ChrisSiuMusic
Senior Member
A review of CinePiano:
Great question. Honestly, it's the first piano I turn to 98% of the time, whether it be for sketching purposes or the final piece. It's that good. No bias. I simply love the tone and resonance it brings; it's very clear and warm, plus it comes with 3 other presets for varying moods, if you should need them. Great dynamic range as well.Hi
I just watched your review, great job you're doing here (and the other reviews too)
Well, I have questions about cinepiano, and thought there was no need to create another thread, as your title could perfectly be the official Cinepiano thread in vi control.
So this library is on sale right now, at 99 it's quite appealing. Right now, my main piano is The Grandeur (came with Komplete). But, I'm not really satisfied with it... I find it quite thin i'd say, not romantic at all.
Will Cinepiano bring something more?
How would those two compare, and Noire could be added into the equation...
Hoping to read many opinions
Since you find the Grandeur thin (I do as well), I think you will be thrilled by the weight and richness of tone in this one."full, warm, flexible, plays naturally, best vi piano, clear, great dynamic range"
Ok well, I guess it is a good one
And given my piano skills, the fact that it can get a little blurry with fast and articulated playing won't be a problem...
That will be 99€ well spent!
It sounds really nice! Do you know if it supports half-pedaling (i.e. continuous controller on CC64) or does it treat the damper as an on/off switch? I can't seem to find that out anywhere.Great question. Honestly, it's the first piano I turn to 98% of the time, whether it be for sketching purposes or the final piece. It's that good.
The CinePiano is truly a great piano VI. That is all.
Actually it's a switch to enable the fff layer. You don't ever have to turn it on.If you stay away from the higher dynamics, perhaps. Anywhere between pianissimo and forte, it's a pretty pleasing virtual piano, absolutely, but the majority of its fff samples ruin the pleasure of playing this instrument almost completely. For me anyway. Because once you know those samples are there, you start holding back in your playing, in order to avoid them. (And it's doubly frustrating because not all fff samples are equally bad. Some are actually very good. But then, way too often, there's these ugly sounding ones that really shouldn't have been allowed into the package.)
Cinesamples must have been aware of the problem cause they've included a switch to disable the fff layer.
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As far as I’m aware, I don’t think this feature is included.Yes, I saw that but re-pedaling is a different thing to half pedaling. Re-pedaling is catching the strings while they are still ringing after the notes have been released - more of a gimmick effect.
Half pedaling though is crucial to the feel of the instrument if you are a pianist - it allows you to finely control the amount of damper. If you are used to playing a real piano, it can be very off-putting when you play a VI without it as notes start cutting off unexpectedly as you 'massage' the damper pedal.