Hi. Which synth has the most realistic piano sound. The Korg TR-Rack (and Trinity), Roland JV-series Alesis QS-series or Emu ESI piano samplesets?
Thanx.

/Snowball.

Roland JV's BY FAR

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Uncle Dave

Okay. Is it the same pianoes in JV-1010, 1080 & 2080?

...or what else it better in the same pricerange?
EX-series or the new S80?

[This message has been edited by Snowball (edited 04-08-2000).]

Snowball,
As far as I can tell, they are the same in all three units, but I never listened to them side by side. I've had each of the ones you mentioned, and they all seem the same to me. I have the 1010 now, and I love it. i only use it as a studio sound module at home, and there is so much variety that I never have to look far for what I need.Believe it or not - I like the 64 voice piano as much as some of the thicker, more layered ones. It's very expessive and blends well in most mixes. If you need a sound to "punch through" the mix there are better choices for that, but I like a more mellow piano tone. The session board has some very cool layered pianos, as well as some of the regular factory preset patches from the original 1080.

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Uncle Dave

The best piano sounds in that price range is the Yamaha P-200, or get an S30 if you don't want weighted keys.

Sounds, to me like he was asking about module sounds, NOT keyboards. I just picked up a Yamaha P80 for a client, and I have NEVER heard or played a finer piano - electric OR ACOUSTIC! This thing is soooo good, it's scarey - especially for the price!

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Uncle Dave

The JV1010 (which I use to own) has the session expansion board fitted as standard and this has a great acoustic piano sound- much better than then bank A JV piano sounds.

As mentioned above Yamaha S80 and P80 have superb piano sounds.

Check out Kurzweil K series and if looking at a Korg Triton- look at the piano expansion board- I own this and whilst it has recieved some criticism, I really like it!

The new Roland XV series (I've ordered an XV3080!) have great piano sounds- much better than JV series IMHO.

However, if you have access to a sampler than find a CD ROM you are happy with and load it in!