![]() But as impressive as it is, it's probably not what you want. You want something that sounds like a real piano, but is bright and punchy, like the old Baldwin used in the piano break in Layla or the Steinway upright at Abbey Road. If you're open to buying a hardware synth, you can pick up something like a Yamaha P90 digital piano. It's a now-discontinued model, but if you can find one used they not only have a great rock sound but an excellent piano-style keyboard. That'll set you back around $800, I'd guess. If you're intent on going with software, there is the TruePianos sampler that is now included with SONAR. Not bright enough, and not CPU-friendly despite their claims to the contrary. But it does have the advantage of being included in the price of a SONAR upgrade. It looks like nothing, but for rock - even certain instrumentals - this one hell of a flexible softsynth!!! Make sure you check out Modartt's Pianoteq. I cant say enough good things about Pianoteq. To put it mildly, it blows ALL the sample-based stuff clean off the stage!Īnd it is very CPU intensive. So I always end up bouncing the piano to wav. I grew up on piano, so I can tell you that Pianoteq will only be fully appreciated by someone who is after the feel of the piano sound as much as the timbre of the sound. ![]() For someone who only does Jerry Lee Lewis impressions, Pianoteq would be serious overkill.īut if you get someone who wants to sit down and play some serious Beethoven on a real grand piano weighted keyboard controller, then Pianoteq (and some fine monitors) is the ONLY way you will ever convince the person that it is a real piano. I've never met a trained pianist yet who could not recognize a sampled piano after 3 minutes of banging on the keys. ![]() It is so realistic, you can actually press a low C key too slowly to make any sound, hold it down, and quickly bang the next highest C key, and the one you are holding down will resonate, just like a real piano does. ![]()
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