

I play and write in almost every style imaginable, so need a wide range of instruments and especially pianos. Ideally one could layer it with a sample library, but I have never gotten good results doing that, even when closely matching settings. I still find Pianoteq by far the most organic and playable, but when I get super-critical on soloed listening, I do find it a bit synthy still. Plus I have the Scarbee EPS88, Soniccouture Clav and the Indiginus Wurl-E so will it offer much more than I have? For just over £100 more than Ravenscroft I can buy Keyscape, but have seen mixed reviews of the piano. I already have Omnisphere and have been eyeing up Keyscape for a while. The Standard version will let me tweak quite a bit Upgrade my Pianoteq Stage to the Standard Version and look at some of the newer instruments (already have the Bluthener Model 1).I see a lot of love for Ravenscroft on the forum and this is definitely at the top of my list.

I'm now looking for something a bit, and I hate this word, "warmer" and little more realistic. However lately I've been doing quite a few accompaniment gigs where it's just the piano and a singer. I tend to use the NI Grandeur when playing in a band and have it eq'd so it sounds like the Gig Piano that David Weiser created for the Kurzweil and Casio keyboards. As with a lot of people on the forum, I have a number of different piano VI's, such as Pianoteq, the Native Instruments pianos and the Sampletekk Black Grand.
