In other words, i'm only listing my cream of the crop in every list. Now please note that what i'm going to include in those lists is the result of major liquidation/personal shootouts. At the end of the day, I DON'T CARE because i simply enjoy playing them. Some of them might be "limited" in certain playability areas OR might leave something to be desired when exposed in a solo context OR might have some problem areas in certain registers of the keyboard. Those are the pianos that hit a certain "chord" with me when i play them and thus inspire me. List 3: I call this the "there's something special about this piano" list. They sound the most realistic to my ears when put to test on every imaginable playback source (iphone, laptop speakers, car audio, earphones, headphones, PA system etc.). Those are the ones i would use in a recording which i'm planning to release to the public. List 2: The front shelf to show to the rest of the world. Of course, what you're using as a controller plays a major role in this as well, but that's a different subject. Just like a real acoustic grand, what your fingers give them they will return to you in spades. They also don't stand in the way of my technique (without sounding too freakin elitist). These feel the most responsive under my fingers. The stunt actors that do all the real hard work. But what i'll do is make lists that describe how i label my piano libraries and how i use them. I'm not going to list how many piano libraries i have because i have a LOT. Actually for me, as of now, there's only one piano that fills both gaps (You will find out which one from the lists below). I know this thread is about Keyscape but i have to say this: What's good or bad is subjective to everyone when it comes to piano libraries and it gets even worse than "subjective" when you start expecting perfection in both playability AND production.
Noire from Native Instruments sounds pretty good as well. Art Vista Supergrand is another amazing one. There's plenty of developers out there who actually can hear, and make a quality product.įor pianos, Garritan CFX is probably one of the most amazing I've heard and the only sampled piano or piano VST I've ever heard that has dimensionality. I don't need to pay for their bad decisions. It's one thing that their ears are shot, it's another when they absolutely refuse to acknowledge it. I lost all interest in the library after that. So what? So you guys can't hear sh!tty resonances. If it's good enough for them, then it's good enough for keyscape. I got a somewhat nasty reply where I was pretty much told that the C7 in Keyscape is in a famous studio used by rock stars. I was hoping it was something they could fix. I reached out to them on another forum and provided audio examples of the resonances and how loud they were and obtrusive. There's some really bad and obvious resonances in the bass area, that once you hear them, you'll never not hear them and they'll make the piano unusable.