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PinnacleProdUK · 8th November 2009

For most of us, ever owning or having the chance to use and record whenever we want, a top of the range Steinway D or Yamaha C7 Grand Piano is far from a reality.

Even having the perfect room to house the piano and get the best sound out of it not to mention the need to keep it maintained is not an easy feat.

Do you slutz think that having a great master keyboard say Roland RD700GX with a sustain pedal, coupled with a Piano library like Vienna/Ivory or EW and Altiverb can sound just as authentic if not better than as using a real Steinway?

Some of these libraries have been recorded in world class rooms with high end equipment, some of which would be hard to do for a lot of people.

Do you dislike Piano VST's, if so why?

Do you feel they lack something and could you get a better sound in your studio with a C7 mic'ed up with a couple of C414's and maybe a U47, I'm not doubting for any minute that you could but do you not like the immediateness of using a VST like EW?

What is everybody's situation when it comes down to using a piano and why?

Thanks in advance!

8th November 2009	#1
PinnacleProdUK Gear maniac Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Derby, UK Posts: 252 Thread Starter	Your Piano Method? For most of us, ever owning or having the chance to use and record whenever we want, a top of the range Steinway D or Yamaha C7 Grand Piano is far from a reality. Even having the perfect room to house the piano and get the best sound out of it not to mention the need to keep it maintained is not an easy feat. Do you slutz think that having a great master keyboard say Roland RD700GX with a sustain pedal, coupled with a Piano library like Vienna/Ivory or EW and Altiverb can sound just as authentic if not better than as using a real Steinway? Some of these libraries have been recorded in world class rooms with high end equipment, some of which would be hard to do for a lot of people. Do you dislike Piano VST's, if so why? Do you feel they lack something and could you get a better sound in your studio with a C7 mic'ed up with a couple of C414's and maybe a U47, I'm not doubting for any minute that you could but do you not like the immediateness of using a VST like EW? What is everybody's situation when it comes down to using a piano and why? Thanks in advance! __________________ "It is ridiculous claiming that video games influence children. For instance, if Pac-man affected kids born in the eighties, we should by now have a bunch of teenagers who run around in darkened rooms and eat pills while listening to monotonous electronic music." If the opposite of a pro is a con, then look beyond this, the opposite of congress must be progress!