NOTE: The form that requests the cakewalk serial seems to only work on older serial numbers CWSP-x.xx., I used one of my older serials from my cakewalk products page and it worked. For anyone who might miss TruePianos after moving away from Sonar, I think this is worth a look. I believe the deal for non-US is also equally attractive. 40% off public deal + 30% off for Cakewalk customers, you can get the full version of TruePianos for under $50 (US). ![]() (30% off for Cakewalk customers), but what IS new is an additional 40% off sale on the full version of TruePianos for the remainder of 2017. This was mentioned in another thread, but I am providing additional clarity based on my experience. I don't have any stake in TruePianos or their sales, but I thought Sonar owners looking to move on to other DAW's might appreciate this. But as soon as I tried out Standard, I knew I had finally found the piano sound I was looking for - that sound I've heard on countless records.TruePianos discount for Cakewalk customers (of interest for those moving away from Sonar) If you've never messed with Standard or Pro, then you're not going to know what I mean, and you'll be perfectly happy with Stage. Yeah you can load a convo reverb after the plugin in a daw, but if you're using Pianoteq standalone (which I do a LOT) then it comes in very handy to be able to save everything in a preset. That and the ability to load a custom reverb impulse sealed the deal for me. Pianoteq Stage doesn't have that option, and if you load a Standard or Pro patch with custom microphone settings into stage, Stage will not read those parameters and thus gives you a more traditional 'stereo' space. This is the only piano instrument that lets me recreate any piano soundstage I want, which makes a HUGE difference. I used to have Stage, and although it was very good, what made the Standard version "the one" was the microphone settings. And while they're all pretty good, and each is good for certain specific things, the main piano I use is Pianoteq Standard. So I'm anal about my pianos, and I have a lot of them.Waves Rhapsody, Garritan's CFX, EW Gold, Piano In Blue, MiniGrand, Alicia Keys, The Giant. And I can still upgrade in the future if necessary. But in the end I've bought the "Stage", because in comparison to TruePianos it is in the same price category around 100 euros and even offers a little bit more parameters and effects for sound adjustments. I was uncertain between Pianoteq "Stage" and "Standard" as well. It's fully physically modeling, right? I've heard mostly good things about it also, but as one of my weak sides are that I can't settle with the "standard", or "stage" in this case, and I think the pro version is a bit expensive for my taste Which version did you go for?īut a really good reason for choosing Pianoteq is of course it's still being developed I've heard about Pianoteq 5, but never tested it. At the end I bought Pianoteq 5 because it sounds better in comparison to TruePianos and it is still developed. After Reason 9.5 supported VST's the first thing I did was testing some Pianos especially TruePianos and Pianoteq 5. The piano consists of five modules, The downside is that it hasn't been developed in 5 years or so, but it's still one of the best sounding pianos I know of. It's a really great sounding hybrid piano, which combines physical modeling synthesis and samples. It's usually 120 USD, but sometimes on sale for 95 USD. ![]() I'm not trying to insult anyone here, simply pointing out there's higher quality, without question, products available in the world for discerning people. I've personally used the Grand Piano options in Kontact for years and they're drastically better than anything on offer for Reason either stock or RE. The Waves Grand Piano, especially if it's still $29 is light years better than Radical Piano or Reason Pianos. I use Keyscape's Yamaha C7 grand, and the difference is so striking that Reason Pianos now sounds and feels to me like a 90's ROMpler piano patch.Įxactly. I have Reason Pianos, and it just doesn't feel satisfactory when playing soft material. There are plenty of other VSTs in that price range, like Addictive Keys Studio Grand ($89, or free with certain Focusrite/Novation products), Acousticsamples C7 is about $130 or so, etc. Waves' Grand Rhapsody is $29 right now Pianoteq Stage is $129 (just a little more than you'd pay for Radical Pianos) and is one of the standard VST pianos. Reason Pianos and Radical Piano are pretty good sounding, but I think for the money you can get something "better" with VSTs.
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