V Rack is Vaporware IMHO. One can simply look at the jpeg on SM Pro Audio's website and see that the back side is pictured w/ 16 male XLR's.
I guess they forgot to photoshop the 8 x XLR females they claim it has.
When someone pisses on my back and tries to tell me that it's raining, I refrain from buying any of their products.
The new PTeq 3.0 works really well for me on my E8600/DP35DP, and the sound is much better than the earlier version.
I am using my MC3000 which has better action than my KS88 Pro's but I can play P3 fine on both of them.
I am hearing some guys complain that the dynamics of a rompler are better.
I actually find the dynamics of PTeq 3.0 just fine, as long as you THINK, like a Pianist, and assign the una corde and sostenuto pedals.
I actually did the same thing as most guys did when I was demo'ing it, I kept trying the velocities out and thinking, I wish it changed the tone a little more, than I remembered how I did it on real Pianos, which I haven't used onstage for quite a while. I assigned the pedals, all except the harmonic pedal, which BTW is a really new trick for me as I have never seen or used one, and I am quite pleased with this version.
The Rhodes w/ an una corde has no effect though, but I did try it.
If any players here want to hear how a sostenuto sounds w/o having to fall asleep listening to Classical Piano recordings, try to find Weather Reports " Mysterious Traveller ", and listen to Josef Zawinul droning the lower C'a and A's, while jamming with both hands and using the sos as a third hand.
It has taken most of a whole day to get used to playing the real Piano again. If PTeq were to release a hardware version, I would love to see it. Especially if it was a controller w/ PAT and some extra knobs....!!!
Perhaps Niclas and the boys can put on some white coats like the " Scientists " that Roland hires for the lame V Piano video too...hehe !!!
Thanks for making me play like a real Pianist again, I am even thinking of buying a hardware controller with better action now so I can access even more pp dynamics w/ the una corde.
Great Job.....I am sure it can only get better.
Last edited by teamsterjim (23-02-2009 17:04)
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