With almost identical appearance when running as a plugin or standalone app, cfx concert grands interface is based around five main pages, with the. But after listening on my studio monitors to the grandeur, ravenscroft, and garritan, the ravenscroft just seems to have that special character that appeals to me. One of the best things about the ezkeys grand piano is that it is not cpu intensive at all. Garritan abbey road studios cfx concert grand a pianists. Thats why when you download the garritan cfx concert grand, it weighs less than 20gb but when you actually install it, the library decompresses to pcm and requires more than 100gb of disk space. Cfx concert grand is the first dedicated piano instrument that garritan have released since being bought by makemusic inc, the developers of the notation app finale, at the end of 2011. This space enables you to download samples that may require sizable. Garritan abbey road studios cfx concert grand virtual. Cfx concert grand is the first dedicated piano instrument that garritan have released since. The garritan cfx concert grand is definitely better than other piano software instruments. Presets are premade configurations of settings for the garritan abbey road studios cfx concert grand. Best piano vst plugins chosen by a pro composer 2020 guide. The cfx lite is a subset of the cfx concert grand that retains all of the expressive detail of the original by providing the full power of the close classic mic perspective.
Jun 26, 2017 uvi has introduced ravenscroft 275 piano for ios, a collaboration between ravenscroft pianos, vi labs and uvi. Now i am a bit curious how it compares to the ravenscroft 275. Apr 15, 2019 vst test ravenscroft 275, garritan cfx, komplete noire cfx, hammersmith, pearl cgrand youtube garritan abbey road cfx vs native instruments noire duration. Pianoteq modified steinway b vs garritan cfx grand piano page 1. Garritan cfx and other popular plugins like ravenscroft 275 or vsl pianos have plenty of easily available pure piano demos, which. Well garritan thought there was room for another samplebased piano plugin, especially when its a pristine yamaha cfx concert grand recorded in studio one at abbey road studios with an armoury of expensive microphones and experienced abbey road engineers. Garritan abbey road studios cfx lite virtual piano download. After youve loaded a mic perspective or preset, use the cfx concert grand controls in the aria player. The garritan abbey road studios cfx concert grand is a stunning virtual piano created by the very best in the industry. The acoustic ravenscroft grand has an incredibly deep response in voicing and volume which youll feel in ravenscroft 275 and can be customized for a variety of controllers. The lite mics alone are not fantastic as noted above so chose full or nothing imo. Garritan abbey road studios cfx concert grand virtual piano.
Garritan cfx vs ravenscroft vst hey so i decided to get a kawai vpc1 to use in college but now i need to find a good vst to go along with it. The instrument aims to deliver the most realistic sounding piano on ios. Because i am not a great pianist, i downloaded a midi file and recorded it with the ravenscroft 275. The included presets were designed to recreate the sound of artists, genres, notable recordings, cinematic settings, and various performance venues. For custom control, you can adjust the midi velocity response and volume curve independently. If you follow each step as shown, you should be playing your new instrument in no time. Installation guide here is a guide that will cover each step of the installation and registration process. What makes the ravenscroft 275 stand out is that the vst is completely samplebased. Click the controls tab to display the cfx concert grand instrument controls. Given that the korg z1prophesy uses an entire dsp chips to model a single string, and a piano has three onedimensional strings for most of its notes plus a twodimensional soundboard, i am stunned that a mere home computer could cope with all the numbercrunching to. Garritan abbey road studios cfx concert grand music matter. Controller as in the keyboard you use to play or trigger sounds from the computer.
Garritan cfx the most accurate samples of the magnificent yamaha cfx 9foot concert grand. It offers full support for usb and bluetooth midi keyboards, interapp audio, audiobus and an audiounit v3. Garritan abbey road studios cfx concert grand open quick view. I would also like to mention that a friend of mine came over and played the ravenscroft and bought it for himself that.
As the name hints, vi labs transports the ravenscroft 275 titanium to the digital. However, on the odd occasion a competitor may offer a lower price on a product, all we ask is that the store or website offering the lower price is an authorised dealer for that brand and is based in the uk with the products being like for like and available from stock. Garritan abbey road cfx vs native instruments noire duration. Although presets exist for other elements within the virtual instrument, such as convolution. Nba 1986 finals boston celtics vs houston rockets game 1. Bosendorfer imperial 290, steinway d274 and yamaha cfx duration. Vst test ravenscroft 275, garritan cfx, komplete noire cfx, hammersmith, pearl cgrand youtube garritan abbey road cfx vs native instruments noire duration. Unlike the 1955 and hammersmith, this instrument loads in uvi falcon or uvi workstation. They used sampling for this vst and overall the sounds are pretty great. Vst test ravenscroft 275, garritan cfx, komplete noire. Vst test ravenscroft 275, garritan cfx, komplete noire cfx. Of those i use the garritan cfx by far the most and the ravenscroft second.
As a dsp engineer, i am very interested in what is going on under the hood. I have availed myself of the recent sales available for pianoteq, ravenscroft 275,true keys and acoutsicsamples. Ivory ii, ravenscroft 275, pianoteq 6, addictive keys, etcand i own a yamaha cp4 digital piano, the cfx is the best cp4 piano instrument soundand with only. The ravenscroft 275 and the addictive keys studio grands vsts, on the contrary, require less than 6gb of disk space thanks for more efficiently. I have the garritan cfx and a few other pianos ravenscroft 275 and the uvi bundle of steinway d, bechstein and fazioli. Pianoteq 5 v ravenscroft 275 v gratten abbey rd cfx page 1. Aug 08, 2014 the garritan abbey road cfx is balanced throughout and the middle register seems perfect to my ears. Ravenscroft byvilabs could anyone somehow aquire this. The garritan has no partial pedaling or repedaling, so its clearly not stateoftheart and hence completely unacceptable to me. Best piano vst plugins from a professional pianist 2020. To use convolution reverb in the aria player, click the effects tab. The garritan abbey road studios cfx concert grand places the user on the bench before the yamaha cfx, an incredible concert grand piano characterized by a wide palette of tonal colors and the ability to create the most subtle, expressive nuances. Toontrack ezkeys essential pianos software download.
Tones from close and intimate, diffuse and distant, warm or brilliant, all can be acheived with one or more of these mics. Garritan cfx lite artifacts by evgeni kumanov free. You dont need a very fast computer and you only need 500mb of ram due to them using. Ravenscroft 275 is designed to feel great with any keyboard right out of the box. This is just the piano with the same settings as the demo by erik griggs. This required also downloading native instruments native access installer and. Garritans latest library raises the bar for virtual piano instruments.
Maybe the former is favoured for classical and the latter for jazz but ymmv. The garritan abbey road studios cfx concert grand is a highly playable virtual instrument that would make a great addition to anyones sample library. The ravenscroft 275 virtual instrument ravenworks digital. Ivory ii, ravenscroft 275, pianoteq 6, addictive keys, etcand i own a. Pianoteq modified steinway b vs garritan cfx grand piano page 1 pianoteq user forum modartt. Ravencroft 275 ivory ii galaxy vintage d cfx abbey road best piano libraries out there. Note that using a vst instrument is using a sampled or modeled sound. As the name hints, vi labs transports the ravenscroft 275 titanium to the digital realm on an officially licensed virtual instrument for the free uvi workstation.
In this video james takes a look and a listen to the cfx concert grand piano library by garritan and abbey road studios. Garritan yamaha cfx concert grand piano virtual instrument. Very quiet notes in the tenorbass region have some hiss noise. Garritan abbey road studios cfx concert grand virtual grand piano. The chart below highlights the new features and the differences between the two products.
More body and fullness than alicias keys, and also more precisely tuned. However, i have narrowed it down to the garritan yamaha cfx and the ravenscroft 275. Mar 29, 2015 josh paxton casio artist interview live thursday at 2pm cst on the casio music gear youtube channel. Here is a piece of mine using solely the garritan cfx with the preset pauls perfect piano. Click the info tab to view the activation keycard, or go to the garritan knowledge base.
The four discreet phasealigned mic setups of the ravenscroft 275 vi accurately capture its unique voice in exquisite detail and can be used individually or mixed in any way. Seen the garritan abbey road studios cfx lite virtual piano download cheaper. I am very pleased with the garritan cfx concert grand. Apr 19, 2015 in this way, the px5s can import the capabilities of such vpc software as vi labs ravenscroft 275, garritan cfx concert grand, pianoteq 5, productiongrand, etc. Pianoteq 5 v ravenscroft 275 v gratten abbey rd cfx page.
The cfx concert grand is sampled from the yamaha piano of the same name found in abbey roads studio one, using all the legendary kit at this globallyrenowned location. Dma piano student looking for a digital piano by ella77 041720 12. Garritan took the yamaha cfx concert grand and placed it in abbey road studio one where award winning engineers used the worlds greatest equipment to create this stunning virtual instrument. The ravenscroft is a deep instrument with a massive variety of settings including four mic positions, sustain pedal and sympathetic resonances, lots of pedal noises and options, and so on. We placed the aweinspiring yamaha cfx concert grand piano in abbey road studio one, where awardwinning engineers used the worlds greatest microphones and equipment to create a stunning virtual instrument library. Part 2 includes cfx abbey road classic perspective by garritan, cfx. The garritan cfx and ravenscroft are popular for their playability and even sampling. This has been even harder to decide on than the piano itself. Apr 02, 2016 because i am not a great pianist, i downloaded a midi file and recorded it with the ravenscroft 275. The ezkeys grand piano is an option that works well for both beginners and advanced players.
Listen to demos of the ravenscroft 275 grand piano below. This space enables you to download samples that may require sizable storage space, and. I like the sound of both since the yamaha has a full new concert grand sound while the ravenscroft has a bit more character maybe. Chords for comparing pianoteq, ravenscroft, garritan. I know it was a bit excessive, but i had some unexpected free cash.
Casio px5s as a virtual piano controller privia pro px5s. A good test is to play closelyvoiced chords below middle c and move down chromatically to see when they start to sound muddy and i was so impressed at how clear the lower middle register sounded in this test. Compare with cfx lite cfx concert grand products home in november 2016 we added new features to the full cfx grand and introduced the cfx lite. Cfx concert grand products home passion reflected in every detail we placed the aweinspiring yamaha cfx concert grand piano in abbey road studio one, where awardwinning engineers used the worlds greatest microphones and equipment to create a stunning virtual instrument library. Its hard to find real world examples of these sounds so your efforts are really appreciated. Today you can download stellar piano sounds at an affordable price. How to i redirect cfx to find the samples on a new ssd drive. From what ive heard, its one of the best piano vsts out there. Jun 28, 2014 garritan has a great reputation for creating immaculately sampled instruments and its latest could just be the biggest of them all. Contrary to others on our list the ravenscroft is a relatively new concert piano, combining traditional piano building techniques with modern innovations such as computer aided design. I have availed myself of the recent sales available for pianoteq,ravenscroft 275,true keys and acoutsicsamples.
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