Buggy Whips [was]Re: [sdiy] Should I repair my Fostex, or should I go HD recording?

[hichakhok]

If on a gig i have a choice between my ti laptop with all the giga 
pianos and a bashed up yamaha £1000
upright, the upright will win every time. For me the best sampled 
pianos are not even close to expressive power of cheap uprights.


best

leonm




On 31 Dec 2004, at 23:33, harrybissell wrote:

> a point that has not been adequately made... we are comparing samplers 
> to
> the archetypical grand piano... in perfect condition and tune. Compare
> them to
> the (lets say) 'better than average' piano... (perhaps an upright?) 
> and we
> would
> have a more level playing field.
>
> Complaints about the velocity and touch are another problem. Again the
> comparison
> is between the BEST PIANO one has ever touched and a mass produced 
> Roland
> or
> Fatar.   Why not compare ten pianos (lets say) at random agains ten 
> synth
> controllers.
> I bet there is a lot more consistance in the synth controllers.  Like 
> it
> better, or not is another
> issue.
>
> The sampler will not ever (imho) match the top .05% of acoustic pianos.
> It will give the
> rest a real run for the money.
>
> thank GOD we are talking keyboards and not guitars.
>
> How many guitarists does it take to change a lightbulb ?
>
> FIFTY !!!
>
> one to change the bulb and forty-nine to lament how the "new bulb is 
> just
> not the same
> as the old bulb..."   :^P
>
> H^) harry
>
>