She said that one worked better because she didn't have a benchmark to compare it to, so there's it can't sound 'fake' to her. I personally think Pianoteq sounds pretty bad and I dont really get the hype around it. We also tried one of the Rhodes pianos on Spectrasonics Keyscape - she was much more impressed with that than Keyspace's grand-piano. Pianoteq is pretty playable but does not sound as good as pretty much any sampled library. I asked if she'd be fooled into thinking it was a real piano, and she said no, but pretty close. She felt the pedal was working as she expected. She immediately (within 5 seconds again) said that it felt a LOT more realistic, and was just FUN to play. She didn't feel like she was playing a piano. Specifically, she said that if you only play ONE note, it sounds amazingly realistic.But start to play a classical piece, and it felt stilted, and fake. Within 5 seconds of playing the Yamaha grand in Keyspace, she frowned, and said it didn't feel right. We tried Spectrasonics Keyscape, and PianoTec6 (sorry, I don't have Radical Piano) So I thought she'd be a good person to see which piano plugin was best for her.

hopefully no bias of which 'plugin' she prefers).

My mom has been playing piano for 40+ years (and teaching), and has ZERO computer experience (i.e. The tuning section has become even more advanced with new tools, and the standalone version now offers a MIDI playlist, an improved MIDI archive and can export audio to FLAC and MP3 formats, in addition to WAV. This major upgrade also adds compatibility with the VST3 format and the ARM architecture (Linux version only, for example on Raspberry Pi 3 boards). These magnificent virtual grand pianos will appeal to all musicians in search of the most famous piano sound signature. Steinway & Sons have approved the sound and playability of the Pianoteq virtual instruments Steinway Model D and Steinway Model B, which have gained from the refined physical model. Pianoteq 6 brings numerous refinements in its engine and physical model, now implemented in all of the 49 physically modelled instruments. What did 'past me' do? Go through almost every single piano library EXCEPT Pianoteq (solely because I thought it was expensive), and just waste time and lots of money. If I could go back in time, I would tell myself to buy Pianoteq and be done with it.

Pianoteq 5 vs ivory 2