Keys Italian Grand - 2 Points Galaxy Pianos II (Pack of 3) - 3 Points Synthogy Ivory II Italian Grand - 5 Points Synthogy Ivory II American Concert D - 8 Points
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THE MOST FAVORITE PIANO LIBRARY (by Points): Vienna Symphonic Library Vienna Imperial - 1 VOTE Synthogy Ivory II Italian Grand - 1 VOTE
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Synthogy Ivory II American Concert D - 2 VOTES THE MOST FAVORITE PIANO LIBRARY (by times selected as Favorite):