For future reference, if you send a message to native instruments customer support requesting a direct download link for the vst that you purchased, they will send you a link and you can simply download it without having to clear out all of that excessive hard drive space.
Been looking at H+W reviews trying to find something that showed off the supposed dynamic range of the samples, thank you for making this video. No hype, just solid playing, good range of emotions and loudnesses.
I think Noire by Native Instruments is great and worth checking out. The particle engine is interesting but I just love the sound of the piano itself. Always love these reviews!
Thanks for showing Hammers+Waves keys and playing around. You inspire to improve and learn more about making music. I hope to someday be as talented as you.
I love that the Grand is “dry” but when you play it you can still hear the room in the samples them self. There’s no tail, but it sounds like it’s in a room, not digitally perfect direct piano samples. Some would say this is a flaw but as you said I want to dial in my own effects, and having that room sound on the dry samples makes it more alive and more true to recording a piano yourself. Nobody is recording in anechoic chambers lol. It’s a bit pricey considering the number of instruments/presets you’re getting when comparing to Keyscape or even Keysuite which has a ridiculous amount of content. But still a really cool instrument!
Totally. They're just different animals. Keyscape is great for live stuff, but the amount of inspiring creative presets in Hammers is def worth considering
This "hearing the room in the samples"-problem is especially apperrant in Garritan CFX, it is one of the most wet piano sound, nice big Abbey hall reverb recorded/baked into the samples, but there is dry preset (I think it's called Goldberg) and even that dry preset becomes super wet sounding when playing a longer chord, especially with sustain pedal on. I like Noire for the reason it being dry, but still can hear the room a tiny bit for a really short time after releasinf the note.
Sam my man! How've you been buddy, How's the beard? Man I really wish I had your playing skillz. I'm a Funk Bassist not a Keyboardist. I play enough to lay my trax down. I'll use Scaler 2, EZKeys & various other VST & apps to get chord rhythms & performances. I recently got this Hammers & Waves myself. However listening to you play through these patches really makes me long for learning how to play for real for real. I really enjoyed your last video. If not tonight one night very soon I'm gonna spend some time bending on your videos. Keep 'em coming buddy. God bless you & take care.
@@SamTheBeardGuy Thank you for creating. You really help to put me in the type of creating spirit I need to be in. That's deep constructive creativity lane. Writing music for rappers is very easy for me. There's no real challenge in it for me.
Hi Sam, Thank you for your great videos, I love listening to your playing and your feelings You're really inspiring Can I ask you about your Korg D1 key action? does RH3's good for repetitions? and what's your opinion about the dynamic/ velocity curve? I like the size of the D1 but I don't know anything about rh3 keybed and I see contradictory opinions between one fan and another who hates.
The Korg D1 action feels great. Would I play a classical gig on it? No. But it works for normal gigs if I need a controller, or youtube videos. There are a lot of "purist" out there that have to have the closest thing to realism. For me, most of the time it being heavy weighted weighted is good enough.
Hi Sam .... good review man !! Hammers and Waves sits between Keyscape and Pianoteq. (I made a comparision myself) The LA Grand is much warmer imo. (matter of taste I think)
@@SamTheBeardGuy I understand .... walk into a paino shop and every piano / grand sounds different and plays different. It's all about taste and style you play. I use different plugins for every style. On stage I only use Nord Piano libraries, not because they are the best, but because they cut through the mix like no other. Playing solo need other demands. Cheerzzz
I am short on hard disk space which is the main reason I have issues. You have to have way more available space on your hard drive then is actually needed
Beautiful pianos !, But I have to say that, unfortunately, you are absolutely right, the Native Instruments Kontakt libraries install procedure is a total nightmare. I have massive libraries that I purchased as part of Komplete that I simply cannot install unless I change out the internal hard drive of my MacBook or something. They make you jump through hoops just to use what you have bought. Total disaster.
@@SamTheBeardGuy Thanks to you my man. Been seriously thinking about buying this for a while, particularly after seeing the Simeon A jam & chat with DD the maker, but seeing your run through pushed me over the line and I just bought it.
Dude I literally cannot stand the way native instruments set up the 3rd party library installation. It is unbelievably frustrating🙄I’ve had it for 3 years and STILL cannot figure out how to install libraries that actually show up and are usable.
This is the first time I've seen one of these videos for a piano library I don't have... yet. I have a PC workstation. So, if it's good, I didn't care if it clocks in at a Terabyte
Keyscape, only because it makes sense for the type of gigs I play. They're all great. Hammer is proabbly a little different in that it's geared more towards creativity.
@@SamTheBeardGuy Not necessarily. If say you press the Middle C key, that will of course be saved in the DAW as well (if recording), but when using fractals, will it also record all the other notes that fractals generate themselves? This would be useful if you use it to sketch out a piece, but would like to replace either all of it or just the fractal piece with other vsts, plus one could manually make corrections if there are times where you don't think the fractals were 100% on mark.
@@SamTheBeardGuy Agreed - the SL88 Studio is lousy and very heavy, especially after you own it a while - which is counterintuitive. The SL88 Grand is actually much lighter, faster, and better. There is a RU-vid video out there somewhere where a guy compares the required down weight between the two - very interesting! I sold the Studio and bought the Grand - zero regrets.
already picked it up a week or two back, it's fantastic for getting ideas to run with. Also you said you have an album can you point me in the direction of it?
@@SamTheBeardGuy oh ok definitely interested in it! By the way have you heard of Anomallie ? I noticed a ton of your runs and chords are 100% identical to the runs and chords he uses in his album!
I like the response. I love the presets of Hammer. I think barebones piano to piano, Keyscape wins. But it's also way more expensive. I don't think you'd be disappointed with the pianos of Hammer. I thought the grand felt great, I would happily use it on a gig and not complain.
@@SamTheBeardGuy I am just interested whether this whole hype about using a robot really makes that much of a difference... You have pianos like VI Labs Modern U which plays like a modelled piano, it is incredibly responsive to your touch. I actually prefer playing the Modern U to Keyscape because the feel is so good. So.I was wondering whether Hammers feels like that. Modern U you should definitely get your hands on it is a fantastic piano.
@@deyvidpetromusic Yeah if you're looking for a 100% modelled feel, Keyscape isn't the move. The reality is most people don't want that, and they don't even know that they're not getting it. Most people don't have a ton of reps on an actual grand.
@@SamTheBeardGuy you should check out VI Labs Modern U. It is 100% but like I said the response is that of a modelled instrument. I personally haven't played many grands but I am quite sensitive to touch and that is how I get inspired, you must be able to feel every aspect of what you are playing.
