Any adjustments more than just a little above/below the mean will sound terrible. If you have a good midi keyboard, keep the velocity around 95% for the best touch vs. Just leave those at default or the latency will get ugly. Ditto for the sample rate and buffer size. It doesn’t do polyphony well, and the sound will degrade with big arpeggiated chords and lots of pedaling (i.e.: Debussy). The problems I encounter seem to be a function of the limited resources of the (2018) iPad. It would help if the developer would provide some documentation, which I can’t seem to find anywhere. Otherwise the app is very usable and much better than most, especially for the money. Perhaps Ravenscroft can do something about this or let me know if I am missing something here. Acoustic pianos have continuous variable damper pedal control, but when using this app it does not send that function to the sustain pedal so it’s just basically on and off with a little bit of re-pedaling which can make the sound a bit choppy when using a sustain pedal. I like the expressiveness and control of the half-damper pedal which most lower and higher priced digital pianos now have internally. But as far as I can tell it’s missing half-damper pedal control when connected to a digital piano, and for me that’s a big issue. Beautiful, resonate sound with long damper pedal decay time and It has enough features to do most of the editing that I want. For an inexpensive acoustic piano app, this is certainly one of the best I’ve used on a digital piano or midi controller digital piano.
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I’ve also played hundreds of professional acoustic grand pianos. I play literally hundreds of Darius digital pianos with USB midi and audio connectivity. But, I still tend to favor the pianos in iGrand and SampleTank. I have several of the major acoustic pianos for IOS. The other shortcoming of iGrand is a 64 note polyphony limitation. But with careful blending of some reverb that can help, somewhat, in that area. Being some of the early releases of sampled pianos for IOS, they lack sympathetic resonance. I seriously feel I get a more satisfying result with several pianos from iGrand and SampleTank. The main thing this has going for it is sympathetic resonance.
However, it still lacks a realistic hammer attack in the sound. I am now more satisfied with the resulting sound.
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It allows the full spectrum of the Ravenscroft 275 to come through. I replaced the Keystation 88 with the Nektar LX88+ which does have internal adjustment of velocity. That was totally dependent on the software. And this keyboard had no internal way to adjust the velocity sensitivity. Well, my M-Audio Keystation 88 began to have problems with a few keys loosing their velocity. And no matter how I adjusted the two Velocity parameters in the App I was disappointed. When I played with greater velocity it never seemed to deliver the percussive, brighter hammer action sound I felt it should have. Every detail has been painstakingly crafted to bring you the most authentic piano experience ever on iOS.When I first purchased Ravenscroft 275 I was quite disappointed with the sound. The final result delivers crystal clear hammer attacks, staccato release trails, and much more. The same quest for the highest fidelity sounds has spurred the deep sampling and meticulous capturing of this piano for the app. The origins of this virtual instrument lie in the masterfully crafted Ravenscroft 275 Titanium Grand Piano - made of 1,000 year old sitka spruce wood with solid titanium string termination points and precise, responsive CAD optimized action. Launch the app and access the gorgeous tone of this one-of-a-kind concert grand from your iPhone or iPad.
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