East West Quantum Leap Pianos' audio demo files have really impressed me. Although the price may by worth the investment, I discovered what you mean by 'They are way hungry though...' I've got the feeling that a strong hardware upgrade would be necessary, while I'm running Logic 8 on a MacBook 2,5 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo / 4 GB Ram. I also gave a look to Native Instruments' Classic Piano Collection and Ivory as well, and yes, Bob, you may be right, their demos aren't so clair, and I got your suggestion. I also heard about Reason Pianos, but haven't got around there yet.
Giovanni -------- Giovanni Andreani www.giovanniandreani.eu >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 > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
