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Just wondering if anyone has tried the Steinway piano and what are your opinions ?

Hi Benny,

I just read your post. I'll try loading the new piano and let you know what I think. Thanks for the heads up !

Benny, I downloaded the Steinway piano. I'm not impressed. It seems over processed or something.
All the other pianos sound very natural - to the point I find it difficult to turn off my Nord ! I'd be most curious to hear other opinions.

Nord, I think you dropped the ball on this one. Everything else like the EPs and Organs are great, although the synth voices really need to be updated from the 80s!

I posted my thoughts here:

http://www.norduserforum.com/general-no ... 12461.html

It's an painstaking replica of the 1836 pianoforte Heinrich Steinway built in his kitchen, not a modern piano. It's not intended for everyday use. However, for that Tom Waits type ballad that you maybe want the sound of a piano with mileage on it, for my money it does what the Rain Piano does, but better.

I haven't taken it off my E5 yet. My theory is outside the bread and butter pianos, I want the starkest contrast possible. As I said in the other post, I wouldn't expect anybody with less than 1 gb piano memory to make it a regular.

That explains it, Orpheus. It does sound a lot like an old vintage upright or something. When I see "Steinway" I think of that gorgeous machine Diana Krall plays, with its deep and accurate tonality. Now that I know what it is, I'll leave it for special stuff. Thanks for clearing that up!

OrpheusNY wrote:I posted my thoughts here:

http://www.norduserforum.com/general-no ... 12461.html

It's an painstaking replica of the 1836 pianoforte Heinrich Steinway built in his kitchen, not a modern piano. It's not intended for everyday use. However, for that Tom Waits type ballad that you maybe want the sound of a piano with mileage on it, for my money it does what the Rain Piano does, but better.

I haven't taken it off my E5 yet. My theory is outside the bread and butter pianos, I want the starkest contrast possible. As I said in the other post, I wouldn't expect anybody with less than 1 gb piano memory to make it a regular.

For me the piano sounded outdated and I have taken it out of my NE5d.

If it sounded outdated, they got it right! It's a piano from 1836.

> It's a piano from 1836.<

I continue to wonder why they bothered. Sure, there's always a group out there who will like it or anything, but it's not going to be a very big group...and no-one is going to have this sample in their regular rotation.

Chances are if you are heavily into authentic period instruments, and/or are playing in combos dedicated to the same, you aren't plugging a Nord in at practice time.

Horacio wrote:If it sounded outdated, they got it right! It's a piano from 1836.

+1

I love these historical pianos. Lots of character there. I won't take the new - old - Steinway off my Electro anytime soon. I also love the Broadwood which is a bit fuller and darker than this Steinway.

One thing that I found, though, is that you need to EQ and amplify these sounds very precisely to make them sound natural. That's not the stuff you want to play through an awful amp.