EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

On 09/12/2004, at 2:58 AM, Jeremy Martin wrote:

>
>  Just wondering if anyone could compare the 461mb Yamaha Grand
>  piano that came on the Logic 7 content DVD to any of the numerous
>  recent group buy pianos? It sounds pretty good to my ears but I
>  played bassoon in school, not a very good judge of piano's I'm
>  afraid ;-)

Just the size of the samples must have something to do with it. The Old 
Lady is 5.35 GB! I don't know what the Yamaha in LP7 was sampled from 
but the Old
Lady was sampled with 12 velocity layers from a well maintained 1923 
9ft Steinway, a model that had reached the peak of piano development. 
To my ears it sounds wonderful. Even though I played piano for years I 
never played one this good. Yes, I'm saying that the Old Lady sounds 
better than any acoustic piano I ever played, although I'm the first to 
admit that I never had access to the very best in concert halls.

BTW, the Old Lady group buy is now over. The Emperor (Bosendorfer 290) 
is still being sold at the 60% discount for another couple of weeks:

http://www.northernsounds.com/forum/showthread.php?t=26687

I'm still thinking about this.

Anyone who has both care to comment on the advantages of both rather 
than just the Old Lady?

Andris