The VSL Synchron Steinway from the perspective of a classically trained pianist after 2 years of use
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The VSL Steinway D is the best VST piano, but still not good enough for classical music. I use it with Yamaha N1.
1. The nearby microphones don't sound pleasant.
2. The piano-robot did not take into account that the keys move a little more smoothly when the sustain pedal is pressed (the damper does not need to be lifted with the force of the finger if it is already up), with the result that quieter tones at the same velocity level (!) are noticeably louder with the pedal than without the pedal (the sound is not only fuller because the other strings resonate, but it is unrealistically louder with pedal.)
3. There are many errors in the recordings. Some high tones clink and click.
4. Lack of transparency in the number of velocity levels. There is only vague comment on this. Some say 60, others 100. All 88 keys are said to have been recorded, but why aren't there more GB (compare Ivory 2) and why do you find the same noise in two neighboring tones in several examples? I would like to have samples in 100 velocity steps without half pedal and 30 with half pedal on all 88 keys. It can be 1-2 TB in size.
5. The volume of the keys needs to be improved in the edit window. Adjacent tones with the same velocity value will otherwise have different loudness.
6. Anything artificial like “Body” or “Sympathetic” can go.
7. The application is not always stable.
8. The decay behavior of some keys is unnatural (too fast).
9. On some keys the sustain pedal effect is unnaturally strong.
10. The sustain pedal effect does not occur if the pedal is pressed after the key. However, this is probably difficult to achieve.
For the above statements I have uploaded sound examples to the VSL forum. But they didn't want to bother and deleted the thread again.
