Keyscape or more synths?
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- KVRist
- Topic Starter
- 64 posts since 11 Apr, 2020
I make EDM but I've recently been playing piano a lot to improve my songwriting, so I've been interested in buying Keyscape. However it doesn't really fit the genre of what I make and it would mostly just be solely for practicing piano.
Alternatively I've been looking into buying another synth or two to help with inspiration for creating sounds. I'm interested in Repro, Hive, Legend, and Tal-u-no-lx. (I've demo'd all of them and they sound amazing)
Which would you suggest?
Alternatively I've been looking into buying another synth or two to help with inspiration for creating sounds. I'm interested in Repro, Hive, Legend, and Tal-u-no-lx. (I've demo'd all of them and they sound amazing)
Which would you suggest?
- KVRAF
- 14992 posts since 26 Jun, 2006 from San Francisco Bay Area
Why not either Komplete or V Collection. Both come with pianos and lots of good synths.
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- KVRist
- Topic Starter
- 64 posts since 11 Apr, 2020
I own Komplete actually, however I'm not a huge fan of the pianos I've tried. I've used Alicia's keys for a while and it lacks a lot of air in my opinion. I definitely have enough synths and pianos, but I'm looking to find more I guess. (I'm sure the same applies for most people on this forum)
- KVRAF
- 14992 posts since 26 Jun, 2006 from San Francisco Bay Area
Oh, in that case, get it all. Everything. That way you won’t miss out on anything.AveryW wrote: ↑Thu Aug 13, 2020 4:17 am I own Komplete actually, however I'm not a huge fan of the pianos I've tried. I've used Alicia's keys for a while and it lacks a lot of air in my opinion. I definitely have enough synths and pianos, but I'm looking to find more I guess. (I'm sure the same applies for most people on this forum)
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RugerioDelStereo RugerioDelStereo https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=466409
- KVRist
- 150 posts since 23 May, 2020
If it's only for practicing the piano, why not go for a (good sounding?) free one, like for instance Piano One?
http://www.supremepiano.com/index.html?piano1.html
http://www.supremepiano.com/index.html?piano1.html
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- KVRAF
- 2641 posts since 23 Jun, 2006 from Hungary
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- KVRAF
- 5716 posts since 8 Jun, 2009
You're in danger of buying lots of piano libraries to find The One when you could probably tweak what you already have to what you want. The Yamaha C7 in Keyscape is quite dark out of the box and not that far in tone from the C3 in Alicia's Keys (the only C7 that isn't seems to be the one in Sampletank 4 but that seems to have been EQed for "studio use"). It's easier to get a brighter, airier tone out of the The Grandeur without external EQ. Also, pianos in Komplete like the The Grandeur are pretty tweakable in terms of sound and dynamic range. An advantage of Keyscape is that it gives you a bit more control over the velocity response. However, it's rare that you can't alter the keyboard's own response and that of a sampled instrument that has a few preset curves to get close to ideal.
Very often, people complain about the tone of individual pianos but don't play around with the velocity response and other settings that make the small but important differences to playability and get them to respond well to different MIDI keyboards.
Very often, people complain about the tone of individual pianos but don't play around with the velocity response and other settings that make the small but important differences to playability and get them to respond well to different MIDI keyboards.
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- KVRian
- 1021 posts since 3 Oct, 2011 from Christchurch, New Zealand
get pianoteq 'stage' - relatively low cost, zero disk footprint and sounds better than most sample libs
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- KVRAF
- 12943 posts since 30 Apr, 2019
I really like imperfect and therefore more real sounding pianos.
If you have full Kontakt or a similar sampler you can load the samples into check out the free download libraries on the Pianobook site.
https://www.pianobook.co.uk/library/category/pianos/
If you have full Kontakt or a similar sampler you can load the samples into check out the free download libraries on the Pianobook site.
https://www.pianobook.co.uk/library/category/pianos/
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- KVRian
- 901 posts since 29 Jul, 2008
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- KVRian
- 1092 posts since 1 Jul, 2008
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- Banned
- 1780 posts since 26 Aug, 2012
ya gotsta get da piano to sound right! layer dem with others and shit like dat, process dem more. dats what edm producers do! if ya dont like komplete pianos, chances are its what your doin' in da mixing. you dig?