The best samples I've used are the East West Quantum Leap Pianos. Far and away ahead of anything else. They are way hungry though... Pianoteq is great and light on demands. The play version is cheap and upgrades without penalty.
For live (pop) work I find myself using the Garritan piano within Kontakt a lot. If you need any extra variety in pianos (and you have Kontakt or equivalent) then the PMI pianos are good and cheap too. I have a number of them which I would never use always but which are perfect sometimes. Given price/computer demands/performance I think it difficult to beat Pianoteq. Steve P. On 19 Aug 2011, at 18:33, Chris Bell wrote: >> though this topic is not strictly Finale-related, I thought to ask >> the members of this list clarification on what piano samples to use. >> I'm in the need to import midi files previously created with Finale >> into Logic 8; there I will have to do some work-around to model and >> polish the piano sound. I would like work with some good classical >> (and not) piano sounds, something outstanding than the ones wich >> come in with Logic. >> I'm trying the Pianoteq 3 demo version and they sound quite good, >> but before purchasing I would like to be shore I'm not missing >> anything out there. >> Any suggestion will be warmly appreciated. > > > I like to use the Classic Piano Collection from Native Instruments. > > http://www.native-instruments.com/#/en/products/producer/powered-by- > kontakt/vienna-concert-grand/ > > / Chris B > > > "While it's well known that as one gets older, one tends to find > changes in the world at large unsettling, confusing, fucking > irritating, a rebuke to one's very existence, it's generally not a > good idea to make a career out of saying so. " > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > Finale@shsu.edu > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
