Spectrasonics Keyscape Presets (2 of 4)
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- Опубліковано 12 вер 2024
- Title renamed (2 of 4). Second video where I put Spectrasonics Keyscape thru its paces with a variety of different genres to suit each preset. They're mainly traditional songs, classical or just me improvising. At 7:07 - 10:02 I demonstrate the clavinets with a series of Logic Pro loops as I am not a funk pianist / keyboard player. I had a hoot forming it, but it ISN'T normally a musical genre you can expect on my channel...
Apologies for the slight distortion at 5:40 - 5:44 as I forgot to check the levels adding a limiter if was necessary. Hoping to conclude with two more videos max.
0:10 Celesta
1:50 Chimeatron
2:55 Dulcitone
5:14 Toy Piano
5:45 Duo Instruments
7:07 Clavinet (Volume / Headphone caution)
10:02 Piano Flourish and Ending
Wonderful! I did Sugar Plum for orchestra a number of years ago. I like these instruments.
Yes I've just listened to and gave it a thumbs up. Also gave the Rachmaninov Etudes Tableaux Op.39 No.1 another listen as well - great performance.
About time I upgraded my other Spectrasonics instruments...
@@PianoandKeysStudio are you refering to Catwoman when you say you just listened and liked?
@@HollywoodVirtualAudio No, I mean the orchestral version of Sugar Plum Fairy which you did 5 years ago. 😎
Btw - just listened to Catwoman as well. +1 again.
So heavenly. A real musical box of bootiful sounds. kkk
@@neilcrossland Thanks 😀 (assuming you meant this vid) 🎹. Do go and check out Hollywood Virtual Audio as well as there's much there of great interest. It's all rather splendid. 😎
Hi, Great play, Great sound and touch. Could you tel me what Velocity Curve do you use for your VPC1 Keyboard. Thanks !
Hi Valerio, thanks for your sub and comment. 😎
Most of the time I've used the preset that's calibrated with Synthogy Ivory (Power button and top E flat). I usually change the velocity curve on the virtual piano software instead when required (set to a flat response when I'm practicing, but can vary depending on what type of piano sound I'd want for a particular piece. Occasionally I may use the VPC editor if a note / notes in the sample library are uneven.
Hope that helps. 🙂
What do you use for the most realistic grand piano sound?
It very much depends on the musical genre.
So far I've used Synthogy Ivory 2 for my classical performances. Their Steinway can be made reminiscent of 'vintage' recordings - Rubinstein and others.
synthogy.com/index.php/products/software-products/ivory-2-grand-pianos
Sometime over the next few weeks I will also be getting VSL (Vienna Symphonic Library) Synchron D-274, starting with the standard version.
It's a huge library - and the most expensive for a single instrument, but the price is for its incredible detail. Each note is sampled at over 100 different dynamic levels x several different mics (more for the advanced version). www.vsl.co.at/en/Synchron_Pianos_Bundle/Concert_D
For everything else non classical (and maybe for the odd classical pieces) - Spectrasonics Keyscape. It doesn't have a concert Steinway or the multi-mic samples of VSL Synchron, but for £279 (whatever that is in US bucks) you get 36 keyboard instruments including a concert Yamaha C7 and two uprights - all superbly recorded to either hear on their own or to sit well within a mix. www.spectrasonics.net/products/keyscape/
Those are my go to plug-ins.
Two others I can recommend off the top of my head are-:
Garritan CFX - www.garritan.com/products/cfx-concert-grand-virtual-piano/
and Ravenscroft 275 - www.vilabsaudio.com/Ravenscroft-By-VI-Labs
but there are many great VSTs out there ranging from free to VSL prices.
Typing in 'best piano VST' in UA-cam search will give loads of options to audition... 😎🎧
@@PianoandKeysStudio Let me ask again but in a different way. What has the most realistic grand piano sound?
@@TechTVusa Still the same answer. 😎
I think it's not so much a question of 'what is the most realistic grand piano sound', but 'what is the most realistic and appropriate for a specific genre', as there are numerous very realistic sounding piano VST's out there. I've just gone for those 5 listed at the top because they are the most realistic for my use.
There are grand pianos made by Steinway, Bosendorfer, Yamaha, Bluthner, Ravenscroft, Bechstein, Fazioli, Kawai. And, just like your guitar collection, they will have different tonal characteristics. Some classical pianists prefer playing on a Steinway, others on a Bechstein etc... whereas jazz pianists may prefer the Yamaha C7 or Ravenscroft (that's not to say that the other pianos wouldn't work for them). And this is reflected by the number of grand piano VST's out there each for more specific purposes.
Let me narrow it down and be more specific.
I'd say ANY of the VSL Synchron range is ONE OF - if not THE most realistic grand piano sound to play all manner of classical pieces ranging from Bach thru Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Debussy, Rachmaninov etc... because of the number of samples per note to give the dynamic range a wide variety of classical music requires. Whereas for jazz music (which doesn't necessarily focus on such range frequently), I'd say either Keyscape or Ravenscroft 275 depending on the preferred instrument (Yamaha or Ravenscroft or whatever). Also - bearing in mind that different types of music are recorded with different mixes, different microphones - and number of them etc.
Of course ALL grand pianos have a large dynamic range.
In theory - VSL should have the most realistic grand piano sound given all the samples per note each of them have.
But the others have also been able to crossfade the samples to the point that their instruments are realistic enough for nearly all pianists.
I don't think it's a question with a definitive answer, rather one that can only be answered subjectively by listening to the demos. 😎
@@PianoandKeysStudio Taylor, Yamaha and Martin all make guitars but that would be irrelevant to which MIDI sound module sounds most like a real acoustic guitar. Now if the Roland sound module sounds exactly like a Taylor and the Korg sounds exactly like a Martin then the answer would be they both sound like real acoustic guitars by different manufactures. Let me ask another question. Do all the synths you mentioned all sound like a grand piano but from different manufactures?
@@TechTVusa
'Taylor, Yamaha and Martin all make guitars but that would be irrelevant to which MIDI sound module sounds most like a real acoustic guitar.'
I agree, but I listed those piano manufacturers to highlight how different sounding instruments cater for different genres, because you initially asked me what has the most realistic piano sound. I used those examples to answer I can't pinpoint to just one most realistic sounding piano.
'Now if the Roland sound module sounds exactly like a Taylor and the Korg sounds exactly like a Martin then the answer would be they both sound like real acoustic guitars by different manufactures' - Absolutely, but there's more. It's worth mentioning that the two essential differences are a) the microphone set-up which may pick up different frequencies of these instruments to the way our ears hear them and b) *the number of samples used per note which would affect a performance* (actually - another one is the time duration of the note recorded)... I may be digressing but it's worth mentioning.
In answer to your next question - short of hearing the actual grand piano in the same room as me, yes. And they'd certainly work for producing recordings / videos.
I'll need to get on with this next video - plus looking after things here at home, so you will forgive me if I don't respond immediately to your next comment.