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Agree with this. Most of the piano samples/models have vastly different dynamic responses and would benefit from being able to be saved per program. It makes a massive difference to the playability.

Try inserting the "Warm Drive" effect into the first slot and dialing down the gain. You can then use the other two parameters as an eq of sorts.

The panning behaviour is a bit weird with the piano patches. The piano sound will pan, but not the resonance and pedal effects. Still, it's encouraging to see that Studiologic is continuing to develop the product. Hopefully we will see further improvements and new downloadable sounds in the near future.

Here's a patch I've arrived at which I think will make a good live piano sound for use in a rock band setting (not that I've had a chance to do that yet but it cuts through nicely when playing along with recorded tracks). I think it's a nice blend of brightness, attack and expressiveness while maintaining a good degree of realism. Internal sound: VintGrand Tone: 74 String res: 48 Duplex: 32 Ped noise: 56 FX A: Equaliser (amount - 127, low - 68, mid - 93, high - 96) FX B: Compressor (Amount - 74, Thd - 56, Ratio - 106, Env - 65) Reverb: Type - room (amount - 49, time - 60, early - 30, hidamp -30). Have a go and let us know what you think. 🙂

I've had no issues since swapping to input 3 several days ago so you should be right. I'm sure Studiologic will sort the glitch out in a future update. Gianni Giudici is an absolute champion who is very switched on and responsive to user feedback - those negative comments on that youtube video linked a few posts up are way off the mark. I have had nothing but positive interactions with Gianni, Studiologic and my local distributor, which have resulted in tangible improvements to the product. As for the Vintage piano, it really is versatile in the sense that adjusting the tone setting, even fairly aggressively, has a definite effect on altering the timbre of the instrument without degrading the sound. This is true for the upright and felt pianos also. Not so much on many of the other sounds. Doing the same on the German, Japan or US patches only makes them worse - to me they sound quite boxy and synthetic in the midrange and I haven't been able to tweak them to an acceptable level. To me the Japan Grand in particular should have a nice *Studio*/Yamaha C7 type rock sound that cuts through a mix while still sounding authentic. Having said that, tweaking the Vintage grand goes some way to achieving this - I wonder what instrument they sampled for that one... I'd also love to know what the difference was in the sampling/modelling process between some of these piano patches and would like to think that Studiologic could apply the same fairy dust to some of the more lacklustre tones to bring them up to the same standard as the better ones. If it was up to me I definitely wouldn't have designated the German grand as the "Default" patch. It is far from the standout tone (in my humble opinion) and doesn't do this flawed, but great, keyboard justice.

I've observed the glitch with the pedal 1 setting in the menu. This also has the effect of the damper pedal "sticking" randomly. I've worked around it by using the pedal 3 input. I've just about given up on the triple pedal supplied with the GT, as it randomly does this wierd re-triggering that makes it unusable. Using the Roland dp-10 instead. I haven't observed the other two issues pointed out by KentKeys above. In my experience the EP's have improved markedly across the board. The lower registers were way too boomy before. Much more balanced now. "Tang" is a good word to describe the attack envelope of many of the ap's, voxpop. The vintage grand and upright don't exhibit this to my ears, and it's less obvious with the taperec sound as well. As such I find these much more enjoyable to play than the others. I wouldn't be concerned about the lowest note-off velocity being higher than zero. Perhaps it's by design to mimic the feel of a real piano?

I like the lower and higher registers of the USA grand, however, to my ears, the attack in the middle few octaves imparts a kind of plasticky sound that has a "phasey" decay and is detached from the overall tone of the sample. It's hard to explain....The overall tone seems ramp down too suddenly before the sustain portion of the note/s, which feels unnatural. I observe this to varying extents with others including German, Italian, Japan, Aus, Blu, pop and rock as well. Vintage, taperec, upright etc. don't exhibit this behaviour and seem more authentic and expressive to me. Having said all that, I acknowledge that different amplification has an impact on this phenomenon. It is more apparent using headphones than with powered speakers. Interestingly, the *equivalent* sound on the numa player has a better attack/decay character and feels more expressive than the USA grand patch on the X piano... As does the electric grand patch... Love the numa player electric grand, don't love the ones in the X piano. The GT action is really nice and feels well made. It is very quiet - I've had a few Kawais and a Roland RD-800 and the GT is way quieter than those. The keys also have a nice texture and the build quality and feel really is premium. I don't notice any mechanical noise of the keybed when playing. Virtually no thunk at all. The keys also do not wiggle from side to side and have no key bounce as far as I can tell. Interestingly, the action seems more suited to some internal sounds than others in terms of "connection". For some reason it's easier to play faster, more complex pieces with some samples than others (notwithstanding my mediocre abilities). I also really liked the feel of the tp110 action when I tried it. I feel like it was a bit lighter, very expressive and suited to the EP's especially. I was all set to get the non GT version but sprung for the GT because I felt like the action needed to be an "upgrade" from the Roland. Ridiculous, I know... could have saved a lot of money and my back and still been very happy, I'm sure. The GT is heavy!

Hi all, Long-time listener, first-time caller. The Wurly has improved a little with the latest update (2.2) but still needs work in my opinion. As do most of the acoustic pianos - particularly their attack characteristics. For me the Vintage Grand is the best all-rounder which can be meaningfully tweaked with use of the built-in parameters. Most of the other acoustic pianos from the default set are sub-par and can't really be salvaged with tweaking, with the exception of the upright, which I love. The newer downloadable acoustics are quite good, if a little bit niche in their usefulness (dialing up the tone of the felt piano makes for a lovely, expressive sound). The Rhodes' have improved greatly - well done Studiologic! Here's hoping the good folk at Studiologic keep rolling out the improvements and new piano tones. Would be great to be able to adjust the note-off level of the EP's, for example. (I think Crumar has the EP market stitched up when it comes to realism, dynamics and tweakability). In any case I've personally had excellent support from Gianni, including a warranty replacement part which was handled superbly and successfully. GT model here.