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creativeforge
Born and raised in French Quebec, found piano as a teen, gave me a language to process and transcend pain and breathe some hope in. No formal training, but a passion for expression that continues to this day. Former piano tuner and church musician too. Love the Pianobook concept and offerings, thanks all! :
creativeforge’s Reviews
THIS ONE! Balanced levels and tone across.
LOVE this one for Decent Sampler! Great job on this English Classic by Tim Didgiunaitis.
I always have had a sweet tooth for older upright pianos. Something intimate, familiar to them. It's what I started on in my early teens and they were everywhere. Friends homes, schools gymnasiums, church basements.
As a piano tuner many years later in Montreal, I've seen and heard pianos in most of the seasons of their lives, including some on their death bed. To hear old pianos here, you feel their "old souls" (if I may use the term). We get drawn to something of a story with each of them.
I've been listening to most of the pianos here since it started a few years ago, and especially lately since I started using Decent Sampler for live gigs (laptop doesn't handle multiple Kontakt libs too well).
The PianoBook PIANO libraries that check the boxes with me (for live music) have not been numerous due to one issue that seems: the bass. I often found the bass to be one of the weakest part of the recordings on all those I've demoed and installed from here.
They have character, and are very inspiring for certain types of projects, or personal creative times, yes, but for use with a band I need it to "show up." For live music I look for levels consistency across the board, from the bass to the treble.
Tim's English Classic is now part of my live rig. And beyond. I enjoy the quality of its tone and the presence I get from the bass strings. May have a few velocity peaks on certain notes in the mid section (that I would have noticed), but the sound overall is "bread&butter" material to me.
I'm very grateful for your contribution to this amazing bibliothèque of sampled instruments, Tim! Well done!