ReasonRhodes

[krushing]

The ReasonRhodes samples don't really...well, sound that good. All the single notes sound like the trademark "clang" of the hammer's been cut off completely. It's not bad sounding, but certainly not anything "unbelieveable".

[aantetomaso]

I think that it's a matter of what anyone expect ftom a Rhodes sound. I played a real MK2, and I felt the ReasonRhodes library identical to the piano, especially on high velocity. But, again, it's simply my opinion. Some other people prefer the "belly" sound of the MK1, that is also very nice, but, sincerely I like a kind of sound much more aggressive and "funk like". That's why I proposed this product, that costs also not too much for it's quality. Another reason is to know from other friends, what do they think about the products that are in commerce right now. And I'm getting exactly this , I' found the learjeff implementation that it's fantastic too. Thank you. Bye.

[learjeff]

Thanks for the kind words, folks.

Scarbee, I'll double check what I said above about the highest velocity layer. I'm not using Scarbee "straight out of the box", for reasons I won't go into, and it's quite possible that I made some mistakes. Also, some of my samples are actually struck quite too hard causing some less than desirable results at the bottom of the keyboard. (Hopefully one of these days I'll get around to fixing that.)

I agree with ozinexile about the "volume" problems. The issue I had above about Scarbee really has only to do with tone (at FFF levels).

Aantetomaso, if you're using my stereo version, you may simply like the compression I baked into the samples. If so, you can get a similar effect using compression with Scarbee VST. I agree that my sf needs more velocity layers in the bottom two or three octaves. But even if I added that, it would still be far inferior to the Scarbee sample set in a number of ways.

For playability, price, and just plain fun, my soundfont is great, but it's really not in the same category as Scarbee for precision, consistency, comprehensiveness, and overall quality. It's the difference between top-notch pro quality work and "gifted amateur" results.

Cheers,
Jeff

[learjeff]

BTW, post-1975 MkI pianos sound the same as MkII. So, I assume when you say "MkI" you mean "early Mk I". Mine is a "late Mk1" and is the same as MkII. I'm pretty darn sure this is also true for Scarbee, since it sounds like the same version of piano as my own Rhodes. Note that I'm talking about my actual Rhodes piano, not the soundfont, which is heavily EQ'd to make it sound how I like it.

The main differences between MkI and MkII were the color, the flat top, and the emblem. It was purely marketing, other than the sensible flat top. There were a few changes during the MkII years, some of which may have made subtle changes to tone. For details, see http://fenderrhodes.com.

[koolkeys]

aantetomaso, what is suspicious to people about you isn't that you recommended a product. It happens all the time. But you said that this and that other forum are the ones you go to most often. But you have 6 posts. So it will appear to people that you have came here and there purely to promote this product.

I'll make no accusations, as I have no idea. I'm just saying the reason why this is looking that way to them.

If you ARE promoting something you have something to do with, then it would be more respectable to just come out and say it. There are alot of posts here all the time with "secret" intentions. The truth is always preferred to undercover promotion.

However, good luck with your music. I haven't tried this, and can't even tell you any other rhodes sounds except for learjeff's font(superb) and also the soundfonts.it plugins.

Koolkeys

[aantetomaso]

Hello koolkeys,

thanks for your message. I simply would like to explain what I said : when I go on a forum I simply look for some interesting topics and read about them. I don't add posts so often, cause I simply want to "take a look". This time I added my post in order to promote (by myself, and not because someone pays me) a product that I liked very much. I simply wanted to let other rhodes fans having another "rhodes emulator chance". Yes you're right this is the first time I have written in KVR, but, I repeat, it's only because I usually don't write. The same is for the italian Cubase forum (www.cubase.it).

Anyway I agree with you that the thing may be suspicious due to this fact but I'm sincere. Thie is the first time I submitted a post and I've exchanged a lot of infos and known about other vaild solutions that I appreciate (learjeff). I will write again as long as I'll have another argument that I want to let musicians know about and talk about with me.

Thanks to all.

Bye

[aMUSEd]

OK, bub, we believe you. Your post looked a lot like typical company SPAM, that's all. Thanks for posting.

For some pretty darn good (if I do say so myself) free Rhodes soundfonts, try jRhodes3. Y

Thanks Jeff

btw your direct link needs fixing - I couldn't find it initially as you have an extra m in com - I found it through your sig link though

[learjeff]

sorry, two m's in .com. doh! I'll fix my post later, gotta go now!