My Desert Island Piano VST - VI Labs Modern D

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!

FREIRE Thank you! I love it very much!!! And I'm now not surprised that my videos have directed you to Modern D. It's my daily practice piano library, which says about its quality, sound and response.

The Focal Shape 65, it's indeed rather spacy. I guess if I'm not using my Babyface Pro FS, I'll for sure use a pair of small monitors.

Hope you're able to make a good decision for your VST use!

FREIRE Here's a video I came across a while ago for you, where 2 similar ultra near-fields go head to head.

David Lai Thank you David! Both seem great!

FREIRE Cool. I'm glad it can be helpful to you.

Hi All,

I am a Pianoteq user and I purchased Modern D today. I wanted to share my first impressions after 3 hours of playing, in case it can be useful to people.

I have an i7 3770T (low consumption 13yo proc) and SURPRISINGLY it works as smoothly as pianoteq. Loading time, latency etc… No issue at all. I am in 48,000Hz 64 samples (1,3ms) and my proc usage barely reaches 20%. No crack no pop - similar to pianoteq. I also have a Motu M2 audio interface and a SQ

I have to concede that it's a major surprise, because my only experience with VST was Garritan CFX lite, which requiered lots of time to load and was not pleasant to use (in terms of UI)

Regarding the sound, it's a matter of taste and speakers, but I personnaly find it better than Pianoteq Steinway D.

Thank you to you all in this topic, for having me discover this VST.