Should You Buy Keyscape In 2024? 

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Yeah, the plugin is cool, but your playing would make a toy Casio keyboard from the ‘80’s sound like magic.

Honestly I don't watch this channel for the reviews, even though they are phenomenal. I watch this channel because of his extremely talented and moving playing. I dream of playing this good. And every time I watch this channel I am never disappointed. Thank you so much for your work.

You can hear the countless years, months, weeks & hours this guy has put in his practice. There is an endless amount of emotion and loads of different interpretations at display here. A true master at work!

dude, the playing you did on the wash piano... you are a gift from God, man 🙏

I just bought it during Christmas, I've had my eye on it for years....Just wonder why I didn't do it sooner. I Love the fact it's ready to play out the box. I have the Montage8 and it blow their pianos out the water in my view. I just want to play not really a tweeter person and thats what this product is, there's user's saves if you want to adjust. I Love the product. Nice playing as always

Your jam on the double felt piano is so full of emotion and sentiment. I forgot about the review aspect of the video during that. I could listen to you play like that for an hour and get inspired by every playful melody and harmony of yours.

I’ve got this video playing in the background just to hear this guy play! Stellar musician👌

Sounds lovely, I especially like all the casual eye & nose scratches while playing 😂 you make it look effortless

YES. I've tried many other piano VSTs, and sure there were some good ones, but I always come back home to Keyscape. When you pair it up with Omnsiphere, oh man, the sky is the limit.

The answer is always yes! But it's even better when you load it through Omnisphere and use the Keyscape Creative sounds as well

I came here for a VST review and instead I got tears in my eyes from this guy's absolutely amazing playing TT

Bruh!!!!! Been watching you off and on for a minute now. I said to myself..."this brother can play... but I feel something different coming from his playing." Aha!!!....he knows some Kirk music. Nicely Done!!!!!! You really inspire me, man!!!

Bro! You can play your tail off!!! Got chills a little bit for a moment there bro!!! I appreciate your musicianship

What an absolute pleasure to watch this video. You should get paid by them :) The library/plugin is REALLY good, but Sam is just INCREDIBLE.

It gets the bearded seal of approval. Nice to see a preset choice of just piano sounds that include the sound environment. I've put midi in old pianos, the piano remains the same but now the sound is alive and up to date.

Great playing as always. Sharing this with my brother so maybe he will finally install the copy of Keyscape I gave him. He doesn't realize what he is missing.

as a professional classical and jazz pianist I've tried most of high end piano vst's. I found VSL synchron CFX probably to be the best, but I my macbook pro m1 or macmini m2 can't really handle it, unless using only "couple of mic" samples. Ravenscroft it's quite good, keyscape sound great but has ridiculously small dynamic range, you can't really make any true pianissimo or fortissimo. Garritan CFX is the only one I use everyday for concerts and teaching, it sound incredible, has massive dynamic range, basically feels like an expensive grand in every aspect.

I FINALLY discovered the plugin that Hillsong YF uses on their song "Pride of a Father". That piano sounded TOO good to be a Roland lmao

My god your playing is stunning on that Wash preset I was like "MUST REMEMBER VST DOESN'T MAKE YOU GOOD ON KEYS"

I brought it the two months ago and currently it heavily now. So yes it’s definitely worth buying in 2024

Yes, it's stil my favorite plugin. (Sam, your loading time is about six times faster than mine)

Got there to show a friend some of the sounds of this amazing piano vst. Stayed for the talent. Congrats man, you're amazing!

Just love your playing. It's mesmerizing.

Man, I really like your musical taste and playing style. Such a good vibe… Thank you for always giving us quality contents.

It's still the best vst in the business for acoustic and electric pianos. I use it for composing and live playing, and anything else in the plugin department it's just one step below. Keyscape and all the Omnisphere package as a whole is literally so good anyone can sound good on it.

Great playing - good review. Some of us haven't bought it yet so it's still relevant!

IK's Pianoverse has changed everything for me. You're basically hiring a bunch of superb grand pianos for about £4 a week delivered to you're home and you don't have to tune them... ever. Superb! 😎

In the best way possible your playing puts me to sleep, like I listen to it to relax my mind enough to fall asleep, I would listen to 8hr loops of you playing all night!

Amazing playing. Thanks!

Bro casually just plays the coolest melody I’ve ever heard and not even 10 minutes in 🔥

I'm with Keyscape....I just want great presets, i'm not a sound designer, thats why I pay good money for their expertise sampling and creating great piano sounds. Great review. Pianos sound great, I already have the Ravenscroft 275, so not sure if it's worth me buying this library as well, but woah do they sound lovely

OMG 😵 MEGA SUPER FANTASTIC PLAYING !!! 😱😱 I'm so jealous of you hahaha !! And thanks for the video, I'll buy Keyscape for sure after what I've heard !!

I use Keyscape as my main sound library. Started releasing solo piano music 18 months ago and almost at 30k monthly listeners on Spotify now. Keyscape is pretty good but it does have it's issues like no sympathetic resonance if the pedal isn't held down, or the fact there's' a glitch with all G#s (especially G#4). If you press down too hard on that note (velocities too high) it leaves a overpowering buzzing sound that just kind of drags on. Very hard to hear for most people, but it's quite noticeable once you use the software enough.

I've always been a Roland guy, especially with piano sounds, and every time I hear Keyscape it resonates like the Roland sounds. Cousins, I guess. 😎

Keyscape and korg D1 is a great combo 👍

It is almost perfect even in 2024. New free samples upgrade like felt piano may come. Think that how often do you upgrade your grand piano?? :) it is not a synth engine like Omnisphere. it is sampled piano. sympathetic string resonance should be added.

Great video! I bought Keyscape in 2022 but could never get a velocity curve that ever made it sound right. And no ADSR on something that expensive was a deal breaker for me.

You make that look so easy!

I own Keyscape and think its great, even in 2024. Instant like for your playing 👍

Dont sleep on Pianoteq!!! Modeling has come a looooong way. And no fussing with huge sample pools

just writing a comment to help out. you are very talented - i am already a subby

Sam, I always love your playing. I think I found you from piano reviews. I feel like your style is similar to mine, but you’re much better. 😊

This is the only vst out there that sounds like a Nord i have this and use this on my mp7se and it’s a very luxurious feeling

Man you could pull up FL Keys and sell us that with how good your key skills are. Wonderful.

wish you could just get 20gbs of keyscape instead of 200gb or what it is. I'm using Addictive Keys (or Xpand2!) for piano, and found it to be just fine. Specially for the price. Dope to hear you play piano

Wow, great demo. Felt like Terry Kath was gonna drop in on Colour my World...

How many hours per day have you been practicing since you started playing? By what age did you start play the piano? Do you play any other instrument? My new years resolution is to learn two new instruments this year. The clarinet and flute.😊

Keyscape is worth the price in any year. Their EPs and 80s Rhodes sound better to me than the originals in the 80s. Back then youd have to do alot of processing to get that clear of a sound in 1985-88..If you have a pro soundcard in your system and killer monitors this is what you need.

I heard Phil Wickham’s “First Noel.” Nice! Beautiful playing!

I can only imagine how many years you’ve been playing for 😢. Your technique is dummy crazy. Respect

It's hard for me to get through your videos because I'll be watching you play and I'm just like "Dang that looks like fun I'm gonna go play my keys."

The only thing I'm not happy with and maybe more people would agree with me is the size of the library. Pianoteq Pro does not use samples. It generates sounds through an algorithm. In my opinion, this is the future of music. You can generate any sound you want at the time

Play bruh! Glad I stopped by!

great playing ! i‘m a beginner Roland fp30x and pianoteq 8 stage is my combo :) Its a difference between day and night for the internal sounds.

This feeling I am feeling right now... I think I should buy a piano and Keycape. Thanks @SamTheBeardGuy

your plugged in and unplugged my mind with your playing dude. Who the hell are you?

best pianist ive ever heard sam thankyou

Damn son i just came here to see what keyscape is about didn't expect to hear a whole ass tear dropping concert

I think the question of Keyscape or not is irrelevant. It is definitely one of the top 10 virtual instruments that would be on anyone's list of keyboard specific sounds. And it comes with a lot of sounds. So its really a question of - Do you like it or not? And can you afford it? And do you have the hardware to run it reliably? Or let's ask the question another way, what is the alternative. I do not think there is an alternative, cos there is nothing else with the same collection of sounds, and programming. Does not mean it is the best out there, but each keyboard instrument or sample, virtual software or hardware or even a real acoustic or electroacoustic, will have its own sound. You pick what you like, and what you can afford to own. Definitely Keyscape will always remain one of the most relevant collections of keyboard sounds available to keyboard players. So its a question of budget and priorities. If you budget for keyboard sounds is only $100, then sure Keyscape is not for you. BUt if your entire budget for keyboard sounds is $1,000, then its a question of - is Keyscape important enough for you to fit this within the $1,000 budget or are there other keyboard sounds which you'd prefer to buy 1st. If your budget for keyboard sounds is $2,000 then of course it would be easier to consider that Keyscape will be one of your tools, within that budget. So Final answer - it depends. On your personal priorities for choosing a musical instrument, and your budget.

Inspirational playing. Great job mate, Keyscape or not.Thank you for sharing.

another comment- you are an incredible piano player -- beard 10/10

the only things keyscape is missing are EPs from keyboards like KORG 01/W, KORG Trinity, Roland XV-5080, Ensoniq TS-10, Yamaha S80 etc

Thank you very much! Great game, great tool! ❤❤❤

Can you make a video showing us how you record your piano with such good quality?

What a great pianist you are. Thank you for mesmerising me

it SOUNDS good. each individual note is clear, but it sounds choppy and feels soooooo ridged under the fingers, especially compared to pianoteq. Its like there is just random noise dropoffs that happen.

like everyone has said, your playing is incredible. do you hear the chords in your head before you play them - as in, is every chord and progression intentional? if so, is that perfect pitch or just a really strongly developed relative pitch? maybe my questions don't make sense. just want to learn about how amazing improvisation like this is done

Definitely yes! I compare piano libraries nearly every year and I think Keyscape is still the best (especially because of the Rhodes and the Roland MKS-20).

Your video finally made me take the plunge. Sheesh, you're an incredible player! Would you mind sharing which midi keyboard you use?

So beautifully moving..

Wonderful review. You also play beautiful piano pieces, thank you for sharing your talent. Manifesting another few zeros on your subs.

Its for sure the most "done" sounding piano out of the box as far as I've tested, addictive keys and arturias piano V3 are really great but doesn't give me the same "Feeling" as when playing with keyscape :)

Thanks for the review dude. Your playing is amazing. I've been thinking of upgrading to Keyscape. I make piano covers on my channel and I'm planning on going pretty hard this year. My reverb-drenched Logic Steinway is starting to lose its magic for me. I need something more real. I think I'll work towards getting Keyscape.

You should do some collaborations with other YT musicians. It would be cool. Great video.

Keyscape is the only one grand piano samples that give me kinda "I'm actually playing piano" feel when closed eyes and with good hammer keyboard ;) to me - it beats Nord Stage and many others (just my opinion). I've tested NS4 last year and was soo dissapointed, and thought - again - of course the real thing is better, but plugins rock these days.

If I could play like you do... ANY software will work and sound good... even free VST's!

Is all of your playing in this video improv? Or songs you know? Absolutely amazing either way.

It was in music store since 2016 but I never knew this was so great, I wish I knew, luckily I bought last November :))

Everybody who comes here for review ended up just staying to listen haha... btw, I've noticed that you often play on C#. Is there a reason for that🤔- As always, beautiful play!

You’ve got mad playing skills, bro

you are absolutely insane on those keys WOW!!!!!!

Lovely playing mate

John Lennon would have loved all the quirky piano emulations on Keyscape. I've have Keyscape for years and I still think it is the best piano VST plugin.

There is still no better sounding or more authentic sounding Rhodes or Wurlitzer's out there than what you get with Keyscape. I'm a drummer, but I love keys, but when I record our band, I just record the keyboard players midi and run it through Keyscape if that's the sound we're after. Now if only they could make a B3 that sounds as good as the IK Multimedia B3X, I wouldn't have to go anywhere else for those sounds. Still VERY WELL worth it.

nice playing 👌🎹

Fantastic Sam! Love your playing! Has anything changed with Keyscape besides the felt being added? I’ve got so many other piano VI’s I haven’t loaded it up since I got a new Mac. I’m, maybe, too picky, but I think it lacks the tone I like. Some of the notes on the Grand stuff seem to have a mid range so so sound, that comes to my ear as rinky.

Awesome playing and demo! Is there any post processing done on your end or is this all coming out of keyscape and recorded directly?

I want a hardware version of this i can freely buy sell trade and use without Internet serials licensing. Can add sounds with roms not downloads. Thisway i canadd this to my montage or my keyboard. This should have a built in mixer with kine mic guitar inputs. allowing you to blend your keyboard sound in and use its efx etc. .and it must have set list so you can have the exact sounds cor each sing automatically load in from 4tb pcie, and your board or mic or guitar can easily be blended mixed in or out pokytouch mpr support Or less with optional omnid0here add on. This is what we want over the software needa computer internet stuff $1500.

Been looking at this for awhile, but given that I have Pianoteq 8, Rhodes V8, all the UVI pianos, Hammers & Waves, The Grandeur, and more that I can't think of right now, I keep wondering if there is still a big hole only Keyscape can fill.

You're playing sounds amazing and fun!! One question: Do i need to buy Omnisphere to use Keyscape?

Thanks Sam, Excellent performance, I decided to buy Keyscape. Please what AUDIO INTERFACE are you using. I will play live. Thanks in advance.

As far as I can see, you are using D1 controller. Can you tell me your velocity curve settings? Thanks.

kick ass musician. Great playing Sam.

That “ Double Felt Grand “ will take your breath away

great video ! could you pleas tell what genre or songs did you play in this video ? i want to learn how to play like this

got mine for christmas :)

You're a fantastic player! I was wondering, which midi controller do you used with keyscape?

19:55 - 22:22. my god man, put out a record of this stuff.

Hey, thanks for the presentation! You might have gotten this question before. Which MIDI Controller do you use? Thank you :)