cclarry Posted June 18, 2022 Share Posted June 18, 2022 At Best Service https://www.bestservice.com/deals/vsl_up_to_35_off_pianos__keyboards_4148.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhonoBrainer Posted June 18, 2022 Share Posted June 18, 2022 Apparently , 30% off of overpriced is about $400. Looking at you, Synchron. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Fowler Posted June 18, 2022 Share Posted June 18, 2022 Well, about $400 is for the full packages, not the standards...and the standards are definitely not 'lite' versions! $136 for the uprights put them quite a bit under the price of Modern U ($169). $200 for the standard CFX is pricey but not crazy. All that to say, these are clearly not cheap instruments - but they are wonderful, not just for production but for practice. And that ain't something more than a handful of other piano VIs can lay claim to. I've got all 7 of the Synchron pianos now, and they've brought me a huge amount of pleasure! Sorry if I'm getting protective of my babies! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhonoBrainer Posted June 18, 2022 Share Posted June 18, 2022 Not at all, Craig! I half expected my snarky little remark to generate a full-throated defense, and yours was well put. I agree about the quality! But do you find they have the room baked in? Nine pianos later, once I got Garritan CFX (on sale!) I was done looking. Cheers! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Fowler Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 2 hours ago, PhonoBrainer said: Not at all, Craig! I half expected my snarky little remark to generate a full-throated defense, and yours was well put. I agree about the quality! But do you find they have the room baked in? Nine pianos later, once I got Garritan CFX (on sale!) I was done looking. Cheers! I did think there was more room sound baked in at first - but not as much as Garritan (which has the advantage of it being a beautiful sounding room!). But, as with Garritan dialling back the release sample volume and, of course, lowering the mid/decca tree/room mics also helps. Something that I wrestled with at first was that there seemed to be two separate reverb controls, so I you *think* you should have a nice, close sound -- but you still don't! There's much less room sound in the studio B libraries (both uprights, Bluthner, Bosie 280). And I don't know if I'm imagining it, but I feel like the room sound is harder to tame on the Steinway than the other big grands. I understand the charm of Garritan - I like it too. But it's practicing with the VSLs that I think has really helped my technique. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fleer Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 Never got into that Garritan CFX. Too much noise in there. Don’t shoot me now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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