The Ravenscroft seemed more 'natural' and played really well for a sampled piano, but wasnt quite as expressive - let alone customizable - as Pianoteq, which plays like a dream. The K2 isn't a real piano, of course.Īnd yeah, I use Ravenscroft 275 a lot and usually switch between that and Pianoteq. From the modern grands, and in terms of 'realism' (just in general, I haven't heard most of these pianos in real life) I'd rank them something like Steingraeber > Grotrian = Steinway B >= Bluethner >= Steinway D > K2 > YC5. If you do, definitely get this over the Steinway D. 'No Stupid Questions' thread (twice/month)ĮPierre's weekly composition/improvisation challenge IMSLP provides access to free, public domain sheet music. is a great website to learn the fundamentals of music theory. commenting on someone's appearance), and the like, are not welcome and will be removed. Off-topic posts, spam, advertising, blog posts with little contentĪlso, please do not submit more than 3-4 posts per week, and you should not have more than 2 posts on the front page.Ĭomments that contain personal attacks, hate speech, trolling, unnecessarily derogatory or inflammatory remarks or inappropriate remarks (e.g. Requests for transcriptions, identifying chords/notes in a song (use /r/transcribe), what song is this?, requests for sheet music (see FAQ, use /r/musicnotes, /r/transcribe)Ĭommon generic questions covered by the FAQ such as "What's a good keyboard?", "What's my piano worth?", "How do I get started?", unless your question has specific details. (use /r/musicpics, /r/classicalmemes or /r/pianomemes) Image memes, pictures of text, rage comics, etc. The following types of posts are subject to removal: Recording from a Digital Keyboard into a Computer
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