EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

--- In exs-users@y..., <HELP@M...> wrote:
> Oh my God! The demo is astounding! I would have thought it was the 
real deal
> had I not been told in advance. It's almost to perfect sounding to 
be real.
> That's good enough for me. It sounds like someone spent weeks 
getting the
> mics just right, then found the perfect mix engineer--two things 
that are
> hard to come by in and of themselves, let alone a great sounding 
piano. I
> can't wait to get my hands on this!

I can certainly wait. This is one of the better piano samples I have 
heard, agreed, but I would never be in doubt that this is actually a 
sample and not a genuine Yamaha grand. The problem is, as far as I 
can see, that a velocity curve of only 128 steps (counting from 
zero), and only measured on the key's speed is far from adequate to 
cover the whole range of sounds an acoustic piano can produce. I 
could play five different keystrokes that would all come out at a 
velocity level of 127, but would still sound very differently on an 
acoustic piano. The only thing that still sounds like an acoustic 
piano to me is actually an acoustic piano, so I guess what I have to 
do is learn to record this as well as I can, and still keep 
practising them scales, to continue being a good pianist for my 
recordings. Technology can do a lot, but to my opinion it cannot yet 
reproduce a piano satisfyingly.

regards

monsdrum