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The Wurlitzer electric piano has proved a tough nut to crack in software. Can Arturia rise to the challenge?
Now six years old, this physical modelling instrument has reached a new level of refinement and sophistication — and not just for piano sounds.
To create their piano samples for the Eighty Eight, Sonivox recorded a Steinway CD327 using an unspecified, high‑quality...
Galaxy's new star expands the sampled piano universe.
Pianoteq tackles the virtual piano problem in megabytes rather than gigabytes, and offers flexibility that its multisampling competitors cant match.
The inaugural product from Imperfect Samples is a sampled piano with a difference...
If recording piano is your forté, this system could make your life a whole lot easier...
Can an 8 Megabyte plug-in really compete with the new generation of multi-Gigabyte sampled grand pianos?
M-Audio have applied the same economies of scale to this digital piano that they have to their controller keyboards, with the result that the Prokeys 88 retails for well under £500, with the cut-down Prokeys 88SX costing far less.
Kawai's last few digital pianos have been finely wrought things of beauty: solidly built keyboards with an amazingly realistic playing action and beautifully sampled piano timbres. But their latest claims to surpass all of those. Can it possibly be true?
Every pianist dreams of owning a grand piano, but is it really possible to combine the feel of a grand into a stage piano and combine it with great sounds and master-keyboard functionality?
Nick Magnus gets his hands on an instrument which is claimed to provide the best reproduction yet of the feel — and sound — of an acoustic piano.
Yamaha's DB50XG daughterboard demonstrated to the world that a PC soundcard could offer high-spec synthesis capabilities. Its latest descendents offer a digitally emulated Prophet V synth and a high-quality Piano. Martin Walker tries them out.
A quality acoustic piano sound in a 1U rack-mounting package? Paul Ward lifts the lid to see if there are any strings attached...
Almost a decade since the release of their classic EMT10, Yamaha have returned To the piano module market, spinning off some of the technology used in their top-end digital pianos and using it in an inexpensive half-rack expander format. Dave Crombie tickles the virtual ivories...
Alesis rereleased their Quadrasynth early last year to mixed reviews, and in response, an updated version has now been launched. Does it address some of the comments levelled at the previous instrument? Original Quadrasynth owner Mike Best finds out.
Claire: Avant captures a Fazioli F308 concert grand with its lid removed, and features a range of unconventional techniques that are said to bring out the instrument’s raw textures and hidden harmonics.
Pianoverse allows users to craft everything from realistic acoustic piano parts to experimental atmospheric textures.