EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

I had this idea from all I had read that the Bardstown Bosendorfer would be=
 nearly 
perfect - maybe my expectations were too high, but it was a disappointment =
for me. 
To me, there is an inconsitency in some notes/velocities that really surpri=
sed me - I 
also realize how hard it must be to get all those velocities perfect. I hav=
en't been able 
to use it on several of my pieces because of a choked sounding note(s) in t=
he lower 
register. I was using it with the 30 day trial of EXS24 - my trial has expi=
red and I 
haven't bought EXS24 because my main reason was to use it with Bardstown. I=
 need 
to complain to Bardstown, but w/o EXS24 to play it I've forgotten which not=
es were 
not working for me... 

The Bardstown Bosendorfer can sound nice on the right tune - it just wasn't=
 what I 
was expecting. Of course it sounds nothing like a Steinway or the piano use=
d on Holy 
Grail Piano - something along these lines might have suited me better.

Just my 2¢ - your mileage may vary!
Andy


--- In exs-users@yahoogroups.com, "esiegel2" <esiegel2@y...> wrote:
> Hello:  
> 
> I am a pianist who is looking for the best exsII piano sample 
> library.  I am grateful for all the responses on this thread.  For 
> the Bardstown library, would it be useable on a G4 550 laptop with 
> 768 RAM?  What does it mean for overall performance that it is so 
> RAM hungry?
> 
> I am using the Steinway C from East West and am...underwhelmed.  So 
> far, the most playable sampled piano I have used is the resident 
> samples in my ensoniq ZR76, which includes the Coakley Perfect 
> Piano.  Hardly perfect, and the samples are much shorter and fewer 
> than some of the libraries, but the integration is better, the 
> velocity curves and sample mapping to velocity work better for me.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Eric
> 
> --- In exs-users@yahoogroups.com, Nick Batzdorf <recording@e...> 
> wrote:
> > By the way, I don't mean to insult the efforts of all these 
> > developers! The sampled pianos are all very good. It's just that 
> the 
> > technology has a ways to go before it matches a real piano in an 
> A/B 
> > comparison.
> > -- 
> > 
> > Nick Batzdorf
> > 818/905-9101, cell 590-9101, fax 905-5434