piano soft synths

[brindabella]

Jul 13, 2009, 2:41am, feaker wrote:BellaIs that a hard synth?PablitoDunno, Pablito, have not listened to it!

[mojobone]

It's not just the expense, the tuning, the maintenance; it's also that you need the room, the mics and the expertise to use a real piano for recording. I use a POD to record guitars, is the experience the same as standing next to an actual amp? No, but it's exactly the same as standing in the control room with the amp miked up in another room or iso box, and far more convenient than actually setting up amp and mics in another room, plus the controls for both the amp and the DAW are at my fingertips. It's a tradeoff that I'll make in most cases, as it's how the guitar comes across in the monitors that I'm most concerned with. There's a lot to be said for the visceral experience of playing a fine instrument in a great room and being inspired by the feel as well as the sound, but when faced with multiple complex tasks and a deadline, convenience and control often trump inspiration. I'll go to great lengths for my personal artistic expression, but on a jingle session, the POD wins every time.

[mazz]

Jul 13, 2009, 8:23am, mojobone wrote:It's not just the expense, the tuning, the maintenance; it's also that you need the room, the mics and the expertise to use a real piano for recording. I use a POD to record guitars, is the experience the same as standing next to an actual amp? No, but it's exactly the same as standing in the control room with the amp miked up in another room or iso box, and far more convenient than actually setting up amp and mics in another room, plus the controls for both the amp and the DAW are at my fingertips. It's a tradeoff that I'll make in most cases, as it's how the guitar comes across in the monitors that I'm most concerned with. There's a lot to be said for the visceral experience of playing a fine instrument in a great room and being inspired by the feel as well as the sound, but when faced with multiple complex tasks and a deadline, convenience and control often trump inspiration. I'll go to great lengths for my personal artistic expression, but on a jingle session, the POD wins every time.That's a big AMEN, Reverend!!! Well put!!

[trentoliphant]

With recording pianos - for me it is also not just the cost - but the editability of using a VI. If I miss a couple of notes on a pass - but otherwise it's fantastic - I can just take them out. If I'm trying to get things done - I don't have the time to practice and practice a passage so that I can get it super clean - so I get it clean enough and then do a little bit of editing of notes and occasionally velocities.However, in order to feel like I can give a realistic performance - I do better on with weighted keys (which was part of the original question and discussion.) I'm takes too much extra editing to get the velocity feel when I don't have weighted keys.Maybe I'm not that great of a piano player because I use this crutch - but that's what I do.If it comes to simply playing a piano for my own enjoyment - hands down nothing beats the experience of playing a beautifully handcrafted in-tune well regulated piano. No monitor system or headphones can yet equal the whole experience.