magronbass Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 Anyone use sampletekk black grand? I have close and medium ambient mic positions, and have found some problems with the "close" samples. I'm using it with kontakt 2. I'm using variation no.2 with the samples laid out in a linear response, and I'm just going through the different velocity layers by manually changing the velocity value. I've found that: 1. there is a jump in volume (4-5db) at going from velocity 79 to 80 2. the samples above 112 sound compressed and absurd (so I removed them) 3. f#5 and g5 seem to be several dynamics level stronger than surrounding keys 4. f5 is considerably weak Not sure if there's already a version that's got these problem fixed.. I already fixed 1 and 2, but for 3,4 and other problems involving individual keys, I really don't want to go through the trouble.. I want to practice, and not become a virtual piano technician. Anyone else notice these problems? The black grand is such an awesome sampleset, I can swear if someone tweaked it enough, it'll be the ultimate cheap piano library that can easily blow away most of the more expensive ones. I think it definitely kills the NI akoustic steinwey. The black grand's hard to beat at $50 per mic position.. ($25 now because of the group buy thing) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magronbass Posted December 19, 2007 Author Share Posted December 19, 2007 I guess sampletekk isn't so popular? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWB121234 Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 I have Black Grand Close on my Muse Receptor (running in Kontakt 2). I use it as an occasional break from the Ivory pianos. I also agree that there are some "playability" issues regarding the volume (db) response versus velocity - it's a bit "jumpy". It sounds like you've gotten your hands "dirtier" than I (programing wise) in attempts to solve this. I tried some different velocity curves within Kontakt with little real success. It seems to me that there is a Kontakt velocity to volume "fix" for Sampltekk pianos available for download - I think from Sampletekk or maybe it was another forum. I downloaded this, but it would only work in a more current version of Kontakt than I can use on my Receptor. So I don't know if that will help. Sorry about being fuzzy on specifics - I'm at work (lunch - no really!) not at home. I agree that Black Grand is a nice set of samples, but it does not compare to the Ivory pianos in "playability" (IMO). Tom B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cnegrad Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 Sampletekk has a good reputation for customer service. Have you contacted him? Also, you'll find more Sampletekk fans at the Northern Sounds forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magronbass Posted December 20, 2007 Author Share Posted December 20, 2007 I see, thanks for the pointer. Will check out the northern sounds forum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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