If you have Ableton Live 10 - there is a pack that comes with SUITE that sounds amazing - and it's included content. Of those, I have only used Lounge Lizard - and I found it ok if you're using an amp sim to make it sound more real. They don't sound as good IMO, but check out Lounge Lizard, Pianoteq, and Arturia Stage 73. Lastly, if you need something "light weight" on CPU. It has lots of presets, mic options, etc where for certain people this is still worth it. At $200 for one instrument, that's pricey.
I prefer Keyscape, but this is amazing, and more focussed while saving some money at $250.Ĩdio - While this sounds amazing, I can't recommend it unless it's on a sale, or all you want is a specific EP sound you can tweak like nobody's business. (1.51 MB) Download Scarbee EP-88 test jam Frank Montis Artist Preset in the latest update MP3 & MP4 I love the versatility of this EP (Rhodes) sound. Can't go wrong here, and the quality is top notch. Electric Piano, Stage Piano, Electric Keyboard Bass & Electric Clavichord.
Value here is great, sound is great, but it's a one-trick pony. The one that comes with Kontakt, is meh but certainly usable with an amp sim. Its a shame Thomas feels the need to shut up shop. It also has the advantage of loading a somewhat faster than the Attack 88. Id tend to favour the EP88s for general Rhodes duties - its really well thought out. If all you want is EP, check out Scarbee. The Scarbee is very versatile and playable and has handy things like a velocity calibration curve you can fine tune. Considering you get amazing Yamaha Piano presets, uprights, clavs, you name it - you get it as far as respected keyed instruments. Keyscape all day long, but it's not cheap. It's playable, tweakable, and it comes with amazing sounds covering everything you could need. My opinion is that Spectrasonics Keyscape is the best. Phaser too (but I prefer Small stone emulation.).Here is the deal - I've tried them all. I find it difficult to be disappointed with this instrument. But probably you are right, and you should be able to add more or less of the tack, I don't know.ītw, to me the Scarbee is excellent, the best I've played. I think between these 2 libs I would be loaded for bear! Yes i listened to the demos, and the 'clean' sound is never used, so I can't judge. Looking forward to trying the Classic EP-88. Now Scarbee's Classic EP-88 is of course a whole different sound and approach and one I really love on the demos! In addition to being recording in high detail, they also have things like release samples, and various playing engines under the hood that interact with how you play. I know you can add more or less of the tack as well as the acoustic mics in the mix. So what is Classic EP-88s This is almost like a follow-up to the original Scarbee Mark I library, but with a lot more detail and functionality under the hood. One nice thing about Canterbury is that the presets are divided up between 'Clean', 'Dirty' and 'Experimental'. They also recorded the acoustic signals using a stereo pair of Bruel and Kjaer mics. Here is a quick comparison between the Canterbury Suitcase and the Scarbee 88 with brighter settings playing a bit of Toontrack midi. Not sure exactly on that one, but according to the writeup, there are 5 discrete and fully mixable signals (DI, tube, contact, mono and stereo pair).