
Ivory II German Steinway is a close second and also has a lovely softer tone. The VSL Vienna Imperial is by far the most playable in its responsiveness and rich in tone. John, I own the VSL Vienna Imperial, Ivory II, EW and many others. I'm not sure whether that's a midi-sculpting issue or a fault in the sample.What do you think?Jg. But the sample gets into big trouble when the quick runs begin, in my view. The sample, I think, in this context, does a terrific job. So you get to compare the sample in an uncrowded sonic framework. Let's face it.ĭrop dead gorgeous)Here's a midi-sculpted version on the VSL BOS:Note: I'm not talking about playability here, because I doubt very many of us own this beast, or have taken it for a test drive.Note also: I'm not concerned about the interpretation, at least, I try to bracket as much of that as I can.Note finally: don't forget to adjust the volume levels of each to make them comparable!This is mostly a slow piece. 7: (a rear tear jerker, and please don't get side-tracked by the performer, who is well. So this (in my view pretty fantastic live recordings on a Bos) can be directly compared with BACO's account on the Bos Sample.Here's a Lisitsa link for opus 25 no. Valentina Lisitsa appears to have a lot of the Chopin Etudes up at YOUTUBE. Is the result convincing from the listener's standpoint? That is, do you think the sample-in the right hands-just might make a totally convincing solo piano recording?Ī recording that is indistinguishable from the real thing?Answer: happily we can directly compare a modern BOS recording with the Vienna. $700 for ONE piano sample!!!! Question: So for that kind of bread, where's the beef?What do you think about this mother of all Bos samples?

It's been sitting for a while, as has my piano. I simply do not play enough piano anymore to justify owning this anymore. This is the one that was originally $650, plus the e-token on top of that too. I don't have many posts here obviously but look at my history and you'll see I've owned the Vienna Imperial VST for a couple years now. Positioning the cursor in this virtual room produces a reverberation reaction corresponding to the placement of the sound source in this position in the stereopanoram.

The original VirtualSoundStage from Parallax is an algorithmic reverb effect that displays a bird’s eye view of a typical concert hall. This 'Vienna symphonic Library' from vsl.co.at on the other hand sounds more spacious, the samples sound more far away.at least it is what I can tell from demos. 'The Vienna Symphonic Library Orchestra' which comes with in original KONTAKT 5 is more dry and feels more 'close'.
