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Originally Posted by VitaEtMusica  I bet not. They're all quite different.
You're right, though. We're being a bit hard on them. It's not like they came in and said, "We've come up with the greatest sampled piano ever!" They're only saying they've captured Alicia Keys' piano vibe. Well, who would know better than her? The price is right, nothing revolutionary, there you go.
Obviously, you open a can of worms when you attach an artist's name (and an expectation) with a product. |
Its not even that - this thread is proof of people thinking things sound good/bad due to their visual image of it.
If you read from page one - people are raving its the best sampled piano they've ever heard, its an amazing scarbee product.
You get to the last few pages and people are saying ridiculous things like "now it sounds flat like every other NI piano" and more ridiculously "im sure NIs compression technology (the one that has NOTHING to do with how something sounds) is having an effect"
Ok granted, if you are into pianos they sound different. Personally im not - a piano is a piano to me, im not a huge fan of Pianos full stop - but I can listen to just drums all day and im sure some people would tell me all the electronic snares I like sound quite similar...
But honestly, id love to see a shoot out with the real thing recorded through the same mics and premaps being played, compared to the sampled thing over a variety of different ways of playing and see if the same person who suddenly (stupidly) said I hate Alicia and this is the worst piano ive ever heard could even tell which was which...I honestly doubt it.
At the end of the day it also proves that you can use a sample piano to sell millions of copies of an album and frankly my dear none of the end users care - so while we're debating on here which sample instrument sounds better, if a real piano is better in the mix and if you hate Alicia Keys or Scarbee or not, perhaps the proof is we've got tools here to make hits and if you've got the skills (and the contacts) you should be making them rather than bitterly slagging off marketing ideas.