Y'all ready for this? One of the Steinway patches in East West Pianos Platinum.It's my #1 for the way I play and the velocity curve I came up with. That made me think, what if my M-Audio works well with it? Then NI put Noire at half price a few weeks back so I took a chance. The Yamaha made the library sound better which simply means the default velocity curve works better that with the Native Instruments controller.
RAVENSCROFT 275 SERIES
Then I listened to a demo of Noire by KeepItSimple and THEN a lengthy demo by Woody's Piano Shack, where he first played Noire with a Yamaha MODX6, then later with an NI A series controller. No metallic C6 range! That was my number one piano for my controller, quite easy to dial in. Still, R275 is great and I'd be happy with it if it was all I had. Got R275, which sounds so amazing in the NAMM demos with that $5K customized Kawai VPC-1, and a friend of mine (KeepItSimple) loves it, but with my M-Audio CODE61 I just cannot get the velocity right (that is the key to your great piano sound, matching the keyboard's velocity to the library and your playing style). Couldn't get past the metallic C6 octave. UPDATE: : after fiddling with the velocity curve on my M-Audio controller, I got the Garritan CFX really dialed in.
RAVENSCROFT 275 PRO
I've had no problems working with it on a modest system, using LogicX and running the samples from a 7200rpm SATA hard drive, on a 10 year old Mac Pro 2.8 Quad Core with 20GB ram.īTW, love the Embertone Walker D - the hammer mics combined with the room mics is a thing of beauty!
RAVENSCROFT 275 FULL VERSION
You really need the full version in my opinion, to get the most out of the Abbey Roads Studios ambience, which adds a lovely 3D-ness to the sound. Today, I'd rate it in my top 5 (out of over 110 sampled pianos I own). I then found myself going back to the more deeply & consistently sampled pianos I have like Ivory 2.5 American Concert D, and Sampletekk's Black Grand Mk2, and then back to the Garritan CFX, which after spending more time controlling the Abbey Roads ambience in the mic mixer & settings, just blew me away with it's clarity, richness & dynamics, and beautiful resonance not found in many sampled pianos. While these are fantastic for getting a certain tone & vibe, I've found playability can be a limiting factor. Top tier sampled piano (very consistent & immediate under the fingers - very responsive to touch) and I really enjoyed using the muted samples included in the sound set, but ultimately the tone was just too clean & a little 'sterile' for my liking & use, so I sold my license.īought the Garritan CFX Full edition soon after release also, and initially loved it, but found myself using it less and less, and moved to the more less-than-perfect character sampled pianos like Imperfect Samples Fazioli & Walnut Grands, and Cinesamples Piano in Blue. I bought the Ravenscroft 275 soon after it was released. I've owned & used all 3, so can offer an informed opinion.
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