reason 4.0 and Piano refills...any good ones?

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I have a question about reason and pianos and the sound in general. I have Reason 4.0 and I want to get a piano refill but the few that i have heard sound like crap. What set of piano refills can I get that actually sound like a real piano? To me I just dont think they can make a real sounding piano. I would love to be proven wrong...
 
vsti's are getting better all the time... i copped the garritan steinway... ivory is way cool too... lotsa them are getting up there... even the modeled types like pianotek (sp?).... as to the refill i dont use it and cant comment specificly... are these retriggerable riffs and licks???
 
Well I noticed that there are some really good strings (cello,violin. symphonies) that sound REALLY good. Other things too, like certain organs and even an exact replica of a Mellotron (Strawberry Fields). But the piano refills Ive heard just dont quite measure up. You can tell they are fake. They do however sound a little better when in a mix, covered up by other instruments...
But I guess I would love some reccommendations as to the realist sounding piano refills out there. Im more looking for Beatle-esque type pianos(Ive already got the abbey road refills, they sound like shit) Im not into the whole steinway grand miced in a concert hall type sound...more beatle in the studio sound...
Any reccommendations?
 
overall objective

What is your main objective? If you are not a pianist at heart, then total realism is not going to matter. If you are adding piano tracks to a rock song, almost the entire modern generation does not know the difference between a kazoo and a saxophone.

I'm a pianist and a composer. Besides rock and electronic stuff, I love classical composition concert grand playing, solo performances, where every note sounds like heaven. I'm critical of the technique as much as the piano chosen for the recording. I love some classical music where the complement of the instruments work off one another, as they are "speaking" to the listener, and the expression is, of course, all acoustic, including the horns.

IF you are using reason to make modern music, hip-hop, rock, and just about anything in the realm after 1980, abby road samples or the steinway recorded samples should be able to find their place in your mix.

IF you are attempting to use Reason to convince us of a new jazz trio recording (piano, standup bass, and kit), then you may be right in searching for a better piano sound.
 
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