I love the sound of the Splendid Grand instrument (originally an Akai ftp freebie). I've played a lot of other freebies (and some for-pay ones bundled with other samplers), but none have come close. The EQ and "space" particularly appeal to my ear. However, I do recorgnize the flaws in it (some panning issues, distorion in a few high end keys).
As a matter of fact, I'd even pay to replace it if there was a product that had that same sound without the glitches!
Is there already something out there that will make me happy?
In fact, as a place to start, does anyone know the actual piano model used in the Splendid Grand samples?
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Need Replacement for Akai Splendid Grand
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- KVRAF
- 3066 posts since 31 May, 2002 from My chair
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- Skunk Mod
- 21249 posts since 10 Jun, 2004 from Pony Pasture
ISTM that if you snoop 'round the non-wav files that comprise Splendid Grand, one or more have the name of a brand (and model?) of piano embedded in. But I can't recall what. I'm thinking it might be some kind of fairly largish Steinway but my memory is notoriously unreliable.
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- KVRian
- 1222 posts since 6 Jul, 2004
I think it's a Kawai. But my memory... ditto!Meffy wrote:ISTM that if you snoop 'round the non-wav files that comprise Splendid Grand, one or more have the name of a brand (and model?) of piano embedded in. But I can't recall what. I'm thinking it might be some kind of fairly largish Steinway but my memory is notoriously unreliable.
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