pack: Electric Pianos

[siehorst]

Hi,
I am considering to buy 'Electric Pianos' but with the disadvantage, that it is only usable in live.
Can you recommend any similiar VSTi?
Thank's, horst

[[jur]]

Depending on your Live license, you might have the "Electric keybards" included.
Did you check this first?

[siehorst]

Did you check this first?

Yes, I did so . But that is not the sound that will remember me of my 73'MKII suitcase I have sold many years ago because of it's weight knowing never to drag it out of the room at a stage not knowing that I will run a studio later .

[Shift Gorden]

Hey mate,

Depends on your budget - lots of great stuff out there.

North 7 Vintage Keys by Spitfire Audio is lovely sounding: https://www.spitfireaudio.com/shop/a-z/ ... tage-keys/

Check out some of Spitfire's free (and amazing) Labs products - they might have some keys in there, too. https://labs.spitfireaudio.com/

[ellicottvilleny]

If your budget can handle it, I would recommend Spectrasonics Keyscape. $399

[[jur]]

Pianoteq also do electric pianos, no idea how they play and sound though.

[siehorst]

Hi all of you,
must not be free, but more than 300 € $ L, whatever, is nearly more than the cost of live .
I will try the free spitfire first (but why do I need to install an installer )
Interesting: all the example videos at the site are with a band, nearly not possible to listen to the pure instrument. If I want to sell, I wouldn't do so .

[Shift Gorden]

Hi all of you,
must not be free, but more than 300 € $ L, whatever, is nearly more than the cost of live .
I will try the free spitfire first (but why do I need to install an installer )
Interesting: all the example videos at the site are with a band, nearly not possible to listen to the pure instrument. If I want to sell, I wouldn't do so .

Yeah, some of these VSTs are incredibly pricey - but generally amazing. I don't have Keyscape, but judging from the insane quality of Omnisphere and Trillian, then I'm am positive it will be amazing.

Ha! Installing an installer. Crazy times! lol.

[[jur]]

Hi all of you,
must not be free, but more than 300 € $ L, whatever, is nearly more than the cost of live .
I will try the free spitfire first (but why do I need to install an installer )
Interesting: all the example videos at the site are with a band, nearly not possible to listen to the pure instrument. If I want to sell, I wouldn't do so .

Did you play with Electric (which is part of Live Suite) bring to life with saturation, chorus, amp etc...

[siehorst]

Hi,

... bring to life with saturation, chorus, amp etc...

yes, but I am missing the bright bell, chime like sound part of the rest.
I have done a recording for a jazz band here in my studio and the keyboarder took is own rhodes. I would like to hear a sound similar to that, a good remembrance for my own rhodes.

[siehorst]

Tried the free spitfire:
nice, but not overwhelming. Too little dynamic in the sound related to the hardness of hitting a note.
Plyed back a fresh systemimage to remove the installerinstaller
I will have a closer look at the pack, it is not too expensive.

[Greenapples2019]

Have you tried Arturia? Analog Lab V gives a limited range of pianos, Collection gives you full access or you can buy any of them individually.

[siehorst]

Have you tried Arturia?

Not yet, but they have the best sound documentation on their website.

[Da hand]

I use Lounge Lizard by AAS for all my rhodes playing. The sound design settings are super flexible - you can get really gorgeous sounds out of it. I have the Arturia V Collection 7 and comparing the Rhodes instruments - I find the Lounge Lizard sound far superior for the sounds I want.

It is also at a great price right now as there is apparently a 50% Off sale on right now (ends in 4 days).

https://www.applied-acoustics.com/lounge-lizard-ep-4/



If it helps, here is an example of me playing a mellow glassy sparkly type sound (I have no idea how to describe it, haha).
https://youtu.be/tGL6m4kwhag?t=248

... you can also get really nice dark moody sounds out if it too.

[grrrz]

I've found the electric *piano pack sounds pretty good (a tad on the cpu hungry side though). for 55 euros maybe it's a good deal over a dedicated vst; I don't know. a vst that does model an electric piano instead of sample based will be lighter on the drive though (like..electric also in live; made by AAS; but the sampled version are better). AAS makes great sounding stuff usually so maybe lounge lizard is a good option; I don't know how it compares with electric (since it's basically a deluxe version of it). both are modeled; not sampled anyway.

edit: I meant Electric *keyboards which is included in suite.