PaulieDC
Too much gear, not enough composing. Oy vey.
I bought Kontakt and got their main pianos. I bought EW's Platinum Pianos. I got Emotional Piano and that's fine for what it is. I bought Alicia's keys, that's OK too, but Meh is the general concensus. Still no piano patch that makes me feel like I'm sitting at our grand in our church sanctuary. They're either metallic or muddy or just sound squashed. Almost gave up.
Then I gritted my teeth after much research and bought VSL's Synchron Steinway, $454 USD. For a piano patch, yikes. Just downloaded it. Game is over. This sounds so unbelievably better to my ears I'm going to play this every chance I can. The bass notes in octaves with your left hand are worth the price of admission. I made a preset of just the tube mic with some surround, and it's so crazy good. Having all the mic choices in your mixer is off the chart. The full version is the way to go. Wow. I'd sell my EW Pianos in a heartbeat if it was legal. Oh well, I'll toss them on my laptop... NO regrets on the Synchron price, and the sale is all month. Think about it. Again, wow.
Then I gritted my teeth after much research and bought VSL's Synchron Steinway, $454 USD. For a piano patch, yikes. Just downloaded it. Game is over. This sounds so unbelievably better to my ears I'm going to play this every chance I can. The bass notes in octaves with your left hand are worth the price of admission. I made a preset of just the tube mic with some surround, and it's so crazy good. Having all the mic choices in your mixer is off the chart. The full version is the way to go. Wow. I'd sell my EW Pianos in a heartbeat if it was legal. Oh well, I'll toss them on my laptop... NO regrets on the Synchron price, and the sale is all month. Think about it. Again, wow.