EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

--- Nick Batzdorf <recording@...> wrote:
> I haven't been reading this list for a week, but the
> two best ones 
> I've heard are Post B?endorfer and Ivory. All three
> pianos in Ivory 
> are miked fairly closely, so they're good for a
> "pop" sound, and the 
> way they're mapped to the keyboard is outstanding -
> very playable.
> 
> The Bos is recorded from two positions, but both are
> fairly ambient; 
> it's just outstanding for a concert sound, and it
> blends well with 
> sampled orchestra. It's also softer. I bought it
> after hearing a 
> demo, and I don't regret it.
> 
> These two really raise the bar above other sampled
> pianos I've heard; 
> for years the one in the Kurzweil K250 piano (which
> was done by Joe 
> Ierardi, the same guy who did Ivory) was my
> favorite. But I haven't 
> heard SampleTek's White or Black Grands, and Art
> Vista is coming out 
> with a new piano soon that sounds great - I got to
> play with a very 
> early demo version a few months ago, and it has a
> lot of charm.
> 
> There is no "best" piano, since they all sound
> different. Each one 
> can sound very wrong or very right, depending on the
> context.
> -- 

This was very helpful.
Yes sometimes you wanna upright piano sound, instead
of grand... what kind room/micing... i.e. classical
concert sounding piano or close miced jazz or pop
piano. Every genre has different preferred sounds.I
will check Post bendorfer as well as ivory. 
thank you