Since (AFAIK) there is no recording of the same piece being played on that piano, I can't really be sure in all cases exactly what it is I'm responding to. I wonder if that MIDI file is available? I'd like to run the same file on something else and compare.ĮTA: Some of this could also be that maybe I just don't happen to like the characteristics of the particular Steinway they modeled. (Just based on this one demo track, admittedly.) There are some passages that sound good, but much of it just doesn't. Maybe it feels wonderfully responsive to play, but in just listening, IMO, this isn't even as good as some of my "rompler" piano sounds to say nothing of VSTs. There's something about the envelope and the static nature of the decaying tone, which seems apparent in certain note ranges at certain velocities that sounds really fake to me.
And then the 4 note ascending bass line that follows (at 1:23), I hate to say it, but that bit (among others) reminds me of an old 70s electric piano, like an RMI, particularly the 3rd-4th note sequence. Is anyone else bothered by the "drone" that appears under the playing notes starting at 1:18? I'm not sure what it is, but something bugs me about it. A lot of it seems plunky, too percussive, and long sustains often sound unnatural (esp. The first few notes start very promising and I even thought "am I really a hater, this sounds like the real thing" but right away the melodic line starts and I felt this typical metallic synthetic quality in the sustain. Yep, just opened the demo page and started listening to the first Steinway D demo: F.
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