Piano plugins - opinions?

same for me!

I probably veer pretty far from the beaten path, but l usually go with ā€œNice Pianoā€ from Roland, and have Addictive Keys Upright. I like the sound l get from either, and since l play in a rock band, l’m not too worried that it might sound (in some way) inferior. I figure the audience can’t tell the difference between a Steinway and a Fisher-Price, so if l like it, it’ll be fine. YMMV, of course.

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I still think the Yamaha EX5 ā€œStereo Pianoā€ preset sound (tweaked to my taste) is one of the best piano sounds for a rock context that I have. After that for more a more refined delicate sound, the Korg Kronos SGX-2 (which is now available in VST form in the Korg Collection 6.

I would expect that @Torsten will use a separate amp plugin, but I maybe wrong.

OMG, this thread is ooooold - at that time, I was actually using guitar amp plugins (mostly S-Gear) after my Rhodes / Wurlies from Pianoteq.

These days, I play most of my ePianos DI’d - my go-to instruments are VReeds and VTines by Acousticsamples. When I need a bit of dirt or that specific amp sound, these VSTi also have pretty good built-in options, so currently I don’t use separate amp plugins .

Cheers

Torsten

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