Synthogy Ivory Piano, anyone tried this? Options

[citypigeon]

anyone tried this? hows it compare to the NSG bosendorfer and steinberg grand?

[deranged]

Okay, I joined this forum this evening to hear what people thought about IVORY. I haven't worked with Grand, though I've thought about adding it to my sounds.

My experience with IVORY: I upgraded my computer because my old G4 iMac just couldn't handle it. So on my new G5 iMac I maxed it out with 2GB RAM and it runs brilliantly.

I have to say that I am most impressed with the Steinway samples, with the Yamaha coming in second. Sadly, the Bosendorfer is the most disappointing of them all. I especially looked forward to it since I played an acoustic one for a while years ago.

There's not much to IVORY's software, it's rather simple in fact, but I can't seem to do anythng to make the Bosendorfer sound better. The tops and the bottoms are great, but the mids seem twangy and muffled, especially when playing a complex chord structure.

Has anyone been as disappointed with these Bosendorfer samples? Changing velocity tends to improve the voicing some, but it still doesn't help the problem.

[hahaworld]

Okay, I joined this forum this evening to hear what people thought about IVORY. I haven't worked with Grand, though I've thought about adding it to my sounds.

My experience with IVORY: I upgraded my computer because my old G4 iMac just couldn't handle it. So on my new G5 iMac I maxed it out with 2GB RAM and it runs brilliantly.

I have to say that I am most impressed with the Steinway samples, with the Yamaha coming in second. Sadly, the Bosendorfer is the most disappointing of them all. I especially looked forward to it since I played an acoustic one for a while years ago.

There's not much to IVORY's software, it's rather simple in fact, but I can't seem to do anythng to make the Bosendorfer sound better. The tops and the bottoms are great, but the mids seem twangy and muffled, especially when playing a complex chord structure.

Has anyone been as disappointed with these Bosendorfer samples? Changing velocity tends to improve the voicing some, but it still doesn't help the problem.

Hi,

I've had lots of trouble with Ivory, but I can't figure out if it's the software or the machine. I have a pre-intel G5 Quad with 4.5G RAM and an external 500G LaCie Hard Drive. It's the second hard drive I've tried installing Ivory on, and I still get dropouts, pops and clicks. I've contacted Synthogy and they tell me that I should not have any latency issues at all with this setup. No one at the Apple Genius Bar in my hometown seems to know what the problem is either. Someone in a forum told me to install the samples on my main internal hard drive, but Synthogy doesn't recommend this. Any ideas? I'd really appreciate any help I can get. Thanks!

hahaworld