Best Piano Expansion Pack?

Toplayer2 · June 21, 2019, 01:00:49 PM

Quote from: Toplayer2 on August 31, 2018, 09:00:27 AM
After many hours of trials, I am sorry to say that my initial impresdions of the Genos pianos has not changed...

Time for me to eat a little crow and admit that Eileen was right when she suggested a bit of tweaking could bring out a piano sound that holds up to the competition. Starting with the CFX Ambient, raising the Filter cutoff to 16 and backing the Delay and Reverb down a bit produces a very satisfying grand piano sound to my ears. I am using a Yamaha P-515 with its very nice wooden action as a MIDI controller for Genos. The Genos has far better digital effects than the P-515 which helps produce a CFX piano sound that I prefer to the 515.

Joe

StuartR · June 23, 2019, 04:08:17 PM

Quote from: Toplayer2 on June 18, 2018, 07:41:29 PM
I ordered Snicker740's piano expansion pack after testing the trial version (which disables a few notes). The Ivory II (which I believe is the Steinway D) and Yamaha C7 grand pianos are both very good sounding. They are almost up to the standard of the Yamaha CP4 stage piano and both are more appealing to my ears than the Genos CFX and C7 which sound bright and thin by comparison.

The two included e-pianos are quite nice as well. The price is $50 US.

Joe

I agree. I'm going to purchase these as well. Very nice sounding.

StuartR · June 25, 2019, 02:44:29 PM

Quote from: StuartR on June 23, 2019, 04:08:17 PM
I agree. I'm going to purchase these as well. Very nice sounding.

Just got this new Piano pack... includes three concert pianos now:

Ivory (not sure what that's modeled after)
Ravenscroft 275
Yamaha CFX
If you're not familiar with the Ravenscroft 275 (as I wasn't) check it out... they are a relatively new entry (15 years) in the high end grand piano arena and already compete head to head with the other top end concert grand - the Fazioli. The Ravenscroft 275 9 foot concert grand costs $280,000 US. (Yikes)

Update: slightly off topic but I couldn't not share this incredible performance by two jazz masters at a past NAMM show on two Ravencroft grands. Enjoy!

https://youtu.be/N9aUYkQ9c-s

Filippo · June 25, 2019, 03:13:29 PM

Quote from: StuartR on June 23, 2019, 04:08:17 PM
I agree. I'm going to purchase these as well. Very nice sounding.

Could you please show me this link? Thanks

Snicker740 · June 25, 2019, 07:05:48 PM

Quote from: Filippo on June 25, 2019, 03:13:29 PM
Could you please show me this link? Thanks

Hello.
Unfortunately, I do not have time to create a demo for new audio.
However, you can look at the list of voice piano you get in the picture below.

https://www.upsieutoc.com/image/BOOmEj