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In terms of a good balance between tone and playability, given the choice of any VST (or VSTs), which one(s) would YOU prefer for playing piano soloes of Pop, Jazz Standards (ie - Great American Songbook) and Showtunes? And if you really want to delve deeper, which preset(s) in that VST would you prefer for this purpose?
I know that this is highly subjective, so please keep it civil. FWIW, I own a VPC-1 (which I play mostly with headphones) and DON'T play any classical at all.
Just curious what the general consensus is on this topic.
There's a free demo (just a few keys enabled) you can download.
Hmmm.... Just tried the demo and, while limited in the number of keys that work, was pretty impressed - especially at the current price. One thing I didn't find, though, was a velocity curve setting. Is the touch sensitivity slider supposed to do the same thing?
There's a free demo (just a few keys enabled) you can download.
Hmmm.... Just tried the demo and, while limited in the number of keys that work, was pretty impressed - especially at the current price. One thing I didn't find, though, was a velocity curve setting. Is the touch sensitivity slider supposed to do the same thing?
Thanks!
Following up on my previous comment -- I've been experimenting a bit with the demo and was almost ready to buy this VST. But then I came across a most peculiar behavior. Specifically on key C3, when you strike it with moderate force and no pedal, the tone repeats (albeit much quieter) about 1 second after striking the key, as if it's a distant echo. Strike the key with either minimal or lots of force and this behavior disappears. I can't try any adjacent keys to see if this affects an entire range of keys because they're disabled in the demo.
I've never come across this kind of thing before. Is there some kind of adjustment that gets rid of, or at least mitigates, this behavior?