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By damstraversaz
On 18th February 2009
Version: 1

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Homegrown Sounds Homegrown Piano

a amazing instrument !
sorry for my bad english....

I'm first a pianist so I really like the natural piano sound. and I had never imagine before so much possibilities to transform the sound of this instrument.


HG piano is in my opinion a traditional piano, but if you are searching another sound with the character of the natural instrument it's perfect.
you have too a second piano ( piano b more brighter) and a rhodes . these instruments are the same , so you can use the presets for all.

user interface

very intuitive. like it


sound

exellent ! the possibility to loop, to reverse etc and to give space with soundscape are endless. the flanger/filter is very good and works very good with piano sound.you can route the different fx , and without tweak anything, have a very different sounds. for texture, motion, fx, and scape this is perfect. it's very good for some lead sound, but with some characters ( string, hammer et).hg piano is unique.

feature
just what you need, so it's very easy to find the sound that you want quickly. i really like the random feature for each section of this instrument. there is too a default button.there is too a microtonal feature, wich is fantastic for piano sound, and motion sounds.

documentation

good.

presets
good too. they show the possibilies of HG piano, and are very good basse for new sounds

customer support
perfect! one of the best support I know. andy is a very nice guy , and create instruments with passion.

stablity
never got problems with ableton live, reaper, xt1 , xt2, usine, minihost/

value for money
very very good !


one af my most used instrument. a real color, and an unique sound. there is no equivalent, and it's in my opinion a master piece.
the demo is the same, the sample are just lo-fi 8k samples and no Microtuner.