Most Realistic Piano Sample(s)

Originally Posted by JairCrawford

Ivory Grand Piano's by Synthogy. It is brilliant.

top notch.

i also like NI's akoustic piano.

How about Propellerhead's Reason Pianos?

http://www.propellerheads.se/product...tion=mainframe

Originally Posted by Cdnalsi

How about Propellerhead's Reason Pianos?

Propellerhead Software

well, to use those you obviously need Reason, which imo sucks (unless you're into synths and breakbeats and whatnot). Reason doesn't even give you the option to give different measures different time signatures or different bpm.

nuff said.

oh and btw, those samples aren't really that great, in fact, they're not any good at all compared to the 'big ones' out there.

Also, keep an eye out for Garritan's upcoming Steinway library. It comes with convolution-based DSP modelled sustain and sympathetic resonance, has support for all three pedals including proportional sustain values, and a whole host of other neat features.

I actually have the opportunity to use it for an upcoming project and it's quite exciting.

Originally Posted by robertn

well, to use those you obviously need Reason, which imo sucks (unless you're into synths and breakbeats and whatnot). Reason doesn't even give you the option to give different measures different time signatures or different bpm.

nuff said.

oh and btw, those samples aren't really that great, in fact, they're not any good at all compared to the 'big ones' out there.

Well, just to respond to your thoughts, Reason's not all about "synths and breakbeats". I've been doing orchestral work and jazz arrangements for years in Reason.

And yes, you can change time signatures and tempo on the fly. Since v4.

What would a "big one" be?

Originally Posted by Cdnalsi

What would a "big one" be?

Garritan Steinway would be one...
Synthogy Ivory would be another...
EWQL Pianos would be yet another...

All three come in huge packages of 40 GB or more! So the "big ones" is actually a litteraly term!