What's your favorite piano virtual instrument?

Ian Cognito · 2024-04-12T05:11:54+00:00

I've used Alicia's Keys, The Maverick, Piano In Blue, The Gentleman, and 1928 Steinway Scoring. My personal favorite is The Maverick at the moment. What's yours?

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CyberGene Hmm... In my setup with the Casio, Pianoteq reacts very precisely, more precisely than CFX. That is what I mean by responsiveness or playability. I never tried Pianoteq with an N1X, though. And I must admit that some ten years ago, I never got the Pianoteq trial version working well with the retrofit Pianodisc silent system in my old acoustic upright while it was possible to get a satisfying result with Galaxy Vintage D and a somewhat odd velocity curve..

Johnstaf

CyberGene I also purchased Garritan CFX Lite first and then upgraded to Full and it's my favorite VST for recording. However, for daily practice I just use my N1X internal sound, it's much better in playability than Garritan CFX. For some reason, Pianoteq has never been playable for me. It's common for people to say "It doesn't sound perfect but is very playable", however to me it's not playable either. But it could be that I am so much influenced by the unrealistic sound, that it influences my perception for playability.

Pianoteq is less playable for me than the VSL pianos. The VSLs respond to tiny differences in playing when using a decent controller keyboard.

Piano Monk

For me, it's hard to have a favorite. Maybe I just get bored. I like the Garitan piano that came with my 2009 version of Finale. Lately, I've been using some free one's (Dore's Yamaha found on soundfonts4u, a few from Pianobook) with Sforzando. My old Ivory pianos, the German D and C7, are familiar to my ears, so I gravitate to them often. The Garageband Steinway is convenient on my macbook and easy to fire up. So, I guess I don't really have a favorite; probably should have kept quiet.

pianow

you said (virtual instruments - not only pianos) so…

i think this is gonna help lots of new producers (only the ones i have lots of experience with)

pianos :

1 - vsl synchron pianos

2 - garritan cfx

3 - c.bechstein digital grand

4 - native instruments pianos

guitars :

1 - ample sound guitars

2 - orange tree samples guitars

3 - native instruments guitars (session guitarist, bassist)

solo strings :

1 - virharmonic violin, cello, viola

2 - audio modeling swam solo strings

3 - best service emotional series

ensambles (strings, woodwinds, brass) :

spitfire

native instruments symphony series

acoustic drums :

xln audio addictive drums 2

native instruments abbey roads drums

n.i action strikes (cinematic percussion and drums)

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