Try opening GB and inserting it as a Dxi or au or whatever you use on mac.

It's a VST, Dxi, soft synth/sampler, I'm probably not the best to be answering this, but I do believe that you have to open it in a host program.

If you have no host there are free ones you can use to access Dimension in windows. While I've not searched for any mac apps. Could I be that Mac has no free hosts whatsoever? I do widows so, you know. Does GB host softsynths.

The important thing here is Dim Pro is right there with the other sample.
It is being compared to a sampler that is nothing but a Piano, Dimension is that and more, it keeps the pace with one of the best in the industry but can the other do the strings, the violins, the Dimensions that are in the device chain? Can it do any of those besides be a great piano? I say no. It cant, it is great at one thing, being a piano. Dimension is that and more.
No matter what you make in life, It could be perfection but there will always be someone that does not like it.
If one feels that there is a better Piano out there like The Grand 3 which is a very nice vsti piano of course buy that, but if you want a nice piano and more then Dimension Pro is competitive.
I agree now after reading details on pros and Cons of the Dim Pro sample, some of it is prefference. If you play around with some of the Piano vsts out there you will notice that there are not just one kind of piano sound. There are bright pianos, mellow pianos, even in the basic midi set this is the case. There are Pianos with strings, there are pianos that have a bit of honky tonk mixed in and some upright ones. I tune pianos or used to. And they all sound different. There are three strings in the mid range and all can be out of tune a bit creating interesting harmonics. So there is alot of variance in Piano sounds. The more expensive pianos sound clearer. Brandon said in his video and I think its true that the best pianos sound good in the higher ranges. The cheaper ones are muted in the higher ranges. The mid ranges are easier or harder to tell differences because they are more forgiving, add some harmonics and its hard to tell how good the piano sound really is in the mid ranges.

I was looking for a good piano, and was initially looking at the Grand, but for the same price I got eveything else with DP, personally, I couldn't be happier.

Wow you guys are on the ball. We could still be discussing this next Easter!!! And your right, I play pop-rock songs and for me it works. Just sits nicely in a mix. I’m not technically minded, I just use my ears so I’m sure your right in saying the Motif would not work in every situation, but for what I do, it’s the sound I like. I’m sure some of the more talented aficionados are going to bag it but I think we’re all agreed it’s a matter of taste. And further, as I mentioned before, some of the Dim Pro sounds eat the Motif. 10 out of 10 for such a quick, informative and honest response. Thanks Rene.

I listened to both at length. Neither of them sound like Dpro or Oasys.

I must have gotten a bad download, three times.

I can not find a sample on Dpro that sounds like either of the samples, nor can I find an audio or video that sounds like the Oasys.

Oh well. Nice playing whatever it was.

I have to join the ranks of those that are less than thrilled with the onboard sample sounds. I talking mainly about the more or less pure acoustic instrument sounds and not the synthesized or manipulated ones. I have to say I'm a bit spoiled in that my primary piano sound is a K2000 Young Chang sample that is 1 gb in size. When I AB the two all I can say is the K2000 makes me feel like I'm in the room with the piano and the DP sounds like I'm listening to a nice recording of a piano. Very distinct difference. I was hoping to ultimately replace a lot of my hardware synth units but I guess it's not to be just yet. DP has a lot of power and some interesting sound sculptures but I don't think it is the king of sample playback at this point in time. I'm not unhappy with my purchase because there is a lot of potential under the hood of DP. I was just hoping for more in terms of pure acoustic rendition. Synthesizers in general are a dime a dozen. One more thought. I seems to me that the Dimension piano (230mb) is geared more towards classical music. I'm having a difficult time getting it to set in the mix of rock fusion type material. It just doesn't want to play with the other guys.

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I was hoping to ultimately replace a lot of my hardware synth units but I guess it's not to be just yet. DP has a lot of power and some interesting sound sculptures but I don't think it is the king of sample playback at this point in time.

Did you try this:
http://www.cdxtract.com/samplit.php

Turning your favourite hardware to software sampler library.

I think it's too much to expect the top of the line on every possible instrument in a large library collection. The needs are very different for different projects and persons.

I don't know if I am imagine this or not, but after update to DP 1.2 I think the pianos sound better. Less hard attack or something. I turned to my old Piano collection in SampleTank before, but now I'm not sure I need to do that anymore.

I'm curious about what might turn up as addons to DP in future.

Thanks for the tip. This looks like an interesting program. I'm still on the fence as to what my next softsample player will be but it looks like you need Halion, sampletank, etc to play the converted files. Great idea though for grabbing some of my favorite hardware samples.

I came - I bought P5V2 - I saw and heard the Dimension pianos
it's my goto instrument for pianos
I have the EVM grand as well.
I like My Dimension


Dim

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A refund was appoved by support twice and apparently Josh had the final say.

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Sorry, for offending anyone. In the customer is always right department, Cakewalk should have refunded rather than excuse.

I can't remember a time when I've last heard of a software company giving a refund on a software product. This is especially true when:
1) There is no copy protection on the product
2) There is a downloadable demo so that you can try the product first.

Anyway, could you comment on your disappointment? What seems surprising is that you were "impressed" by demos, which I assume where only .mp3 quality audio performances, and so unimpressed by the actual product. I would think you could just play the MIDI file to recreate the same "impressive" sound.

Perhaps there is an issue with your PC configuration / sound card? In what manner did the
sound of the demo not equal the sound of the product? Or are you commenting on your perception of what the UI should be?

Doug; I was wondering? Is it possible the original B3's range did not extend that far? If a real B3 was sampled with Leslie the last sample would be stretched up to accommodate that extended rage and give a less than worth while performance just past it's true range. I ask this because as I remember it the ol hammonds did have a limited range. Great TONE but limited range.

I think Dim Pro is brilliant and a great edition to anyones sound pallette but a virtual knob will never replace a real one.
When my new Motif ES Rack arrives I certainly will not be comparing it with Dim Pro but using them both when and as best I can. I don't see them as competitors but tools to use as and when.

Someone just sent me a vid of a French guy with a pile of Bulb Horns strapped to his body. A pure demonstration of its not what you have its how you use it.

Cubase or Sonar? Fender or Gibson? Dim Pro Piano or Motif, Oasy's etc. What is best for you is the best and that really is the bottom line

JMHO

Gerry

one of Rene's(or maybe B-rocks?)compositions posted in the project5 forum a few months ago. It was mainly guitar and it ROCKED!

Was it shredder guitar, Kevin? Just a wild guess, but I don't think that was Rene ...

This is a bit off-topic for this thread...but it does relate:

I've got a Roland JV-1010 (baby brother of the JV-1080). I'd like to pick up a software instrument that has the same breadth of sound types. I've got GPO and some analog synths, but I'm missing guitars (mainly acoustic), vocal/choir sounds, percussion/rhythm, and some ethnic instruments. I still have to pull those from the JV.

Will DimPro fill the same slot that that the JV-1010 does, or does it have a dramatically different balance of sound types?