![]() It's interesting to hear different opinions. Pianists, audiophiles, technicians, piano dealers can come up with different opinions. I saw different people have different views. It's different based on personal tastes but I just slightly prefer the N1X. Actually I'm having a hard time to decide between N1X CFX and Pianoteq Bechstein. Pianoteq Bechstein: I prefer this piano a lot to the Steinway. The tone of each note is just bad, but I can feel the variation of the timbre.Ĥ. It's so dull and uninspiring, and it's the exact opposite of Garritan CFX. Pianoteq Steinway D: I played this recording immediately after the Garritan and what a night and day difference. BTW, the base chords are really really full! Garritan sounds very good when you play a single note, but does not sound good when you simply play a melody.ģ. I feel like CyberGene is already trying hard to interpret the piece but it's just not there. The notes in the right hands all feel the same and I cannot feel the shape of the melody. However, from this recording I can only hear the volume difference but not the timbre change. ![]() It's better to play the first note loader and the die away the second note. For example, the right hand theme is a descendent second. This is very obvious after I use Pianoteq for a month. However, I cannot feel the direction of the melody or the timbre change at all. As people said, this piano has a lush sound. Garritan CFX: Garritan did a fantastic job of sampling, which captured the full decay of a whole note. I like this recording a lot from CyberGene, though still not better than a fine acoustic grand.Ģ. From the last chord I can still feel a bit of looping but if I don't pay attention it wouldn't bother me. ![]() I can hear the direction of the melody and the it seems like I can feel both warm and cold from this piano. Sustain and reverb also feels enough for me as CyberGene pedals the piece pretty well. Overall a huge leap from the previous CFIIIS sample in the first generation of AvantGrand because of the Virtual Resonance Modeling. It's like a typical Yamaha grand piano, but doesn't sound like a Steinway. N1X CFX Binaural: I would use vanilla to describe the timbre of this piano. The difference is the characteristic of the pianos themselves.ġ. Many people here are talking about reverbs but I don't think that's the fundamental differences of these pianos. However, the timbre variation of different pianos are different. CyberGene plays this piece very well and he was also trying hard to phrase the melody in the right hands with different colors. The right hand themes appear several times with different harmonics so a better interpretation is to play those themes in different color (or timbre). The left hands must be very soft, almost a lazy sound. This Chopin prelude could be a beginner piece, but could also be a difficult piece under the hands of professional pianists. Classical music is all about expression, phrasing and direction of the melody. I've been a classical pianist for more than 10 years and I just found something important is missing in Garritan CFX. Then followed by Pianoteq Bechstein, Garritan CFX and Pianoteq Steinway D. However, after I used Pianoteq exclusively for a month and I listened to these recordings by CyberGene for several times, I would say N1X is clearly the best among all of them!. ![]() Didn't like any DP's internal samples or Pianoteq because the timbre just feels thin. A year ago, Garritan was my go to piano and I liked the deep and resonant sound from the rich reverb. I've been using Garritan CFX all the time for one year until I switched to Pianoteq last month, and there is no going back. I must say my opinion varied a lot from last year. I finally had time to go through all the recordings from this post.
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