Unless you like a certain IMO rather perverted sound element strife for taking on the sonic picture incessantly, I don't get it why the bit whiny, dynamically rather imaginationless tone of this plugin/program should be praised above so many (maybe big) sample set based offerings. I think I simply used different EQ downstream, like what Steve Nathan suggests. It can take some time to tweak it just right, listening within the context of the mix, but that's only because I'm a perfectionist.Īs for a more aggressive sound for Ravenscroft for rock, I think usually what people mean by this is a more prominent note attack, which generally means focusing a bit more on the close mics, but as I prefer a high ratio of close mics even for jazz and classical, I'm not sure if I did anything all that different for rock tracks in that regard. A miracle of a plug-in (like most of PSP's products).
#Vi labs ravenscroft 275 and cfx concert grand psp
PSP Pianoverb II gets used at the track production level.
I still use a spatial reverb during the mix, as a traditional aux send. Think of this as more of a string resonance enhancer than a traditional room reverb it really helps bring a 3D sound to the piano itself, making it more "real" sounding and less like a "recording". Michael Wright, SamuelBLupowitz, David Emm, Joe MuscaraĪn extra bit of advice on PSP Pianoverb, which I still use even on the VSL pianos. I expect I’ll fire up the laptop to run this even if I’m just practicing, which is not something I usually would want to do: “as few power switches as possible between me and playing” is my typical motto.įor $140, I’m kicking myself for not taking the plunge sooner. I’m sure they all have their differences, but from what I was coming from, the Ravenscroft feels like a holy grail of piano sound. I know I’ve read countless conversations here and other places about whether or not people like this piano, Pianoteq, and a bunch of others. I quick dialed in one or two sounds that I like, and spent a bunch of hours this morning just playing. It’s just so “alive” sounding, with clear and real-feeling tone all across the instrument. Wow! I had no idea how much I disliked my current sound until I started playing with the Ravenscroft. I’ve got a big project coming up (basically, recording a musical for streaming, along with tracks to facilitate remote rehearsing and filming), and thought I’d treat myself. So I’ve been using Logic’s stock pianos a lot in the last month or so. It’s fine, but for a lot of stuff I’ve been doing, it’s just been more convenient to midi into the computer and keep it all in the DAW without sending midi back out to the Integra. I agree that the MP11 is a more "realistic" acoustic piano feel.Wow! My primary piano sound for a few years now has come from a Roland Integra (or the PX5S, which is my gigging board that’s been standing in as a studio board for too long at this point). Keep in mind also that the Casio has 3X the labor warranty (with online registration) as the Kawai. the Kawai MP11 costs almost 3X the Casio PX-5S price, so if the Casio performs 90% as well as the Kawai, then that's quite impressive. The Casio is probably 90 percent of the Kawai.
I think the Kawai MP11 is about as realistic a piano keybed as is available for less than 10 grand or so. The VPC1 has touch curves that are germane to the individual VST instruments. It only has 40 sounds and really fulfills a different function. The Kawai has a much simpler interface and is easy to use. The Kawai feels more like an actual piano. The Kawai weight almost three times as much as the Casio. Thus playing on the inside of the keys is easier.
It's key length and pivot is much longer.
I've now owned the Casio PX5S long enough to make the following comparison: I own the Kawai MP11, which features a similar but improved keyboard to the Kawai VPC1. I assume that the Kawai VPC1 is significantly superior, given that it costs twice as much and has none of the "extras" that the PX-5S has. A related question that's piqued my curiosity is whether, when used as a virtual piano controller, the Casio PX-5S can perform comparably to the Kawai VPC1, with both using identical virtual software.