My Desert Island Piano VST - VI Labs Modern D

We have many sampled pianos fans here who are also enthusiastic about PTQ. Don't be jealousy. It takes ten years to see a new VILabs concert grand vi. PTQ updates more frequently.

David Lai And let's not even bring the Pianoteq synth into the picture. Its disadvantages are not worthy to be compared to the great Modern D

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there are plenty of synth pianos in every daw, mine the fl studio also got a few of them

i don't wanna say that they're comparable to the pinoteq, no the pianoteq is better
but it's a better choice only in the synth category, and when i spend 100 - 200 - 600 $ (more then spent on the daw itself) on a vst i wanna make sure that it's not gonna sound like a synth, idk why he always brings ptq up in every discussion
but in most people's opinion and view, a piano must have a Decent sound quality to it in the first place, and if it doesn't, then it's not a good instrument, even if it's playable as hell, and that's exactly what pianoteq is, a highly playable instrument that sounds awful (but of course it's not modart fault, it's the nature of modeling)

pianow You're welcome to talk about it on a new thread I created, where I drew a similar conclusion.

pipAT It takes ten years to see a new VILabs concert grand vi. PTQ updates more frequently.

does that make the pianoteq a better choice? or even an equal? cause i know pianoteq from the version 6 and i can say that all the upgrades and updates in years made this piano almost 10% better then what it was back then, their main concern is to announce new models not to fix the actual sound quality.

pianow No, I like both for their respective good points. Sticking with one flavor may lead to boredom and dullness. I don't want to wear the same clothes all year round. I also like to try different piano brands. I welcome diversity of piano flavors and various piano vi products. So developers could keep making new piano vis to meet different tastes. For a non drummer player, several drum kits vis are well enough. But Toontrack keeps releasing big size and small size drum vis every year. You see. VI products can sometimes serve for fashion purpose. LOL. Enjoy all we could have!

pipAT Sticking with one flavor may lead to boredom and dullness

i agree, I'm always switching between virtual instruments that i have, it's inspiring and at the same time ridiculous to have so many options

pipAT But Toontrack keeps releasing big size and small drum vis every year

great example, but their releases aren't the same old with some eq tweaks, they record ane sample new stuff
but with pianoteq, it's just a name of some brands on a synthesiser that sounds nothing like that brand.

we have enough diversity in the sampling realm already, i mean i literally have like 20 pianos and not just cheap ass stuff, some really decent ones

pianow Well, they make clothes in different ways. PTQ may have more PhD holders than sampled piano developers do. The way I see it: PTQ uses knowledge of math and physics to model pianos and doesn't record so many samples . Sampled developers use their experience of recording, mastering techniques etc.

People could build houses with wood, bricks, concrete, steels as well as 3D print materials. PTQ is synth-like. Sampled ones are like brick-based walls. Both are difficult to handle. I appreciate all their devotions to the development of piano as a wonderful musical instrument.

David Lai the great Modern D

Wow!

The poor baby isn't even 48 hours old yet and already has cult status.

😋

HZ

HZPiano
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HZPiano Haha, from my experiences, this is it! Like I said as the thread title, this is my "desert island piano VST," meaning that if I could do a digital setup on an island, this and this only is what I'll bring with me.

Hi,

My favorties mics:

C414 and Hammers M49 with Convolution Reverb

but i've open a ticket ofr the SR resonance not working between pedal down/up transitions when keys are still down when you release pedal : they want a midi example ? strange it's so easy to reproduce…. don't understand.

They have to fix that, with a checkbox option that allow the engine to play SR resonance samples even when pedal is down to allow SR resonance transition between pedal down up.

They are afraid about CPU ? just add it as option…

but don't understand why they ask me a midi and example ? they don't see the SR problem ?

anyway this Piano sound magical.

Regards,

Olivier W. Frappier

OlivierW Thanks for sharing your new preset.

I've discussed with them, and yes, it's helpful to provide a midi example, I do this all the time. I've also provided a midi example for them.

Meanwhile, if you have Modern U, it behaves exactly what you describe regarding sympathetic resonance.

David Lai if I could do a digital setup on an island

Bring a generator that runs on coconut milk/oil.

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HZ

David Lai it's important for me. I want it in Modern D, as an option if they are afraid about CPU

imagine vilabs sample a fazioli f308 next

the modern F💀💀💀😂

Pete14 Perhaps this goes without saying, but Pianoteq does offer this “minor” detail, and I’m not 100% certain, but it might even allow note-per-note control over partials & fundamentals (perhaps one of you could check for this?)

It does (in the pro-version).

johanibraaten

Thank you, Sir!

Oh my god! I will buy it instantly. Was waiting for this for a long time...

Never liked Ravenscroft.

I am a proud user of Modern U already, with that, this one, and keeping my Bosendorfer in PianoTeq I have the end game (With VPC1)

Such a great day!

Infinito I'm very happy for you! I think they've really done it with the Modern D. And it's a great piano for productions as well as for practice.

Infinito Oh my god! I will buy it instantly. Was waiting for this for a long time...

But won’t you at least give it a “test drive” before committing?

Surely, VI-Labs must offer a 30-day free trial?