What are your top 3 favorite piano sample libraries / VSTs that you own?

[peter]

What are your top 3 favorite acoustic piano sample libraries / VSTs that you own?

My favorites that I keep going back to, and have used on many of the songs I’ve shared publicly, are:

1. NI Noire
2. Orange Tree Samples Rosewood Grand
3. Embertone 1955 Concert D

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[SoulfulKeys]

Being a keyboard player I’m always trying new piano VSTs but I’m also really picky. Right now the only one I like is the C7 Grand by AcousticSamples. I use it 95% of the time.

• This reply was modified 8 months, 2 weeks ago by SoulfulKeys.

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[peter]

On SoulfulKeys said

Being a keyboard player I’m always trying new piano VSTs but I’m also really picky. Right now the only I like is the C7 Grand by AcousticSamples. I use it 95% of the time.

I don’t have any of that dev’s libraries. But I heard the audio demos of his Wurlie library only after I bought several other Wurly libraries and I wish I would have just bought his, because it sounds better than any other Wurly library that I’ve heard. He captured the dynamics beautifully — something most developers fail at — and the key noise he put in is perfect. If he ever does a big sale on that library, I’m going to have to buy it. The only reason I haven’t done so already is I felt really stupid at the idea of buying like my seventh Wurly library. Plus I really dislike the UVI user experience. If there was a Kontakt version of the library, I’m fairly certian that I would have bought it by now.

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[superabbit]

Absolute best to me is MeldaProduction’s Meldway Grand.

Same company’s free Monastery Grand is pretty great, esp. considering the price.

After that, the venerable Pianissimo from Acoustica still gets the occasional play. Very light on resources.

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[Fleer]

1. Bechstein Digital (sampled as well as in Pianoteq Pro)
2. Orange Tree Samples Rosewood
3. Embertone 1955 Walker

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[peter]

On Fleer said

1. Bechstein Digital (sampled as well as in Pianoteq Pro)
2. Orange Tree Samples Rosewood
3. Embertone 1955 Walker

Two out of three of yours are on both of our lists (the Rosewood and the Walker), @fleer. I suspect the Pianoteq piano is excellent, but I have never played it and I’m way over my budget as it is (I recall that it’s pretty expensive). I’ll probably pick up IK Pianoverse MAX at some point during a future sale. The demos sound excellent — I love some of the presets I’ve heard. Did you pick them up? I know that you’ve been interested in them too. Knowing how similar are favorite pianos are, I’d really love to get your thoughts if you have it.

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[Fleer]

Yeah, I got Pianoverse max too. Very pleased, definitely IK at their best. Great sampling. But do get Pianoteq, at least the Standard version. It’s a whole other experience than samples.

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[William Heins]

VI Labs Ravenscroft 275

Heavyocity Ascend(for something different)

Hammer+Waves Acoustic

A lot of demo stuff here- https://www.reverbnation.com/daylight

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