Read our interview with Michael Spreeman.Īvailable Finishes: Polished Ebony, Pyramid Mahogany or Burled Walnut. History: Under the direction of Michael Spreeman, Ravenscroft Pianos is an American-based boutique manufacturer having cabinets hand crafted in Germany then shipped to Arizona,USA for customization. The Piano Forums are an online community of piano lovers including piano industry professionals, concert artists, recording. As my brother would say, ‘it stands up and shakes your hand’. The middle and bass are warm and lush but when you step on the gas, it instantly responds. VST: Ravenscroft 275, True Keys (all), Addictive Keys, Ivory II, and even NI. Although it might simply be a product of voicing, I found the top end of this concert grand size more conservative than the model 220. Pianoteq has sparked a renewed interest in detailed and dedicated piano. *No issues in this context, means that the end result sounds amazing, and I have no issue with that, but getting there is sometimes difficult as it is with all samples pianos.Impressions “The Ravenscroft 275, weighs in at 9′ long. Noire is mostly useful for its felt samples and noise samples, in its normal mode it cannot keep up with the other alternatives and lacks dynamics. The piano itself is extremely clean, and the mic chooses a bit cold to my ears, specially compared to the Garritan. That, combined with a lack of a real velocity curve in the plug-in, makes it too hard to control.

the IOS version so I cant offer a comparison, but FWIW, I took Ivory II off my hard. VSL Steinway is the most deeply sampled of them all, but IMO has a lot of other issues, main one beeing a wierd dynamic response which makes it sound unnecessarily hard compared to te countless real Steinway D:s I’ve had the pleasure to play. I bought Ravenscroft 275 a few years ago and still really like it.

Other good ones in your list are Walker, very deeply sampled, sounds great and a vibtage Steinway with lots of character, but for most of my uses it sounds a bit too vintage. Hi, as the title says, I am willing to trade my VI Labs Ravenscroft 275 license for Ivory II Grand Pianos license, and to pay difference in price. It’s definitely on the cleaner side, so some would probably say that it lacks character.

It’s extremely good scripted, deeply sampled and the Abbey road room sounds like a million dollars.

As a matter of fact I’ve just finished a piano album in a neo classical style, and have no issues* with using Garritan together with a 22 piece live orchestra, even when the piano is central in all the songs. For a start you need space lots of it and a matching room, one that helps complement the sound of the instrument. I mostly use Garritan CFX for solo work, and am very happy with it. VI Labs Ravenscroft 275 KEYS WEEK 2023: The grand piano is probably one of the most coveted instruments out there, but also one of the least owned, purely down to the practicalities of having one.

Ivory II Grand Piano v Ravenscroft 275