not a factor and buried if using additional amplification.ī) the internal speakers suck. there are also a lot of slabs and consoles with noisy actions (not all) but quite a few that thump and clack and are audible when playing at acoustic piano levels. The biggest issue for me with digital pianos (reasonably priced slabs and consoles) when comparing to acoustics is:Ī) the action - there is a short list of digital pianos that have actions that compare with a proper grand/baby grand piano. I'm not sure where I'm going with this just wanted to mention it because it was so unexpected. But this was the first time I've played a rather good grand that disappointed me because it wasn't as good as something digital. Of course I've played countless crappy acoustic pianos which, given the choice, I'd have happily ditched in favor of a '90s Clavinova provided it was in good working order. I was fighting to get the same level of responsiveness from it that I had been getting from an upright driving a bunch of 0s and 1s. I've played it numerous times before and enjoyed it. Then last night I did a live recording at a venue with a perfectly nice 6' Essex baby grand not a high-end instrument, but definitely a good one, under 5 years old, well-maintained and in tune. Since then I've put in more practice time than I have in ages, just because it's so inspiring to play. When I played it from my (MIDI'd, silenced) Yamaha upright, it made me forget that I was playing a fake piano instead of an incredibly nice real one. To say I was impressed would be an understatement.

neutral sounding IMO.About a week ago I got the VI Labs Ravenscroft plugin. Noisy and Dark.Ĩ) Pianoteq, NI Hybrid keys, Addictive Keys - to layer out idea before changing it to other library because of its lightweight, sometimes they stay. Background sound mostly when the song isn't really piano driven. Not for main piano.ĥ) Cinesamples Abbey Road Classic Upright Pianos - mellow song, it has unique tuning and kinda dark, I like it.Ħ) Cinesamples Piano In Blue - Classical, jazzy type piano, too detuned for my liking sometimes.ħ) NI Noire - big piano sound, love the Particle Engine and Swarm. Romantic.ģ) Soundiron Monteclarion Hall grand - same as above but when the Emotional Piano, too emotional, I change to this oneĤ) NI Color Piano + Una Corda - layering, pad-like piano sound, background, dark cinematic, tack, experimental sound. Go-to these days because it has everything.Ģ) Soundiron Emotional Piano - mellow piano based song, pop songs, it sounds kinda pop minor to me.

Some of my favourites, and I heavily use for the past few months:ġ) Falcon's Augmented Piano - pop music, in your face type of piano, variety of preparation.

Ravenscroft 275 or keyscape