My Desert Island Piano VST - VI Labs Modern D

David B This is not a problem on all of their pianos, but I did inquire when I noticed it on my Bosendorfer Imperial. I sent VSL recordings of the issue and I was surprised by their response. They basically said it's the nature of the piano or something like that. I can't quite remember. There was no admission that it was actually a sampling error which I think it is.

i was so disappointed by their bosenforfer imperial pedal behavior, the sustain pedal basically cuts everything below mezzo piano, and with a little compression applied, the sustain pedal becomes significantly louder, this is the reason i never bought it, even though it's my ideal SOUNDING piano, what i shame 🙁

I've just picked up Modern-D in their sale and am extremely impressed with the realism and detail of this library. This piano has taken my number one spot for when I need as realistic and authentic piano sound and playability that I can get.

I love the layout, workflow and feature set of this library and find it extremely intuitive to use. I'm still new to it so will keep experimenting with all the various parameters but so far this library sounds and feels the closest to a real piano as I've found in a sample library including the VSL Synchron libraries that I tried!

dickiefunk Happy new year! Glad you are enjoying Modern D. It is my favorite virtual piano to play when I can't access an acoustic one, so it really lives well to its reputation.

David Lai

Happy New Year to you as well David. Yes this is what I’ll reach for when I’m not at a real grand.

A new review:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjmJlhhJVAk

Jose EB5AGV Finally Mr. Sam is reviewing Modern D!!!

Jose EB5AGV

so he liked it too huh? what a surprise haha

Another review here. It sounds like there's a lot of love for this library.

I've been playing the Modern-D for the past week and my only criticism is the fortissimo's sound a little muted and lack a little brightness? Has anyone else found this?

dickiefunk I believe it's the piano itself. It's not as bright as Hamburg D's. But I find the very loud notes to be harsh enough for my taste. You can certainly use EQ, or use hammer and close mics to get that sharp tone you're looking for.

David Lai

Yes I'm experimenting with this to try and dial in the sound I'm after.

I would love Vi-Labs to sample a CFX or Hamburg Steinway of the same quality as Modern-D. At the moment Noire will be fine but I'm really appreciating the extra realism details Modern-D has.

David Lai

Oh that is a very nice and no-nonsense reviewer, thanks for posting! Quite a while ago, he positively reviewed the VPC1 as well.

Cheers,

HZ

dickiefunk

in the past i also have met a lot of pianos that sounded like that

my solution is to apply subtle saturation/distortion with a little eq boost (both on the higher frequencies), it brightens up the piano without any harm.

pianow

Thanks. Would you be able to give me more detail on how you do this please?

dickiefunk

of course, something like this should do the trick :

a subtle saturation on the highs and a very minimal low cut and high boost like in the picture, of course you should change all these based on how modern d sound (i don't have it) maybe more saturation, maybe less. hope it helps.

Thankyou for sharing this. I will experiment with this later.

Amazing virtual piano! Having a good time with it. Will be even better when a find the right monitor speakers for my Kawai CN301.

FREIRE Fantastic!!! I'm using Focal Shape 65. But due to my setup, I can't place them at my sweet spot near the keyboard. So headphones are my go-to now.

Glad you're enjoying the Modern D!

David Lai Those must be amazing. But are huge and expensive for my needs. I was hoping to get the new Adam Audio D3v to skip any audio interface and for being small. Also considered modifying the amplification of the KAWAI CN301 speakers as the line in audio works really bad. Does anyone here know how to do it? Crossover / Dsp? David your videos of Modern D introduced me / sold me to this software. Thank you!