These help you achieve added realism in your performances. The instrument was recorded in New York City by Heavyocity, who opted to deep sample the stunning grand piano in detail.īrushes, hammers, ebow, chains, and twine were all captured with the top-quality vintage and modern microphones with the help of film score mixer Satoshi Noguchi. Composer Paul Haslinger thought it was “instantly inspiring,” composer Kevin Riepl said it was “beautifully sampled,” and composer Jason Graves dubbed it “beautiful and emotional.”ĪSCEND: Modern Grand, as you may have gathered, is a cinematic grand piano virtual instrument, taking after the Concert Model D grand. Still I find the Walker more rewarding to play and again there is more detail and depth to the sound over all dynamic ranges.Heavyocity’s ASCEND: Modern Grand is a highly rated Kontakt instrument. The Maverick does sound more alive to me when playing though it has a darker tone (I love a bit o' Bechstein). I always preferred the Maverick to the Grandeur (but horses for courses) and I find that my mind hasn't changed after a bit of a break from using them. I will not say that The Grandeur is bad at all but these are some thoughts on a comparison between the two, all my opinion. At gentle lower velocities the Grandeur almost sounds like it's been pushed away from you to make it quieter while the Walker stays close and intimate. When you're bashing something out the difference is still there but less noticeable. I find the difference is much more marked at lower velocities. This translates to a feeling of life in the Walker that just isn't there (for me) in the Grandeur. The Walker has more depth and the Grandeur can tend towards hmmm less than three dimensions.
The Grandeur can feel almost muffled in comparison but certainly more "flat" (muffled isn't quite the right word, I think flat is better).
There is just way more detail in the sound coming from the Walker. Tried to match volume levels between the two. I used Hammer+Wide mics and the Classical preset on the Embertone, Basic Grandeur setting on NI.
There's a couple of things I would say and bear in mind the subjective nature of this: I was playing through headphones for this test.
I think you're right that their tone is similar (Walker and Grandeur) though different enough to tell them apart, and I guess that makes sense. Click to expand.I've just had a chance to sit down and play them against one another.
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