Giga vs. Yahama 256...
2002-02-12 by Danny
Someone asked earlier about a comparison between the Giga Piano and the ftp://ftp.akaipro.co.jp 256 piano... (the a.pf 256M) It was either here or on the LUG page... I am only giving a subjective comparison. After all, that is the reason we have so many 'soft' pianos to choose from. Everyone has their own opinion... I prefer the Giga Piano a bit over the ftp://ftp.akaipro.co.jp 256. The Giga just sounds a bit more 'natural'. The downloaded piano sounds a bit more 'harsh' but it still holds up very well considering the sample size differences. BTW, I do have a 6 foot Yamaha grand here that I use here. The Giga Piano sounds the closest to the Yamaha compared to any piano samples that I heard thus far. I have one of the latest Cloakley's pianos CD also. Again, the Giga Piano is better to my ears than the Cloakley. I also have a couple of other smaller piano sample sets. Now most of the music I work with is classical so I don't prefer a loud piano preset. These are all I have here for comparison which is not a lot but someone asked... Danny