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- Pianoteq 6 vs. ravenscroft upgrade#
- Pianoteq 6 vs. ravenscroft pro#
- Pianoteq 6 vs. ravenscroft software#
- Pianoteq 6 vs. ravenscroft license#
Also there are screws and braces to lose. I think it also weighs at least twice as much if not more. This one is strong, but really not as solid as the lighter weight and easier to set up Ebco one. Again aluminum angel has to be added to each end to support the piano. It does have the advantave of adjustible legs and raises high enough to play the piano while standing up, if that is something you want. This one cost more initially, is much heavier, and more difficult to set up. I made another stand using this saw horse from Harbor Freight: Though, it does take a few hours and some skill to modify it into a piano stand. It's light, folds quickly and is stronger than any other stand I have. You have to cut the legs down 3" and add 10" x 1.0” aluminum angle on each of the sides. I made my own stand which is by far the best of any I've ever seen. I personally recommend the K&M Omega (18810). Make sure you have a decent piano stand, though: the VPC-1 weighs nearly 30kg (about 65 pounds for those living in non-SI countries ) comparable with an MP-10 or MP-11. I guess für 70 Euros the risk is not that high. A lot of these sampled pianos besides being huge installs will emerge with sample issues as they are discovered (and they may not get fixed as they invest in yet another sampled piano release) With Pianoteq not only do you get (not affiliated obviously) a great product but you support continuing improvement on the piano model format. Actually amazed there was not class action on this. Perhaps if they could not fix it or did not want too or it cost too much a complimentary other piano should have been provided.
Pianoteq 6 vs. ravenscroft upgrade#
Many times even with new owners companies keep the same system or lack thereof and apparently the customers of the Authorized Steinway were ignored by the new owners to not fix the instrument and continue the upgrade but go on to other ventures.
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I believe there is a new owner now so it may be possible things are different but I personally would not take the chance.
Pianoteq 6 vs. ravenscroft software#
Owners of the software were left high and dry with a sampled piano with issues after spending serious money. Posters were getting angry in posts on the official forum of the Authorized Steinway piano, but again, they (customers) were promised with a post a month or two apart, for years of him working on it. apparently they had only one programmer (I forget his name as he posted) who was promising a complete fix on the instrument I think he promised and worked on this for two years for a certain upgrade number like 1.5 or 1.7 (I forget). They did fix that with an overwrite in one of the folders. The piano sample had problems and they did a minor upgrade or two including a chair sound in one of the samples. I was on an official forum too a few years ago.
Pianoteq 6 vs. ravenscroft pro#
I bought the "authorized" Steinway for 400 dollars for Pro version if I remember.
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I personally would not buy products from Garritan again and this is only my opinion. I'd really like to check Yamaha NU-1 which is based on Avant grand technology and which also use CFX-samples. A big disappointment for me from this company with a long history with APs and EPs. And there was no any kind of string resonance. Pedal down feeling was very dull compared to real thing.
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(YC5 is unfortunately the most far from its target IMO.) But CP4 failed in all other dimensions: it was surprisingly "dead". In fact something which is still very difficult for PTQ model. 'Basic sound' was great - close miced, very punchy, responsive and clear. Speaking of CFX: Few days ago I had chance to test Yamaha CP4 which has sampled CFX-grand. These features make sampled piano at least some way "alive". Garritan CFX looks definitely promising but unfortunately they don't give us detailed specs what's inside: how much they've done pedal down/key release sampling, velocity layers or string resonance modeling. The new Garritan Yamaha CFX Concert Grant software looks intriguing. I simply do not use Ivory II anymore once P5 came out.
Pianoteq 6 vs. ravenscroft license#
Synthogy does not allow license transfer, but if someone offered me, say 40% of the price I paid, I would consider risking a lengthy jail sentence. The Pianoteq pianos seem to have more personality, and I think that while Ivory II has almost perfected the recording of a single note, Pianoteq more closely captures what happens when notes are played together. To tell the truth, when I play the Ivory pianos, I'm not feeling it like I do with Pianoteq. The American Concert D also sounds great on the demos, and it gets rave reviews from sites like Sound on Sound. Not my cup of tea, but there are some undeniably beautiful demos at Synthogy's website. The Italian Grand has a very distinctive sound that probably lends itself more to classical music. And I also own Ivory II American Concert D and Italian Grand software. I don't have the fortune of owning the VPC1.