Thanks all for you input; hopefully Santa will deliver it next week.
Mike
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--- In exs-users@yahoogroups.com, will_ritter@y... wrote:
> I don't have much to compare it too as this was my first piano
sample for t=
> he exs or
> any streaming based sampler, but if you cut the cutoff filter way,
way down=
> , the piano
> sounds very convincing. This is the first time a sample has ever
made me f=
> eel I was
> playing a real instrument. I actually look forward to playing
classical pi=
> eces again!
> For me it's in a differen't league than the Emu, Roland, Kurzweil,
and othe=
> r hardward
> based pianos I've played.
>
> However, nothings perfect...
> There's a bit too much resonance in the c4 to c5 register, imho, as
if they=
> were trying
> to go overboard in the realism category.
>
> I haven't been able to modify it into a smooth, dark, Bill Evans
type of ja=
> zz sound or a
> bluesy black crowes type of sound, but for everything else it is
pretty awe=
> some. I
> especially like the soft piano (full quality with resonance) for
slow balla=
> ds.
>
> If someone has a work around for the issues above or a suggestion for a
> complementary piano sample, please email me.
>
> Anyway, I'm very happy with all three pieces in the wizoo
package...what a =
> deal.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Will
> will_ritter@y...
>
>
> --- In exs-users@yahoogroups.com, Gregory Anderson <ggaslp@p...> wrote:
> > With 1.256 gigs of RAM in my G4 and no "virtual memory" on the
EXSP, I ca=
> n't
> > load the XXL sample sets to test the best of the piano. It sounds
a litt=
> le
> > too processed to my ears. It has a "sparkly" quality that makes
it sound=
>
> > not as intimate on soft passages as the Splendid Grand samples
from Akai.=
>
> >
> > Gregory
> >
> > From: "aabaqwerty" <mikemastaler@y...>
> > Reply-To: exs-users@yahoogroups.com
> > Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 03:03:24 -0000
> > To: exs-users@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: [EXS] EXS24 Bundle Deal from Wizoo....
> >
> >
> > I just oredered this, only $99 USD. How does the Grand piano sound in
> > EXS24?
> >
> >
> > www.wizoo.com
> >
> > Mike
> >
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