Can An Electric Piano Sound BETTER Than a VST? - Nord Vs. Keyscape Vs. Ravel Grand

Keyscape the way it covers so much sonic territory !!

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Really beautiful playing. The action is the same... That is suuuper controller.

Dan rocks. It is a good comparison too. Might you try VI Labs Ravenscroft and Spitfire Originals Intimate Grand Piano. I like Keyscape. The additional noise effects make it "feel" like a real piano. But the piano tone is a problem for me. Too much bass and low mids. And it almost has a tone of the attack of the sample is too short. It isn't a round attack, it sounds too plastic. And yet, Dan's favorite preset does NOT have that weird attack. I truly hope that Spectrasonics will add a piano that is more in line with the Nord Grand.

Keyscape is good, but i find some of the notes in the higher register can sound metalic on some of the other samples.
Ravel is a lovely piano vst but 2 things let it down imo. Even at close setting its still too roomy. I know a lot of people find this. A vst needs a totally dry option to make it more versatile.
Second problem, it can be very glitchy. I found it cut out while playing and dropped samples. I think the samples are large, but then Keyscape has some hefty samples and i find no problem with that.
I really like ravel, but the problems mentioned prevent it from being a great piano, which it could be. Come on UAD fix these things with an update and it will be a fantastic piano!

how is the Nord recorded to get the sound like this?

I mean first and foremost, dude, gorgeous playing. My ear gravitates to the expressiveness of the Ravel.

What is up with these multi-tattooed people. Just buy a damn colorful, printed long sleeve shit and stop writing on your body with permanent ink.

Brilliant.

Quite big difference in reverb between the pianos, with nord being the drenched and ravel being being drenched.

У Равел самый красивый и насыщенный звук

Keyscape ❤️

I am trying the Ravel demo now that UAD has made it available to all users in all DAW's. The one thing missing from this review is dynamics in the playing. When you play classical and firmly play octaves, the dynamism and sympathetic resonance of the Ravel is revealing and lovely to hear, feel and experience. We don't get to see any of that here. All the pianos sound good, but the Nord sounded a bit too digital whereas the Ravel feels like a true piano in a room. Maybe that's my personal preference.

Ravel #1

Hey, next time would love to hear some rhytmic stuff. at the moment all examples were with pedal and soft touch mostly. maybe go for jazz lick/blues/funky example also, to hear the real difference :)

Come on guys, get it together. You left the mic on during the second play of Ravel until his last chord! Pay attention, take your time, cut the extra in editing!

Their all the same.

I wonder if latency played a part in the rating. While its infinitesimal, our fingers can tell the difference while we are playing. I always notice when its NOT there.... even though when it is there, because its so small, it's tolerable.

Looking at the COVID screen from 2022.
You look ridiculous pals, talking through plexi-glass. Remember who did this to us.

THE GOVERNMENT IS THE ENEMY .

Electric pianos can for sure sound better than many VST pianos. For some reason some vst pianos on 1-3GB don't sound any better than my yamaha p80 from 2002. It's not just the sample size it's how the sample is recorded and put together as a playable preset in the instrument.

There's a difference between an electric piano and a digital piano.

At first I thought number one was the best. Then the second time through I thought number three was best. I play a Yamaha and they all three sounded better or as good as my Yamaha. I might be biased though.

Keyscape VST is the best out there at the moment :-) I have SL 88 grand
It’s The best combination out there ☝️🙏

Amazingly interesting vid! theres so little vids about this comparison, congrats! Now it would be nice if you extended this hardware vs software pianos into more popular priced vsts and dig. pianos, I mean those vst and that Nord must be worth more than my house, my car and my internal organs together.

Just want to hear him play for hours. Gosh what gorgeous playing.

I can hear the foot pedal on the first one, loud and clunky but piano sounds good. Second sounds good but too precise, more digital? Third is between the two.
My guess is #2 is the nord

that dude on the left cracks me up 😂

What does he mean with it being a computer making the sounds on VST? They are sampled instruments aren't they? So it is not from computer, it is from pianos?

The screen is a Kkk uniform?

all sounds are wonderful. what you don't get from any video is the tactile feel of a board and specifically, the keybed. the Nord Grand feels stunning to the touch and is incredibly responsive. the Kawai keybed is out of this world

Keyscape all the way... no competition here.

Dan is awesome! Love the Nord!

How many volume levels are sampled for each instrument?

Keyscape sounds like it was the piano Keith Jarret recorded the Kolin Concert on… complete with the actual recorded stage reverb.
Btw Dan is a musical freak of nature.

Please throw some light about latency 🙏

When I first got my Casio PX-5S I thought the main piano patch sounded fake as anything. I was used to triggering various Piano VSt's, namely Addictive Keys and Sampletank 4. After a few days of playing the Casio the piano sound grew on me.. a little. I decided to compare the Casio to Addictive and SampleTank so I recorded the same performance simultaneously on all three and listened back over and over, switching it up, A-B-C-ing all three, muting this track, soling that track, etc, etc, etc, until I started to get confused as to which one was which. At one point I swear I was listing to my favorite piano patch in Sampletank only to find out it was the Casio, lol. I brought my wife in and didn't even mention what I was doing and asked her which she like the best, she listens close, took her time and picked the Casio track, saying it sounds the most like a real piano, lol. So.... who knows! Just play and have fun!

I feel like the mechanical sounds are too loud in Ravel, otherwise I really like that.

Keyscape always.

It`s easy to tell the Nord from the other ones ... Nord was dry , the VSTs had some ambiance added

I loved the Ravel the best, but the thump with the sustain pedal just bothered me too much. I would rank that as 3rd.

#1 was definitely Ravel (Sonically Speaking)

And then you get the Grand, realize the action is crap, the samples start at mp and fast notes will trigger completely unintended loud notes out of nowhere.

But you'll never hear that from the guy who's selling it.

SKX!

Nord has samples inside ok, or not?

The pedals were a dead giveaway/. I would suggest next time turning the pedal sounds way down. Because Nord did not have a pedal sound, at least it was not discernable.

I did not know this ravel yet!!!!

Stop making ass of yourself by this stupid screen!

Fantastic playing. Great sound! How’s the touch compared to the Yamaha cp4 or cp88 ? I heard it’s much “lighter” ?