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Mister Natural · Post by **Mister Natural** » Fri Aug 09, 2013 12:19 am

thanks BigCat for the acoustic piano examples

for me DimPro is very useful for the EPiano variations and upright bass as Spiritos mentions above. The quality of these alone are worth the $20 easily

tapper mike · Post by **tapper mike** » Fri Aug 09, 2013 12:33 am

I've been loving Dimension pro. It has replaced Korg Legacy M1 and ProteusVX for me. While I still find some very usable and enjoyable sound in both M1 and VX I find the B3 sounds in DimPro have become my bread and butter foundational tones.

bigcat1969 · Post by **bigcat1969** » Fri Aug 09, 2013 5:06 pm

What Dim Pro does best? 'Instruments' aka synth sounds, some solo, some with a bit of random bass and drums from Cakewalk Studio Instruments loops. Same midi clips as in piano samples.

Dimensions Folder
After Market,
Alien Piano 1,
Aliens Force,
Alive,
Body of Laws,
Calculating,
Dark City,
Disharmony,
Batman Score,
Cathedral 3,
Brasses from H,

Synth Bass Folder
Tango Contra Bass

Mix up
Cathedral 3, Brasses from H, Tango Contra Bass,

layzer · Post by **layzer** » Fri Aug 09, 2013 5:22 pm

love it, love it!

the look, the simplicity, the sounds...
very much my main "rompler sounds" go-to workhorse!

bigcat1969 · Post by **bigcat1969** » Mon Aug 12, 2013 5:28 pm

Taking a look at the much lower profile world of Upright Pianos.

Dimension Pro
Vertical Specimen

Saloon Baloon

Kontakt Factory
Upright Piano

Ragtime Piano

VSTi Upright Piano
4 Front Piano

Kontakt Free Upright Piano (converted in Kontakt)
Skerratt London Piano

Old Upright Piano

Kontakt Paid Upright Piano
Sampletekk Rain Piano

I have played with the Kontakt Upright that is sold separately and it has a nice sound and the Imperfect Samples also seems very nice. Both also quite expensive, but the logical upgrades if you need a high end upright. The Rain Piano has an interesting sound and is fun, but isn't to the same blow you away level as the SampleTekk Grands or the two uprights mentioned above.

As per the Grands, the Dim Pro sound a bit synthy and the Kontakts sound like Jr versions of real pianos. Though I gripe a bit, it should be noted that since I bought my 5 Sampletekk pianos for a shade under a hundred and considered it a great deal, Dim Pro cost about the same as one of these pianos and Kontakt cost twice as much as all five. Since DimPro has roughly 150 instruments, you are talking roughly 14 cents an instrument for passable sound and a great synth. For Kontakt with about 190 instruments for 200 bucks, that's a buck and a nickel per decent quality instrument. Try going into a music shop and asking for those prices on tradition instruments.

For free both the 4 Front Piano and the Old Upright Piano are very nice sounding. If you don't own expensive uprights, go grab them.

bigcat1969 · Post by **bigcat1969** » Fri Aug 16, 2013 2:12 pm

Acoustic Guitars if you can Handel it. A bit of Handel's Air Hwv787 as a classical test.

Dimension Pro
Martin Nylon Natural
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Martin Nylon Bright

Martin Steel Natural

12 String

Kontakt
Nylon Guitar

Nylon Guitar with Cathedral Reverb, tone at 12 noon

Free Vstis
DSK AkoustiK Acoustic Guitar

DSK AkoustiK Nylon Guitar

Independence Free Acoustic Guitar

Alchemy Additive Dream Guitar

Alchemy Guitar PM Acoustic

Kontakt Free Instruments
Pettinhouse Acoustic Guitar Free

Pettinhouse Classic Guitar Free

Worra's Campfire Nylon

Flame Studios Ibanez Steel String Acoustic Guitar

Flame Studios Seagull Steel String Acoustic Guitar

Dimension Pro I believe sounds better than Kontakt in Acoustic Guitars, DimPro also has more of them. The two Pettinhouse Free instruments top both DimPro and Kontact.

KevWestBeats · Post by **KevWestBeats** » Sat Aug 17, 2013 2:46 am

I like it my only beef with it is the browser. I am hoping they come up with a modern browser in a future update. After that I would like it a lot more. A price drop would be good too because its not bad for $99 but I would rather have Sampletank for $50 more.

yamarolorg · Post by **yamarolorg** » Sun Sep 22, 2013 6:30 am

Old thread I know, but...

For the most part, Dimension Pro's organs are actually quite good. In fact, for my ears, better than Kontakt. Both DP and Kontakts guitars are a little lame, especially compared with Alchemy. DP's bass (especially the jazz bass's) are great. DP's leads are pretty good (Alchemy's are actually fairly lame). DP's EP's aren't good at all and lastly, the stringed instruments are a tad cheesy.

Just my 2 pennies based on my aural preferences.

BrokenTrance · Post by **BrokenTrance** » Sun Sep 22, 2013 10:29 am

There is no demo?

Your opinions on Cakewalk Dimension Pro