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kbrkr

Personally, I think the Pianos on the TE are very thin. I'm thinking of switching to the M3 for that simple reason, but I have not seen any comments on the quality of the Bread and Butter sounds.

What are the Pianos like? How do they compare with Roland's Fantom?

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Al

klarnet basowy · Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 7:14 am Post subject:

I like the piano of the M3 a lot (especially the 3-way, program B-000, because the 4-way sounds too warm to me). At a first glance, it seems a bit soft, but then you realize that it's more real and less digital.
I like very much also the guitars, especially the steel and the nylon 2.
Bread&butter stuff is good on the M3, and it can also do a lot more than what the presets show in this respect.
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kbrkr · Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 11:50 pm Post subject:

That's great news! I suppose I can always load a sample CD, but I shy away from using long loading samples on live gigs just in case the power goes out or some other electrical problem.

I know the Roland piano's are very warm and complex, so it's great to hear that M3 piano's at least come close.

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Animal · Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 6:05 am Post subject:

But how do you compare M3's pianos and other sounds with Yamaha Motif XS?

GregC · Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 2:21 pm Post subject:

I also have the xs Motif 76. I use that acoustic piano quite a bit.

again, the M3 acoustic piano is in the same league of quality. I think the M3 piano is a sampled Steinway- thats my gut feel/ear

other sound comparisons ? that has been discussed all over the forum if you do a search.
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kbrkr · Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2007 6:57 pm Post subject:

I'm pleased to report that I went and actually demo'ed the M3 over the weekend with the intent of testing those pianos for myself. I've owned the Motif ES, and I currently own the Yamaha Tyros 2 and the P-250 and I'd say the Pianos in the M3 rival the Yamaha P-250. They are leaps and bounds ahead of the Triton Extreme.

klarnet basowy · Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2007 9:12 pm Post subject:

I feel very good with Stereo Grand 3-way (B001) for more intimate sound, and Stereo Concert Piano (A064) for a broader sound sensation, they are my favourite. What are yours, people? Wink

Andrew

Ps. The preset lacks a M1 piano, but there is the sample, so it's simple.. take the Stereo Grand 3way and subistitute the sample with the M1 piano one. The eq of this preset is good for M1 piano.
The only thing I was not able to do until now is to cancel the natural sustain on high notes, very realistic with "real" pianos, not good imho with M1 piano.
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midi · Joined: 10 Jul 2007 Posts: 16

Yes, hard to beat the Fantom piano!

Animal · Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 8:46 am Post subject:

But what about organ samples and comparison of them between M3 and XS? It's also kind of bread n' butter sound, isn't it?
As far as I know, neither of them don't have tonewheel organ modelling. Does anybody have some good separate drawbar, click and percussion samples that one can assign to sliders and move them like real drawbars?

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EJ2 · Posted: Sun Dec 16, 2007 1:35 pm Post subject:

GregC