Garritan Steinway Vst Piano
Upright Piano Vst
Pianos are one of the most amazing sound instruments but they are also one of the most expensive. However, technology. 3 recommendations. Garritan Abbey Road Studios CFX Concert Grand Piano VST, Spectrasonics Omnisphere 2 Virtual Studio Technology, Garritan Instant Orchestra Piano Virtual Studio Technology. Garritan's latest library raises the bar for virtual piano instruments. CFX Concert Grand is the first dedicated piano instrument that Garritan have released since being bought by MakeMusic Inc, the developers of the notation app Finale, at the end of 2011. There had previously been the Authorized Steinway Virtual Concert.
Garritan CFX Concert Grand-opinions? I am a dedicated user of Pianoteq, up to version 5 now. Once I got this piano, I abandoned all others in my software arsenal. However, I keep reading great things about the new Garritan CFX Concert Grand, based on a Yamaha 9 foot premium concert grand. Unlike most Yamaha's (I'm a former Steinway salesperson), the CFX Grand is hand-made. The size of the full install is 122 GB (!).
Piano Vst Instrument
Listening to the demo samples on the Garritan (MakeMusic) website, I was blown away by the authenticity, nuance, and elegance of the sound of this piano. Although classically trained, my work is primarily contemporary jazz, and I'm thinking this virtual piano could actually persuade me to switch my go-to Piano VST. It's pricey (MSRP $299, street price, $249, but can be had online for ($219), and only comes on a USB stick (due to the enormous size of the non-compressed samples), but I'm so tempted I've been drooling all day at the thought of simply playing this piano, not just recording with it.
Anyone have an opinion and/or experience on this product? It's not something I NEED, but boy, do I want it. And aside from this, I have at times considered buying the also-respectable virtual Yamaha from Orangetree Samples-I use quite a few of their Kontakt-based VST's and for my money (again not cheap) they are the most realistic I have ever used (owning acoustic and electric guitars acoustic and electric basses, and flute-and even a zither!). If anyone can compare these two virtual pianos, and also compared to Pianoteq (standard/full version), I would greatly appreciate it.