The Grandeur - Native Instruments | Exploring The Power and The Beauty | Virtual Piano Library 

That is so very kind of you. It is because of your support this ship can fly. I look forward to many more Joyful Journeys ahead!

It is my pleasure, I am so glad you enjoyed watching. And, yes we definitely need to get into His presence more, I know I do. Joyfully yours.

Yes, Galaxy Instruments really know what they are doing with their piano libraries. I think what makes The Grandeur special is the concert hall where it was recorded. They were able to capture such a wonderful quality about it. Thanks so much for watching.

I just love what these libraries can pull out of me. Thanks so much for watching and the kind words of encouragement.

and what is your top 5 vst?

@@robertgrzelewski 1. Keyscape 2. Omnispere 3. UVI Falcon Ravenscroft 4. The Grandeur 5. Alicia's Keys

Great observations. The Grandeur was put together by Galaxy Instruments who are also responsible for NOIRE and so many of our favorite Kontakt pianos, they know how to do this. Thanks for watching.

It is my pleasure. Thanks for watching.

Thank you. The Grandeur is a very nicely produced virtual piano. Galaxy instruments have been one of the leaders in bringing these amazing instruments to us. Joyfully!🎹

Thank you so much for watching. Have a joyFULL New Year!

Oh, and we can't forget about the Ensoniq Mirage piano ;^) I remember going to my local music store and watching them load up the 3.5" discs and how it was like WOW, this sounds great! Oh, the beauty of 8 voice polyphony and 8-bit sampling. It is truly amazing where thigs have come and it is truly because of these amazing pioneers back in the day. Thanks so much for watching.

@@PraiseTracks You welcome, I've been watching so many pianos for Kontakt, ugh! and this one is it!! i love how you have control over how it sounds, it's going to be my go-to for Church services and practicing. Yes, i remember the Ensoniq boards they were ahead of their time too bad they went under. the synth pads were awesome TS-10, SD-1. Mirage was used on "Inner City" tracks

So glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching!

Thanks so much for watching, and the kind words. Much more ahead. 🤓

It was my pleasure; I am so glad you enjoyed watching. Joyfully!

So let me know more detail about your setup (keyboard, audio interface, etc). My first thought when I get this question is the velocity curve and response of your keyboard controller. This one setting alone makes a night and day difference in how any piano library will sound. All the best, I will see how I can help.

​@@PraiseTracks I'm not sure what kind of information you mean when you said "etc", but i'll try: Before starting with the list, I have to say, i have changed the velocity curve, has helped to ear better the low notes but still the same problem, they sound still buffed, and your one "BRIGHT". Example: at 4:01 that last C#, i try to repeat the same... and its how i came to this result. Then I tried to have same quality has in your video, while it has been (RU-vid sound: MAX, PC sound: MAX) I had to increase "Kontakt Master Volume" to "10." so it would match your sound, but then, high notes from The Grandeur was making the audio crackle. Edit: Had issues trying to use "ASIO4ALLL" after attempting new try's, but it starts crackling again, so ended up not fixing it, and using in Kontakt player "FL Studio Asio" for the sound. Setup: Keyboard midi: IRig 37 keys Pro Audio Interface: none Equalizer: none Earphones: Sennheiser Momentum M2ieg Earphones stats: Frequency response 15-22,000 Hz ; Impedance 18 O; Sound pressure level 118 dB; THD < 0.5% (not sure if its important to mention that) Audio Driver/Sound card: Lautsprecher Realtek(R) Audio Maybe i need a audio interface to have a better control and sound quality, from digital to analog? (still confused about it) Probably it's about the -db, when i increase it, it would go beyond my earphones limits, so it has to be decreased to match it's level; At least what's missing its this bright feel on low notes, which would also be present on higher notes when fixed. Thanks for helping, and time to read such random guy who's lost trying to fix these issues haha, i try to write only the essential.

I always use the sustain pedal (sometimes a little too much). Thanks so much for watching. Joyfully!

@@PraiseTracks thank you sir 🙏🙏🙏

I still need to see about getting the Galaxy pianos to test drive. Stay tuned!📺

Well honestly I just pull the instrument up and tweak as I go so I am not using presets most of the time. With some piano libraries (ie NOIRE, ASCEND, etc.) I choose one of the baked in presets and might tweak velocity or reverb. I guess I should probably save some of them though as to not have to bake the cake every time. 🤓 Thanks again for the support.

What libraries do you currently have? I would be glad to help with any questions or goals you might have to get what you need from them.

​@@PraiseTracks I am currently using the noire most of the time. But sometimes I feel like the sound doesn't really translate the way I expect. I am looking for a warmer sound which is quite ambient. I am fine on the ambience, as I have managed to tweak valhalla shimmer reverb to do that job. However, I don't feel like I am getting the best out of the piano itself. I am just in the process of working on an original worship instrumental album. You can get a taste of the sounds I am getting here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-b5F8nT6rhao.html GOD bless you

That sounds very nice! I think the warmer sound can get closer by playing around with the settings for COLOR and look at t he REVERB settings and go through some of the MYSTIQUE Reverb types as I was just experimenting with them with some interesting results. Email me at praisetracks@gmail.com and I could send you some presets to try. Blessings and as always let me know how I can assist.

Yes, since it is a KONTAKT Player library it can be used either Stand-alone or as a virtual instrument inside of your DAW. Thanks Kay for your kind encouragement and support. All the best.

But in order to record wont you need a DAW ???

Yes, you would need a DAW host to record your performances.

What DAW are you using? Sometimes a bounce setting could be routing through another bus or an effect in the project. It is strange that it sounds normal on playback.

@@PraiseTracks I use logic, I put the normalize setting on when I bounce it but even when it’s off it’s still the same issue. Is it strange it sounds normal on playback? Isn’t that normal?

If you go with the full Walker you have more mic positions, and the recording space is a little dry. The Grandeur was recorded in a larger concert hall space. I will have to see if I can get a quick refresher on the two. Also the Walker D can be demanding on CPU depending on the features and number of velocity layers you select.

Thanks so much for your kind wishes and support. This year has been very challenging but having the support of viewers like you is so encouraging. Blessings!

@@PraiseTracks Thank you Simeon for your wonderful reviews and sharing your artistic knowledge & talent through your channel. Always with real reviews from a top notch musician...

Hello @hamlet0087, no worries. I was curious about this as well so I launched the standalone version of KONTAKT and loaded up The Grandeur and my memory was 181.59 mb ;^). There might have been an issue with having loaded some other libraries and such previously and not purging the memory inside of Kontakt. I could not believe that this was three years ago, wow, so much has happened and I am very grateful to be able to share with all of you. Joyfully!

When I get a chance, I will take a look. Pedal noise always seems to be dialed up too much for my taste on the majority of virtual pianos, I always find myself searching for and reducing the pedal level quite a bit 🤓

Found it! On the settings page look for the ANATOMY section. You should see an “arrow” icon in the upper right corner of that section, click it and a new world of lovely settings will be open to you, enjoy! Thanks for watching.

Welcome to this brave new, exciting, and sometimes frustrating world of virtual instruments. Forgive me if this might be too basic a place to start but here goes. The Grandeur is actually NOT a VST, but rather a content package for the Native Instruments KONTAKT player, in other words you would not launch The Grandeur but rather KONTAKT and then The Grandeur would appear in the Content browser shelf. You should have registered your Grandeur serial number inside of Native Access as well as downloading it from there as well. You should also see KONTAKT PLAYER listed as something available for download. This is offered as a STAND ALONE application or as a virtual instrument plugin to use in your audio production application. Please let me know if that helps. Also, if you could share your current setup (computer, DAW host, etc) that would also be useful. Thanks for watching and I wish you the very best. Joyfully!

Hello, Xoán, I am so glad you have been enjoying the channel, that is a great blessing. So unfortunately not all piano libraries include Una Corda functionality. Some virtual pianos will sometimes simulate the effect by adding some type of filtering, while others actually create entire new layers that can accurately represent the Una Corda experience. The Grandeur does not seem to have an Una Corda response, however it does feature the middle pedal sostenuto function at least. I hope that helps, and again thanks so much for watching and for your kind support.

@@PraiseTracks Tanks!

My pleasure.

Alejo, it is my pleasure. Do you have the SL88: Grand or Studio, that would make some difference. I have the SL88: Grand and have never made any adjustments on the SL88 itself and have kept the on board velocity curve linear and make the adjustments in the instrument itself. I think the Grandeur has a dynamic setting as well that will affect the response, you might want to check that. I will see if there is anything else I can find that might be helpful. Thanks for watching.

@@PraiseTracks Simeon, thanks a lot for your reply you are very generous. I have the SL 88 GRAND too and after sent this message to youl, i continue testing and i think i got it. I have the same beautiful sound like you. Like you says i leave linear the curve on the SL and probably the curve that you have used in Grandeur was the hardest one. Viva The Grandeur, the best vst piano i ever heard untill now Thanks a lot again for your video again and best regards from Argentina.

So, as I do with all of the videos I do, there is never any additional EQ or audio sweetening. The only thing I possibly will use is a volume leveler (Waves Playlist Rider, and/or Waves WLM Plus Loudness Meter). The main thing that affects piano library sound has to do with velocity scaling. Many keyboards need their velocity curves adjusted in order for the library to get a fuller range of values from the notes being played. Could you let me know the controller you are using? It might help me understand how a I might be able to assist you further. Thanks so much for watching and hopefully I can help you get things sounding better soon.

Here is a short screen capture showing how to get to the Snapshots (the CAMERA ICON) and other interface controls. I hope it helps? Thanks so much for watching. imgur.com/gallery/ImMYbli

Actually the Nord stage keyboards use pianos sampled by Sampletekk which has been around for many years and they are currently running a very crazy 90%off sale on their pianos. The Grandeur was produced by Galaxy instruments who are also behind NOIRE, The Gentleman, and other Native Instruments KONTAKT pianos, they are an amazing company that have an ability to capture their pianos in a very special way. It is funny, but Sanjay C did a blind review of several pianos and The Grandeur came up as his number 1 pick. Thanks for watching.

@@PraiseTracks part of this is obviously subjective too. This grandeur (through youtube on my phone) does sound great though, and the nord stage (through RU-vid on my phone)

Absolutely agree. Every virtual instrument touches us in different ways and there are so many variables that causes us to to have our own unique experience. Joyfully!

Alex, You can find more information here: www.native-instruments.com/en/products/komplete/keys/the-grandeur/

It depends on the DAW you are using. In my case once I have recorded the MIDI track, I can either FREEZE the track which creates an audio rendering of the MIDI or, I can bounce it to a new audio track, or I could just export the MIDI out to an audio file.

Hello Nez, Getting my voiceover mic has been a challenge when doing these videos, so it is somewhat a work in progress. I will have to see what I might have been doing here. Possibly just too much compression, level, or not the best EQ choice. Thanks for watching.

It is the holy grail on my continued quest, hopefully not as elusive as that Golden Fleece 🤓 Stay tuned as I am hoping that can be a real possibility soon.

@@PraiseTracks I wish that Spectrasonics would release a Steinway for Keyscape. So far only C7.

Well that looks like a controller to me 🤓 This looks very nice and as I read, has the weighted hammer action.

So not sure about the other aspects of your setup (Computer, Storage, Audio Interface), but you could definitely use the M3 88 for sure and I think would be a very good experience. Just looking at the manual and it looks like there are a lot of potential.

@@PraiseTracks I must be ignorant. Not sure where on my keyboard is my controller.

I might have misunderstood what you might mean by controller, so sorry. I call my keyboard a controller. So sorry. I always want to help as much as I can and sometimes things get lost in communication at times.

Michael, so sorry, I do not like those ads during the video. I found where I could disable them, thanks so much for letting me know.