For the price though it is still a bit of a steal. Tempting.Unfortunately times have changed and with the introduction of Waves Rhapsody - its a bit unacceptable to have only one microphone position, for some of us, which is why I am unlikely to invest in the Compact version. The compact was just released and is on sale for $29 for a few days. Unlike its bigger brothers, the Compact has limited options and mics and does not require a Kontakt licence as it runs on Sforzando. I think the large Production Voices pianos sound quite good. But hey that's a technical thing, not a compromise on sound, I couldn't care less. The major drawback seems that it is going to be huge in size. And seeing how well the C7 was sampled and the D is even more meticously sampled and in the same studio then it can't be other than amazing I think
I can already tell from the demos that it's a very good sounding and tuned D. So this is also why I'm so excited about their upcoming Steinway D. But it needs a bit of tweeking to get a sweet tone out of it as it's very "hifi detailed / neutral / dynamic" and in the end it's still a C7 of course. The Production Voices C7 is the best tuned C7 I've come across, and it's sampled with a big velocity range (will probably need some adjusting before playing MIDI files or it'll likely play too forte).īut in any case, I know the Production Grand very well and think it's the best sampled piano I tried (and I tried most). Especially with classical music its not as good a fit and tone as a good Steinway D.Īnd Production Voices sampled their C7 in such a neutral way (though perhaps lacking a little bit of "mud" / upper to mid bass region) that these qualities of the C7 aren't masked.īut don't interpret my words too strongly, these are subtle things. "harsh" resonances in its overtones that result in an inferior tone in my opinion. Compared to a well tuned Steinway D the C7 is a bit thin / bright with a bit of Flaws is the wrong word but it just isn't my favorite piano. I meant "flaws" in the Yamaha C7 sound in general. I'll need to get my hands on it and play it live.Oh I didn't mean flaws in the PV C7 in particular.
It's still too early to tell how much I like it compared to other Steinway D libs. Of course the velocities were wrong but he want my opinion on it and I could at least hear the piano performed to one of my pieces. He wanted me to send my current demo using his C7 midi file to him (which I did) to run it through the Steinway D. I'll be doing some indepth testing with it and perhaps with the new Steinway D. I've also been in touch with Jason at PV and working on some demos for him with his C7. What flaws in the PV C7 are you talking about? Can you be more specific?