Clavia can't keep releasing new boards without also releasing new quality piano samples. It was designed for headphone use and it's also over two years old. The value of the uprights are open to debate but the worth of the piano collection - and the holder of the A1 preset, your first sound experience with the board - is going to be determined by the flagship grand piano.Ĭurrently that lofty position is being held by the 'Royal Grand 3D,' a sample that was created as an experiment - there have been no more '3Ds,' thus I hold to that assessment. I just got an Electro 6 which was featuring the Royal and the Velvet, both samples that I feel pale before their older predecessors. That said - and I've said this before.Nord is starting to slip on the acoustic updates. Granted, I have never played a top-of-the-line Yamaha, maybe there's a difference there. They have a depth and fullness to them (I refuse to say the useless and over-used word 'character') that the other boards just don't have. I've tried several acoustic piano emulators over the years - and I keep coming back to the Nord for the best ones. I do agree that Nord can sound great running in big house systems but I am more often running my own sound. Still, if I were using hardware I think I’d prefer another brand but that’s just me. Running Gig Performer it’s not fiddly at all.

I have my choice of pianteq, NI Grandeur, or the amazing Garritan CFX. I understand where you guys are coming from but now that I’ve switched I could not go back. I never wanted to drag a laptop around but now that I can do it with a surface pro it’s a whole different story (I leave the computer keyboard at home) Pianoteq 6 is an excellent option and will work with less powerful systems (even possible with a raspberry pi!). You have to put in some time with it but once you do it’s very worthwhile. Notice I didn’t recommend the software option, not because it’s not a good one, but because it’s not certainly not for everyone. There are plenty here who don’t like Nord pianos in mono, so I don’t think I’m alone on that. I do have access to a k8 so I’ll try it out. I personally don’t want 3 sets of speakers (I recall one of you had k8s, 10s, and 12s). I read a bunch of threads on here before I bought the k10s.I don’t recall anyone saying they sounded honky at that time.

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