bapu
 
Whatever is in ST3 (ok they may not actually usable, but they count)

Ok...now THIS is TRUTH!!!

Pass. Yes, it's good to have variety, but this one doesn't add anything new to the palette. For 4 bills, you could get yourself eight pianos from SampleTek that are truly different from one another. More if you wait for the next sale.
 
And no, the pianos in ST3 don't count. 

Larry Jones
When I was in the studio business in the 70s, before virtual instruments, many producers chose to record at one place versus the others based on the piano. It was not always clear to me why they liked one instrument more than another. Just personal taste, I guess. Most small-to-medium studios would have only one piano, and would live or die (metaphorically) based on their ability to attract these "piano shoppers." So now you can have 20 pianos in your house, I think you should do it.

Back when a studio's live room sound was important. Before we began replacing every instrument and using consoles as giant volume knobs. ;)

Nice sounds on the demos, but 4 bills is way too much.
 
My specific problem is having a ton of pianos, and maybe only the symptom of a deeper issue. Expanding my sublety of expression within a set budget, and no lack of elegant fire power. So many choices that sound fantastic if presented and played properly. Ultimate concert this and that sampled in whatever to die for environment with even more rare microphones to capture it all...
 
Hasn't lead to anything more productive than turning knobs chasing the sound.
 
Give me a hardware upright piano and a couple generic mics. Throw in the fire and inspiration of a 16 year old shredder. Would trade every megabux vsti I have in the balance. Results of course may vary. Still think we have gotten somewhere and somewhat off track.
 
John

bitflipper
For 4 bills, you could get yourself eight pianos from SampleTek that are truly different from one another. More if you wait for the next sale.

Sampletekk's annual Summer Sale is on now.

JohnKenn
Nice sounds on the demos, but 4 bills is way too much.
 
My specific problem is having a ton of pianos, and maybe only the symptom of a deeper issue. Expanding my sublety of expression within a set budget, and no lack of elegant fire power. So many choices that sound fantastic if presented and played properly. Ultimate concert this and that sampled in whatever to die for environment with even more rare microphones to capture it all...
 
Hasn't lead to anything more productive than turning knobs chasing the sound.
 
Give me a hardware upright piano and a couple generic mics. Throw in the fire and inspiration of a 16 year old shredder. Would trade every megabux vsti I have in the balance. Results of course may vary. Still think we have gotten somewhere and somewhat off track.
 
John

Snap! Past a certain point, which most of us reached years ago, it's not about the equipment. It's about the music. If you don't have that, you got nothin'.

That famous old upright from Abbey Road has been available for awhile now as a sample library. Ditto for the beat-up Baldwin used in Clapton's Layla. Given that every instrument on Sgt. Pepper is now available digitally, that album should have been replicated thousands of times by now.
 
Funny that no matter how broad the musical palette becomes, that seems to have no bearing on the quality of music produced with it.