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@tja It would have been better if the pianos had been recorded dry, or if not then at least each with the same reverb, because the reverb is definitely a big factor in the sound. For example Piano 1 sounds slightly flangey, but that might be the verb and not the samples.
Anyway for me Piano 8 was by far the best, but I prefer a warmer sound, and to some people it might sound dull. Piano 2 was way too bright for me, I thought it was awful, but others might prefer that kind of sound.
Piano 3 had a nice warm sound, and also sounds drier (less reverb) than the others.
My favourites in order were 8, then 3, then 1 (but I didn't like the flangey sound on 1, I'm wondering if it's iGrand, which has that flangey sound but otherwise sounds good).
I hated 2, and 4-5-6 were OK but a little bright for my taste. 5 was probably the best of the runners-up.
I liked 6 the best of these but I agree that different reverbs flavour the sounds which makes it harder to compare
why, is it a lousy one? lol
maybe it just stood out the most. many of them sounded a bit similar and I liked the bright sound of this in contrast
I'd be curious to know what they all are
I have to admit, the solution made me smile ...
Me too. I was surprised by the results (sent via PM so as to not spoil the blind test for others), but that's the joy of blind testing, you have to put your prejudice aside.
P3 the nicest for me, followed by P8. Brilliant test tja. Thanks! Can't wait for the unveil.
I heard those strange second octave notes, on P8, but lovely. P3 nicer, drier as some said. Didn't care for the others. - well... That can't be true. I have them all and love them all!
1 and 5 were my favorites.
2 - too much reverb, phasing issues
3 - clean, but a little sterile
4 - decent
6 - too plinky, decays too fast
7-8 - very similar to each other. Both feel a bit compressed?
Have done some critical listening on these tonight.
My favourite is a toss-up between P7/P8 (maybe the same piano, but different preset?) and P5. Possible slight edge to P5 for dynamics.
Didn’t rate P1 higher because of the significant hammer noise at the start. Perhaps this is a harsh assessment, because it is lovely and warm in the midrange during the middle of the piece. Some odd digital-sounding note tails which stood out because of the repetitive arpeggiation of the track.
Hard to gauge P2 properly because of the significant reverb. Skipped past it pretty quick.
P3 also had a fair bit of hammer noise at the start, but not the tails issues of P1. The more I listened the more I appreciated this one. Overall “good” without any specific element of attraction or detriment.
P4 I found slightly too bright; even more so with P6, and I didn’t appreciate the short decay on that one either.
Out of P7 and P8, I slightly prefer P8 for what I perceived to be a bit of additional attack without overt brightness.
Kept coming back to P5 for warmth, tone and smoothness.
Overall top three, in order: 5, 3, 8.
Merry Christmas all!
1, 5, 8 curious what they were.
I’m liking 5,8,7. Curious too.
I just purchased Ravenscroft, the default settings (44100Hz, 1024 samples) only stutters when 5 or more keys are played simultaneously at high velocities in standalone mode. That said, if you're a pianist or keyboardist at heart.. you have to change the settings and I've found 32000 Hz, 1024 samples to work the best BUT only in standalone mode and even then app still gives you a glitch sound but not as frequent.
Oddly enough, the same is not true (5 or more keys played simultaneously at high velocities) when using Ravenscroft inside of AudioBus - not sure what that's about.
Playing Ravenscroft with AudioBus is too inconsistent, as of today (January 6, 2018) to play live in my opinion and I've been playing the app for a few hours now. The sound quality is great, but its greatness is diminished by the annoying popping sound. Considering this has been a known issue for some time now, it's hard to say how soon this will be resolved.
It's annoying to have to do this much tweaking and thinking about how to get the app the function in all environments (live as a solo pianist, live in a band, as an AU). But since I've spent my $36, I have to make it work. Hope this post helps the next person.
I’m not really in the market for an expensive ios piano myself as I have a hardware solution that I would use for a good piano sound (and I think you need a proper keyboard with sustain pedal rather than trying to do it on screen) but from what I have heard, the one that tempts me the most is the Ravenscroft.
Hours later... (insert SpongeBob meme) I'm still at it, troubleshooting to get rid of the pops/clicks and I think it may have been my iPad available space............ gadzooks, what a hot mess! At least now, someone will know (should they read this post) what to do so they don't feel like the purchase was a bust. LOL!!
iPads need optimization too!!
1,6,5 good
3,4,2
Then 7,8
Something like that. For me and my speakers and room and mood and fairly critical ears
Please PM @tja
Curious to know what I like;)