Cazzbar said:
Is the EIV a soft synth thing? I've done a quick google and I'm not none too wiser to be honest...
No, very, very
hardware sampler...
this EIV
Cazzbar said:
I've heard good things about soft synths but wanted a keyboard/module for gigging... will never take my laptop out with me!
Just hold on to your hardware, world is enough troubled with mediocrity and sound without substance
erichenryus said:
And I have to disagree with one of the previous posts that
the RD700 is Roland's best piano. The fantom X series sounds
a million times better to my ears.
No reason (as repeated 10 times so far) for either not to find this or that piano to their liking. But using such overstated contrasts are fueling nothing but personal desire to have definitive saying, now why on earth would this be so important after all?
erichenryus said:
are you open to using software sampler? because NI Akoustic piano sounds pretty wicked good. There is also a bosendorfer 290 software piano that's amazing as well.
Heard those samples, very convincing but in no way definitive. Perhaps this is news to some, but making 2GB or more piano library is really no guarantee of ultimate piano.
Neither that or declared resolution is substitution for know-how and decades of experience that best names (hired individuals) in the industry are capable of creating. If that would be so, Korg would have equally great piano as Yamaha and Roland, but that is still not happening.
Korg Japan folks insisted that Oasys must finally have superb piano. Although (504MB) size is impressive and I would lie to say it sounds bad. Truth is, it is just good, but not better then Kurzweil/Yamaha or selected Roland or Promega ones. Korg can certainly afford to produce (to best of my knowledge) great sounding piano. But, it is again hoped in better future, for Korg to really deliver in that department. Accumulated knowledge, or should I say evolution of certain direction is not something to make overnight. But than again. Both Korg and Yamaha
have more packed EFX then Fantoms. And most of the players here know, the exact strengths in each sounds areas that makes both Korg, Yamaha and Roland particular choice for particular users
SonicAlbert said:
As far as I know, the piano sound in the Fantom XR is the same one as found in the rest of the Fantom series. I've owned both the SRX 02 and 11 and neither is completely satisfying. The SRX-11 plays a little more naturally than the SRX-02 and sounds okay on it's own, but when you play with acoustic instruments it doesn't blend well.
Haven't checked XR, but to best of my knowledge X8 stereo sample (700 samples + multi-sampled for each note + number of velocities) are not to be found in XR
As for X blending, I respect your opinion. I've got a friend who till this date likes nothing but U220 in his mixes. Tried everything, but always comes back to his favorite
U220 piano samples. After I hear each time the final mix, I can't debate with the guy
SonicAlbert said:
You might want to try a Yamaha piano sound, like an S90 or whatever the current model is.
S90ES is great keyboard, a bit softy fall compared to X, but I like S90 keys better. Latest piano sample is also excellent. I wonder, how would you like the sound of
Promega 3 piano?
If you can, please do.
P.S. 1)
Acoustic vs Promega (45MB)
2)
Complete demonstration of Promega 3 (107MB)
). Then came the "
same piano as the SRX11 !! With a very ugly muddy middle section, I took it to a band practice and it was a disaster. I was being stared at constantly for my dodgy sound and then had to play everything in the upper two octaves just to cut through the mix. The middle section is just a dead duck.
