that would mean a pc upgrade now. Sure I can buy it and put in on a shelf, but I actually need a good sampled piano now.
I'm running Halion 1.13 on a PIII 1133 mhz. with 512 megs of Ram (can't put more in).
Would you please suggest a light-weight alternative? Pop ballads and the alike is my business.
I have tried some of the free soundfonts available: their playability is equal to nul.
Thank you!
Old Lady: I'd love to join the party but.....
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- KVRAF
- 6478 posts since 16 Dec, 2002
I would whole heartedly recommend the Vintaudio Upright piano set. They are two upright pianos, a modern one and an old mellow sounding one, 2gb each. Your machine should just about run that.
Then there's the old Nemesys Gigapiano that came even with the earliest gigasamplers. It's exactly 1gb and it's sampled from a modern Yamaha Grand. It should suit your style quite perfectly, and it's cheap.
There's also a 2gb Steinway B and some Bosendorfer available. I can't remember who makes them, but google should help. They sound pretty damn good, but I prefer upright pianos.
Playability on all of these is excellent and they sound so real that I don't bother recording pianos anymore, unless for some very special occasion.
Then there's the old Nemesys Gigapiano that came even with the earliest gigasamplers. It's exactly 1gb and it's sampled from a modern Yamaha Grand. It should suit your style quite perfectly, and it's cheap.
There's also a 2gb Steinway B and some Bosendorfer available. I can't remember who makes them, but google should help. They sound pretty damn good, but I prefer upright pianos.
Playability on all of these is excellent and they sound so real that I don't bother recording pianos anymore, unless for some very special occasion.
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- KVRist
- 222 posts since 3 Mar, 2004 from Austin, Texas
I have never heard these, and have no idea if they'll run on your system, but Sampletekk makes downloadable light versions of some of its pianos.
http://www.sampletekk.com/
http://www.sampletekk.com/
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- KVRer
- 26 posts since 13 Sep, 2004 from Everywhere you want to be.
May I recommend a vst synth to you? I know it's not a sample, but the EVM Grand (freely available on the net) has a very authentic sound. It may or may not be what you're looking for, but I recommend you try it just in case.
Download here.
Download here.
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- KVRist
- 64 posts since 23 Jul, 2004
What about the Wizoo Acustic Piano included with the Halion 1 software... great for ballads.leonard wrote:that would mean a pc upgrade now. Sure I can buy it and put in on a shelf, but I actually need a good sampled piano now.
I'm running Halion 1.13 on a PIII 1133 mhz. with 512 megs of Ram (can't put more in).
Would you please suggest a light-weight alternative? Pop ballads and the alike is my business.
I have tried some of the free soundfonts available: their playability is equal to nul.
Thank you!
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- KVRist
- 454 posts since 2 May, 2004 from somewhere behind my eyes
This month,s Music tech mag has free 500 Mb versions of Old lady and Emperor on the cover disc.......
The above "words" are the ramblings of a depraved megalomaniac.Any similarity to normal communication is a hallucination on the part of the reader.Replying to this post will result in your family and posessions becoming the property of funkynuts.
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- KVRist
- 197 posts since 12 Nov, 2003
Is the mag version limited to one octave (such as on the old lady/emporer website)? or is the full range?funkynuts wrote:This month,s Music tech mag has free 500 Mb versions of Old lady and Emperor on the cover disc.......
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- KVRist
- 245 posts since 1 Mar, 2004 from London
The full range - all the white notes sampled at 3 velocity levels. Every note mapped individually at 4 velocity levels.MikeLeuz wrote:Is the mag version limited to one octave (such as on the old lady/emporer website)? or is the full range?funkynuts wrote:This month,s Music tech mag has free 500 Mb versions of Old lady and Emperor on the cover disc.......
Steve
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- KVRist
- Topic Starter
- 494 posts since 2 Oct, 2004 from Northern Europe
Thanks to all of you guys, those were very nice suggestions indeed.
- The Wizoo Piano that came with Halion: I don't like it at all.
- The two from Sampletexx: very nice, lightweight and inexpensive.
- The Vintaudio Upright collection: I found it superb and may eventually buy that one.
- Old good Gigapiano: hmmm, I didn't like it much to begin with, but on a second thought: I like it!
- The Wizoo Piano that came with Halion: I don't like it at all.
- The two from Sampletexx: very nice, lightweight and inexpensive.
- The Vintaudio Upright collection: I found it superb and may eventually buy that one.
- Old good Gigapiano: hmmm, I didn't like it much to begin with, but on a second thought: I like it!
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- KVRist
- 93 posts since 20 Sep, 2004 from London, UK
I love it when other people do my job! Cheers Steve.steveholt wrote:The full range - all the white notes sampled at 3 velocity levels. Every note mapped individually at 4 velocity levels.MikeLeuz wrote:Is the mag version limited to one octave (such as on the old lady/emporer website)? or is the full range?funkynuts wrote:This month,s Music tech mag has free 500 Mb versions of Old lady and Emperor on the cover disc.......
Steve
Mike