Electric pianos or Vibes

Don't feel shy about asking for advice, you certainly won't be violating any rules!
As a satisfied Pianoteq user who has gradually worked up to the full Studio package, here's my personal view. The Vibes are lovely, as you say, but I find that I don't play them anywhere near as often as the Electric Pianos. I suppose that if I was doing a lot of multi-tracked productions I would be using the Vibes more. I hadn't thought about using a special technique for Vibes but a 4-finger approach would probably be good if you're aiming for a high level of authenticity.
I hope this is a little bit helpful, but, well... just keep auditioning the instruments in demo and then trust your instincts!
By the way, I hope you have installed the free instrument package ( https://www.modartt.com/free_stuff ), which includes the Yamaha CP-80 and a great assortment of vintage instruments. Some of the historical pianos lend themselves surprisingly well to jazz and blues!

Haha, well, I think you'll get plenty of mileage from Standard (you're quite right, you will benefit from full-featured fxps)... but you may be tempted to pick up some more instruments along the way!

I agree with colleague Dazric.
I consider electric pianos to be more versatile. Furthermore, they are the instruments of Pianoteq that, in my opinion, sound exactly like the originals. That's because the originals sound through speakers, and that's exactly how you will hear it on Pianoteq. I'm sure that if you place a Mark II in a room next to the Pianoteq connected on the same reference monitors and blindfold your eyes, you will never know which one is the original.

Would you say that Pianoteq elctric pianos are better than Keyscape?

I have a question to ask for anybody to answer and I am desperate to make this work. I love Pianoteq and get really inspired by it but the problem I have is making the pianos sound thick in a mix. I get inspired by Pianoteq but find myself leaning toward the Keyscape Custom LA C7 because it just fits better into a mix compared to Pianoteq and it really bugs me because I feel like I am giving all the glory to keyscape when it is Pianoteq that has inspired certain songs.

Any ideas?

Thank you.

Thank you psterret for taking the time to answer!
The electric pianos are a more pragmatic choice. I guess I was looking for arguments in favour of the Vibes. Guitarwise, I have an old Gibson ES-135 and a AER Alpha amp. It's quite light. Here in Quebec, the jazz scene is not big. Pianists will mostly play pianos or keyboards with sampled piano. You're not the only one to suggest moving to Pro. I'll have to go through the collection again to see how many more instruments I would play. I'll have to disturb Niclas again (I was not receiving user forum confirmations).. Waiting for samples, I know what you mean (Sonicouture Vibes vs modartt Vibes).

Addendum: I moved to PRO.

Keyscape just fills out the mix, I don't know what it is or how they have done it but it just manages to fit in that space. Where as Pianoteq seems thin in a mix and doesn't really punch through.

I write a mixture, kind of a combo between classical, hip hop beat, I wouldn't really say jazz.
Pianoteq fits best with what I do especially as it is so adjustable but I just struggle to get it right in the mix. Maybe I am doing something wrong but Pianoteq just seems to sound hollow compared to Keyscape but yet Pianoteq Electric Pianos sound full and seem to fill up the space better.

I work in Studio One and I don't think it supports Linux although I would love to switch over to Linux and be done with Windows once and for all.

Although a newbie to jazz vibes from any software, I take a view of yours about electric pianos, seriously.  A suitcase model was used popularly by the jazz players who needed a lot of portability which the electric piano could allow in outdoor jazz  —especially festivals!

Now the electric pianos seem the ones evolved over time into keyboards the MIDI controllers you can today take with you just about anywhere.

Do you need to limit yourself to four fingers playing whenever you’d like to have a jazz vibe played in some software?  Well, right now, no!  I’m telling by your question.  (Smile.)  If software vibes is really a recent development it has no accomplished virtuoso already to decide for anyone else what is technically correct in another’s own musical performance.

Anyway I use Roland Vdrums as a MIDI controller connected to MODO DRUM drum modeling software.  Perhaps someday this combination really will become good enough for jazz.  (Laugh.)

Let me just say I can sometimes play them very easily since I got a Pearl malletSTATION MIDI controller from Kraft Music, https://www.kraftmusic.com/pearl-em1-ma...e-kit.html.

Although, I have just been learning to play at the controller:

https://youtu.be/ST0hIbsfUeQ

I was pleasantly surprised, as I discovered PIANOTEQ took all after touch messages from the controller right out the box when shipped!

So, the controller and the software both are set up to any note dampening from your mallets.

Well, technically if you ever use sarcasm MODARTT has stipulated er alleged a right it has to remove any post: presumably your sarcastic one.

But, possibly nobody else got it!  (Smile.)

Now let me extend a welcome to this forum, sincerely.

Love always, Amen Ptah Ra.

Thank you for the welcome, Amen Ptah Ra ! It was not sarcasm. I'm more familiar with computing forums, sometimes harsh.

This a great suggestion!
My vibraphonist friend used a Malletkat, which is both a vibe synth and a full synth. Quite heavy and the blades are larger. This is probably why I did'nt think of a vibe controller.
There is still some space left on my desk. The Malletkat would be too heavy. I wonder if I could play with four mallets. I would probably end up with two.
The Malletstation is around 1,400 CAD.  49" (124,5 cm) long.  10,20 kg (22,5 lb). It can be used as drum controller with drum sticks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJdvbMURlUo

They are definitely a poor substitute for pianos if one would prefer the sound of a piano, I suppose. I wonder what the original inventor thought? I wonder whether they thought "maybe, just maybe, it will sound sort of like a real piano".  If you're interested, this site has a lot of history, with examples of popular music that uses each instrument: http://www.hallofelectricpianos.co.uk/

Ah - thanks. I should have figured that out!

Greg