VSL is Upping Their Game

Jose EB5AGV sorry, re-reading I see you meant the Concert D-274

I’ve just dowloaded the 30-day demo full version of VSL Steinway D-274 and I immediately got the reduced file size version.

It sounds really good through the internal speaker of my N1X even with just the default mic settings, especially the concert surround to stereo setting.

I am new to this virtual intruments and only have the Garritan CFX that I purchased couple months ago, and I am amaze with the experience that you feel like you are playing in a big concert hall.

Now, I want to record my playing, and I wonder if there is an in-built record function in VSL (hopefully similar to Garritan that you can convert your midi recording to wav audio file).

Just found a free DAW, called Cakewalk by BandLab, to supplement VSL’s limitation. With Cakewalk, I managed to convert my midi file recorded in N1X to WAV audio using the VSL Steinway D-274 VST.

I can’t help but share my excitement with this great VSL product which I will probably purchase before their special offer ends. Thank you so much for sharing @David B .

https://youtu.be/ult8-JTyY1g?si=Xo0ZbPS1Or7ab4K9

jenpal could you share your D-274 setup? (a mixer window capture would be great)

@jenpal Thank you for sharing that lovely song. I was not familiar with it, but it was beautifully played. I see you went for the bigger concert hall sound with the D274. As I was listening to it I envisioned you being far away. You might want to try some of the player settings to contrast the intimate feel with the big concert sound.

Love your playing and very nice setup, too. Looks like a very welcoming space to be in. Thanks for sharing.

God Bless,
David

Jose EB5AGV

they're pretty similar actually, although the cfx has a brighter and sharper tone to it (not in a bad way) and the d-274 has more depth and presence with more metallic shimmer in high_mids but both of them are very bright and articulate instruments IMO

if you're not looking for that type of sound, i'd say you should look elsewhere - i mean every other synchron would give you that warm piano tone except these two - i really hope someday vsl sample a vintage steinway (like embertone or the NI grandeur)

David Lai the d274 standard edition is a disappointment for sure, the condenser mic is never enough, i love the ribbon and tube though (especially the tube - it has a lot of warmth and body to it)

but of course part of its harshness is because of the linier velocity mapping, lowering the vel,curve and the dynamic knob would definitely help (it helped me alot)

Jose EB5AGV Actually, I only used the default Concert Surround to Stereo setting in VSL Steinway D-274.

What I did is that after exporting my midi recording file from the N1X, I loaded the midi file into the Cakewalk software. Then, added the VST instrument in Cakewalk with the following settings, which is just one of the VSL defaults. I don’t have experience with DAW, so I am not sure if there is something extra enhancement done within Cakewalk after exporting it to an audio WAV file. Finally, I converted the exported WAV to flac using Audacity and applied normalisation of -3.

Thank you David B . 😊

Yes, that is the default concert surround to stereo setting which is very nice to listen from the internal N1X speakers. I will definitely try the other settings you suggested. Perhaps I will download the other demo VSL pianos as well to have a comparison before I make a purchase.

A Beautiful Thing

Downloaded all my VSL compressed files. 6 full libraries = barely more than the VSL F308 before lossless compression. 🥳

God Bless,
David

Thank you for the additional 10% promo code David B . I’ve just purchased the VSL Concert D-274 today. 😊

jenpal inquiring minds want to know… Standard or Full? 🤔

Jose EB5AGV I bought the full version to have all the mic settings.

Jose EB5AGV inquiring minds want to know

😋

i used the code to purchase a new one (not gonna say what it is yet 🙂 )

thanks david.

i'm gonna buy the imperial & f308 next 🙂 (my wallet : no you're not)

Yesterday I had a night (virtual) piano playing session and I revised the VSL Vienna Imperial. It has something which makes it shine over the other VSL offerings.

It was a really fulfilling session and took me to musical heaven 🤩