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These vst programmers are so confident in their product they compared their vst to the original recording. I am glad I often preferred the VST to the acoustic one. Try replay the challenge, and let me know your impressions:
I have that VST (listen mmathew ) and yes, it has some special character which may help to hidden it from the real thing. It is a low cost but effective VST IMHO
Jose
Yamaha U3H Kawai VPC1 ...plus some other DPs, synths, controllers and VSTs
"We asked listeners to listen to 10 short excerpts"
That might mean something like, listen on their cheap laptop, with their possibly crappy headphones, to mp3 files
What does this mean to audio quality of the sounds they are scoring?
Also this comparison is probably not relevant to evaluate PLAYING instead of listening a real acoustic piano versus DP. (you would not listen to an acoustic that you play yourself through headphones).
Also, a test with 10 participants ? I doubt that this has any statistical meaning.
BTW I could not see the entire video, it keeps hanging up at random
(1) They *completed* their comparison contest. So why would it be relevant what you have (2) Why would assume you were part of that contest (3) Where did you read that I assumed that YOU have a crappy headphones or cheap laptop? (4) Why would I assume you do NOT have these?
etc.
I understood they want to compare real acoustic and VST pianos.
Maybe your qeustions are related to some part of the video that I could not see or maybe I misunderstood the purpose of their experiment.
I lost interest at question #2. At number 2, the second choice piano had very artificial, overdone reverb. So, I identified it as the VST. HaHa, the joke's on me. Upon announcing the results, the tester then revealed that "artificial reverb" was added to this supposed "reference recording".
I have better things to do with my time than to play wipe-up rag for a mega ego masturbater. This clown must have had a great time "fooling" his listeners, and self celebrating his genius. Hopefully, his arm will soon grow tired.
If you haven't already wasted your time on this test, skip this one and find something more productive to do with your precious time.
I lost interest at question #2. At number 2, the second choice piano had very artificial, overdone reverb. So, I identified it as the VST. HaHa, the joke's on me. Upon announcing the results, the tester then revealed that "artificial reverb" was added to this supposed "reference recording".
I have better things to do with my time than to play wipe-up rag for a mega ego masturbater. This clown must have had a great time "fooling" his listeners, and self celebrating his genius. Hopefully, his arm will soon grow tired.
If you haven't already wasted your time on this test, skip this one and find something more productive to do with your precious time.
Heck, the clip was only 11 minutes, and by judging your post, you probably spent 99% of your life on hatred and rude language.
I lost interest at question #2. At number 2, the second choice piano had very artificial, overdone reverb. So, I identified it as the VST. HaHa, the joke's on me. Upon announcing the results, the tester then revealed that "artificial reverb" was added to this supposed "reference recording".
I have better things to do with my time than to play wipe-up rag for a mega ego masturbater. This clown must have had a great time "fooling" his listeners, and self celebrating his genius. Hopefully, his arm will soon grow tired.
If you haven't already wasted your time on this test, skip this one and find something more productive to do with your precious time.
Heck, the clip was only 11 minutes, and by judging your post, you probably spent 99% of your life on hatred and rude language.
Were you a willing participant, or just an unwitting dupe in this fraudulent scheme?
You posted that
Originally Posted by pold
These vst programmers are so confident in their product they compared their vst to the original recording.
when the truth was quite the contrary, as they purposefully degraded the direct recording of the acoustic to the effect that their VST would sound better in comparison. Are you in on this scheme, or did you just not recognize it? What is your interest in "Signature Grand" or "SimpleSamSample"?
As for 99% of my time, it has been spent doing a lot of things. Fortunately, it has been spent acting within the moral confines of the principles of honesty, decency, and due regard for the lives of others, that my loving parents ingrained within me. It is something that appears to have been left out of the moral training of members of the SimpleSam cabal.
As for your dislike of my language, I have no words that would be meaningful to anyone who is more concerned about the words a victim chooses to rebuke his offender than he is about the offender's offense in the first place.
I lost interest at question #2. At number 2, the second choice piano had very artificial, overdone reverb. So, I identified it as the VST. HaHa, the joke's on me. Upon announcing the results, the tester then revealed that "artificial reverb" was added to this supposed "reference recording".
I have better things to do with my time than to play wipe-up rag for a mega ego masturbater. This clown must have had a great time "fooling" his listeners, and self celebrating his genius. Hopefully, his arm will soon grow tired.
If you haven't already wasted your time on this test, skip this one and find something more productive to do with your precious time.
Heck, the clip was only 11 minutes, and by judging your post, you probably spent 99% of your life on hatred and rude language.
Were you a willing participant, or just an unwitting dupe in this fraudulent scheme?
You posted that
Originally Posted by pold
These vst programmers are so confident in their product they compared their vst to the original recording.
when the truth was quite the contrary, as they purposefully degraded the direct recording of the acoustic to the effect that their VST would sound better in comparison. Are you in on this scheme, or did you just not recognize it? What is your interest in "Signature Grand" or "SimpleSamSample"?
As for 99% of my time, it has been spent doing a lot of things. Fortunately, it has been spent acting within the moral confines of the principles of honesty, decency, and due regard for the lives of others, that my loving parents ingrained within me. It is something that appears to have been left out of the moral training of members of the SimpleSam cabal.
As for your dislike of my language, I have no words that would be meaningful to anyone who is more concerned about the words a victim chooses to rebuke his offender than he is about the offender's offense in the first place.
I don't have this vst, but I enjoyed their demos so far, and many people loving it. If they purposefully degraded the direct recording it's a big accusation, so are you sure of it or are you just trying to be a piece of work?
I lost interest at question #2. At number 2, the second choice piano had very artificial, overdone reverb. So, I identified it as the VST. HaHa, the joke's on me. Upon announcing the results, the tester then revealed that "artificial reverb" was added to this supposed "reference recording".
I have better things to do with my time
Exactly the same thing happened to me! However, I was still interested, also because it is quite affordable. Until I read on their website:
"Designed for the full version of Kontakt 5 or 6 (Download Only). The instrument will not work with the free version of Kontakt."
And Kontakt 6 costs... 399 euros! No Signature Grand for me.
Playing the piano is learning to create, playfully and deeply seriously, our own music in the world. * ... feeling like the pianist on the Titanic ...
I lost interest at question #2. At number 2, the second choice piano had very artificial, overdone reverb. So, I identified it as the VST. HaHa, the joke's on me. Upon announcing the results, the tester then revealed that "artificial reverb" was added to this supposed "reference recording".
I have better things to do with my time
Exactly the same thing happened to me! However, I was still interested, also because it is quite affordable. Until I read on their website:
"Designed for the full version of Kontakt 5 or 6 (Download Only). The instrument will not work with the free version of Kontakt."
And Kontakt 6 costs... 399 euros! No Signature Grand for me.
Some time ago I upgraded to Komplete 12 CE for about that amount and it included Kontakt full version. It has opened a full new world of virtual instruments.
Yes, having fun is expensive!
Jose
Yamaha U3H Kawai VPC1 ...plus some other DPs, synths, controllers and VSTs
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