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- Ivory ii vs pianoteq 5 vs galaxy vintage d driver#
- Ivory ii vs pianoteq 5 vs galaxy vintage d software#
I talked with the author and asked if he could get just one piano he tested, which would it be.
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Quite interesting, though the use of the MIDI file prevents us finding out how good the playability features of each piano are (more on this in a minute). Here's another video comparing a bunch of sampled pianos. Vintage D is a bit more intimate than this song and player require, so in some ways this example favors the main Steinway. Their audio clips are much less impressive, considering how good their pianos are. The videos on the galaxy website give you a good idea of the capabilities and they have a couple of good video demos. The Galaxy people are not real good at advertizing in my experience. By the way you can get the Galaxy pianos individually in download version if you want. Ivory 1 can't compete but I understand Ivory 2 is a big improvement and compares favorably to Galaxy if you can stomach the price.
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Vintage D is my favorite but the main Galaxy Steinway is also very good. Regarding Ivory and Galaxy, I played Ivory 1 and Galaxy 2, and currently use Vintage D. I don't know why or if he has explored all the possibilities.
Ivory ii vs pianoteq 5 vs galaxy vintage d software#
Regarding the question about TRS, I have a friend with an AvantGrand that tells me TRS does not work when using a software piano. I have a first generation core 2 duo underclocked and undervolted and it is more than a match for all software pianos I've used.
Ivory ii vs pianoteq 5 vs galaxy vintage d driver#
If you have a good ASIO driver or a mac, you will be fine with any reasonable computer. The limitation, if there is any, will be windows and the driver associated with your audio interface (poor buffering properties). PianoTeq requires a more powerful computer (though is less hard drive intensive) but computer power is not an issue there either. They store the first few seconds or so of all notes in RAM and then only read from disk if needed, which is not all that often. Any core 2 desktop and indeed laptop is more than enough to power any modern piano. Two things happened: computers got faster, and software pianos got smart streaming/buffering technology. This was once true to some degree but not any more. The notion that Ivory and other sampled pianos require powerful computers is false. MIDI cables can be limited in length by impedance-type issues but they can go at least 50 feet with no problems. Latency long enough to be felt and heard is caused by buffering, typically. It can be enough to mess up some digital communication (e.g., long USB cables, apparently), but it is nowhere near what is required to cause audible latency, which is measured relative to the time it takes sound to travel reasonable distances. The latency caused by signal traveling down a cable is comparable to the speed of light going over some reasonable distance. Lots of good questions and answers in this thread.