![]() Pianoteq is the one that I hold great hope for, but for me it's still not quite there, in terms of sound realism. The Garritan CFX Lite sounds virtually perfect, but too perfect for my taste, and I play it only fairly rarely. I have been playing these two grand's a lot, however. The Synthogy Ivory II Studio Grands sound a bit better still, but unless I kill a lot of Windows services first, they may suddenly loose sound briefly, because of disk activity. Primarily because they sound good, and they function perfectly fine on my not-exactly-top-of-the-line music PC. Since I bought the Galaxy II grand piano's, I have not been playing other VI's much (apart from a bit of testing the new version of Pianoteq), and I may continue to play these three virtual grand's the most. Probably the VSL instruments are the most elaborate VI's on the market, but they require a lot more computing power than some of the others. Whatever is best for someone certainly depends on specific circumstances, for example which computing facilities are available. There are many other excellent ones, but these are the ones I play most.Īnd, as I just got an email from them this morning announcing yet another of their 80% off sales, Sampletekk's aging collection of sampled pianos are still fantastic bang for the buck! It's a little hard/unforgiving for my taste and level of skill, but still very good. ![]() Simple Sam Signature Grand/Cinesamples Piano in Blue are spectacular 'character' pianos - SSSG has the most wonderful presets if you suddenly want to call up a Keith Jarrett or Bill Evans-sounding tone, and PiB actually *is* the Bill Evans piano from Kind of Blue.ĭigital Bechstein is, as Frédéric mentioned, excellent and very tweakable. Pianoteq is a marvel of modern programming that gets better with every iteration and is exceptionally playable and customizable. Garritan CFX is glorious sounding right out the box (and actually, I think, quite different in timbre to VSL's offering I'm happy to have both) VI Labs Modern U is fantastic for its realism and playability. That said, I agree with Frédéric that the VSL pianos are as good as it gets (I have all of them and was excited to see they took delivery of another upright this week which hopefully means they'll be sampling it in their small stage!). The era of digital and web 2.0 does not contrast the success and longevity of this "noble" instrument: today the electronic piano offers the same sounds as an upright or grand piano, but it is mobile, light, compact and removable.You might find it helpful, OP, to duck over to the VI: Control forum and check out the "Ultimate piano comparison" thread in the sample talk subforum. It is only around 1880-1890 that the piano as we know it today will take its shape.Īt the dawn of the twentieth century, the skin that wrapped the heads of the hammers was replaced by sheep's wool, which thus embellished the sound of the piano keys. The brand helps to give the piano its status as a prestigious instrument and to become part of the history of this instrument. Pianos become more aesthetic, more robust, more powerful. The first major industrial manufacturer of pianos is German and is called Blüthner. Little by little, the process evolves and an Alsatian family of German origin improved the instrument by modifying its hammer: the Silbermann family. Cristofori (1655-1731) develops the idea that the keys on which to press would operate hammers capable of striking the strings. ![]() The piano emerges from the evolution of the clavichord and harpsichord, beaten string instruments. Previously reserved for the elite and the upper class, this tool democratized in the second half of the 20th century. ![]() Born in Italy, remodeled several times in Germany, implemented industrially in the United States and now present in musical styles around the world, the piano is rich in history and features. His is a really interesting story, from an instrument for the few to an ambitious product in the modern world: we have to go back to the dawn of the 18th century to see the birth of the ancestor of the pianos as we know it today. The piano, a wonderful and fascinating string instrument, is the protagonist of countless compositions that have marked the history of music. Select local MIDI file by DnD or file selector to play. light-weighted 1 osc or FM based 2 or more osc. Quality setting switches two timbre set.Play by MIDI keyboard also available via WebMIDI API(Chrome).Playable with mouse or qwerty-keyboard.Virtual Piano is a small synthesizer / MIDI player library written for your Browser with GM like timbre map.Īll timbres are generated by the combinations of Oscillator and Dynamically generated BufferSource algolithmically without any PCM samples.
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