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The four purchases I'm happiest about are Audiobus, Auria Pro, AUM, Gadget, and the Ivory IAP in Module.
These are the music apps I use the most.
I own over a dozen pianos on the PC. But I still plug in Ivory through iConnectAudio sometimes because I like the tone. When you play it you are playing the same samples that are on countless hit records and movie soundtracks. When money is no object, a lot of people choose the $200 multi-sampled versions of those same exact sounds.
While I'm sure that Colossus Piano is great, the fact is that what you like in a piano sound or in any sound is not about technology or price. I can tell you that when I'm on the VI:Control forum and professional musicians with tens of thousands of dollars invested in virtual instruments and they talk about their favorite pianos, they don't all choose the ones with the highest price tags or most velocity levels, like Sonic Couture's 50 GB Hammersmith because it has 51 velocity levels or even the $200 Synthogys with 20+ velocity levels. A lot of the stuff they like is very simple. Some free pianos are well thought of. Many of the most popular pianos are only 4 GB or so. Galaxy in D is very popular, for example, as is Cinesamples Piano in Blue (11 GB) and Art Vista's pianos. There's a new (Freddy) Mercury Fazioli Piano out from Wavesamples that some people are raving about.
It comes down to personal taste. Your ears. At the end of the day it's what you like and how it suits the music you want to make. And money is an issue no matter who you are. If you spend less money on one thing you can get something else.
Get the Ivory IAP. You won't be sorry. If you have the money to buy Colossus too, then do it. All pianos sound very different, and that's why the pros own so many.
For me, the issue isn't the $50 but the amount of GB.
@Reid
I may yet get Ivory. Fortunately KORG have given some time to mull it over. As well as mulling Gladstone, Madrid, Kamata, Odyssei, iWavestation, and iPhone iElectribe while I'm at it. Shall I just have my paycheck mailed to KORG directly? Heh, seriously though, we are fortunate to have so many options at our fingertips. Agree on the issue with Colossus living up to it's name, gotta really want those samples with you to reserve all that space for it!
Thanks for that analysis. I walked away from my last post thinking, "but I like the sound of Ivory". Doug's demo of it sounds so nice. As does the one posted here (an original composition no less, check it out). Perhaps I was not trusting my untrained ears to judge the difference. And so fell to the logical argument that bigger is better, and that the opinion of a pro was more than just that. In the end, all that matters is whether you like the sound, so thanks for saying so
@srcer I will say that based on what pianos cost out there, $50 is an excellent price for a first rate piano. It's only high in the distorted world of iOS pricing. The Synthogy Concert D is on sale now for $150. You can pay more for it.
Having listened to these back and forth
I have to say that Module Ivory Grand and Colossus are just different. So it just depends what you are trying to do.
Very good.
@JohnnyGoodyear It's interesting. Tonight I debated and debated and pulled the trigger on Art Vista's Malmsjo Piano because it was on sale. And it is the epitome of the kind of thing I was talking about above. Not much multisampling. Not as many articulations as other pianos. It's got flaws. The original recordings were done years ago. "Only" around 4 GB. The Swedish company that made the piano went out of business years ago.
But it has a tone that many people love.
Like movie composers. This particular VST has been used on "The Dark Knight," "Kingdom of Heaven," "Gone Baby Gone," "Underworld," and tons of other movies and TV shows.
I love it too. I can't explain exactly why. I just think it's so beautiful. I certainly have enough pianos, but it's my main instrument and what I play the most. I have the feeling that this is going to be a keeper for me.
I always felt that way about the Synthogy in Module too. It made me so happy from the minute I got it.
@Reid I hear you. I'm no piano player but have a variation on the Cinema Piano in Module that I keep coming back to. It's not even a very practical sound, but somehow, in a certain blue mood, I can play a few chords and find what I'm looking for, or what I'm trying to say. I think that often I end up, when the thing's written, using something else to record it with, but it wouldn't have been written with that right sound at the start.
Colossus is insane... So glad I bought it!