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Old 28th August 2009   #74
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Listened to the demos again today. These are the "best" (yup, extremely subjective) pop sounding piano demos I've heard from any library.

I own Ivory and like it but I don't believe I can get that sound out of it. Ivory was groundbreaking when it came out but this sounds like another great step up. Won't know for sure till I own it of course though.

Still looking forward to hearing more demos of the VSL Vienna Imperial but from what I've heard so far the Alicia's Keys is far better for what I do. I do realize they are wildly different pianos but the sound in general (from what I can tell thus far of VSL's new offering) is just better/at a higher level to my ears. I still hear a funny resonance in the VSL demos.
Better than Ivory? Really? Not to my ears. These samples sound like a sampled piano to me. Ivory has a more accurate capture of a piano's sound. Garritan Steinway Pro to me sounds like closest to a real piano being recorded. It has more depth after the note has been played.
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