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Re: [EXS] best piano

2006-03-23 by John Amriding

On 23/3/06 18:44, "John Amriding" <john@...> wrote:

> I use a few pianos via EXS: they¹re all very good (in their own individual
> ways)
> 
> http://www.artvista.net/Malmsjo%20Acoustic%20Grand.html (my favourite)
> 
> http://www.artvista.net/Virtual_Grand_Piano.html (quite heavy use of RAM tho¹:
> I have a dual 1.25 Mirror door G4 and sometimes it has difficulty)
> 
> http://www.synthogy.com/ (3 pianos in one: curiously I don¹t have as much
> difficulty with these as the VGP)
> 
> Certainly Hans Adamson¹s pianos have a lovely quality to them: I think that
> you¹ll be impressed. Listen to the demos (but, for me, the Malmsjö is the
> best)
> 
> John.
> 
> On 23/3/06 14:00, "Fred Schofield" <fredschofield@...> wrote:
> 
>> hi everyone,
>> I was wondering if anyone can tell me what seems to be the best piano
>> emulator i can run with logic on PC? either through EXS or as a vst plugin?
>> I dont want to buy just anything only to realise its rubbish! I would like
>> it to sound as close to the real thing as possible, a concert grand maybe?
>> all the presets and GM pianos just seem to have a fake sound to them, i know
>> im not going to be able to reproduce a piano exactly but would hope there's
>> a package out there that is better than these GM pianos. How about any FX
>> pesets to give a better sound with what is on offer too? this woulod be a
>> great help.
>> Many thanks
>> 
>> Fred


P.S. Other pianos are by

http://www.bardstownaudio.com/index.html

http://www.postpiano.com/home.php

http://www.sampletekk.com/

But I haven't tried them at all.

John.

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