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adash123 wrote: Fri Apr 24, 2026 12:03 pm Also Pianoteq for me. No samples, sounds great and works on Linux. Lots of tweaking possible and comes with a free CS80.
I think you mean CP80. And it's great. I do wish they had a CP70 also since it has a different character. And when I'm looking for that difference, I'm more likely to open the XLN Electric Grand for that. Which I think is the best in their bunch.
And for Electric pianos I tend to lean a little more to AAS Lounge Lizard, although the last Pianoteq update has narrowed the ratio to almost 50-50.
And more to topic, Pianoteq is definitely opened first and daily.
With Steinberg Grand 3 coming in next.
I don't even have Kontakt installed anymore. But I remember "Piano in Blue" was my personal favorite when I did. I do still have the XLN pianos installed, but I don't really open them except for the Electric Grand.

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Don't sleep on UAD's Ravel. Plays amazingly and sounds great as well. It's a samples/synth hybrid. And can be had for cheaper than arguably worse sounding and playing pianos.
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cdbaksu wrote: Fri Apr 24, 2026 5:58 pm Don't sleep on UAD's Ravel. Plays amazingly and sounds great as well. It's a samples/synth hybrid. And can be had for cheaper than arguably worse sounding and playing pianos.
I found Ravel very harsh compared to others (I also use highly tweaked Pianoteq and a very modified Noire plus Meldway).

How do you setup yours?

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Boz Digital MasterKeys collection is quite good. I've used it here and there, it sounds good, has good features and is a standalone instrument.

https://www.bozdigitallabs.com/master-keys-pianos/

Right now, whole collection (6 pianos) is on sale for $99 and you can apply MEM-50 coupon on checkout to bring it down to $49.50.

Absolute steal.

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Arturia Piano V3. SSD space issue, and more important: upright pianos (hello NI, you could do something funny).

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The Pianos in my Montage Hardware and Software are excellent. It's my go to if I need an isolated classical piano sound

Beyond that the Arturia Piano in the V Collection is nice and basically free as I would have purchased the V collection anyway. It's great as a general purpose Piano

Most of the time when I need a piano as part of a song with other Instruments I just reach for one of the Pianos in the Korg Triton Extreme plugin. It has many options that are ready to go

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NI The Grandeur for me. Somehow I never really clicked with Pianoteq soundwise. I’m not really good at playing piano either, so maybe that’s why.
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