@ColinThomson said:
Oh, and as far as being a 'trained pianist', Colin Thomson
The thing is this. If you were not in any way trained - how would know what a so-called good action is? huh? I can already tell from this thread that some here have no idea or no interest in what a good action is. And rightly so. ----- To reiterate - a so-called good piano action has no real meaning when playing around with samples. For example - what on earth does the action of a Steinway have to do with a violin? Or a french horn? If you want to record classical piano pieces - then buy a decent real piano and get some good mics. There aren't any really good virtual pianos inside a computer at this time - some are passable and it's obviously easy to record inside a computer compared to the real thing.
Problem is, I don't have 30K to throw into getting a 'decent' real piano, mic, and setting up a room acoustically to be able to record it and have it actually sound better than a sampled piano. Believe me, I agree 100% that sampled pianos in no way match up to the real thing, but the fact is that it is the best recording option I have right now for my budget. And I do not need the piano-like action for recording violin or french horn, but for recording piano. Also, I know that no keyboard can actually compare, I just wanted to know what came closest.
Thanks
Colin Thomson