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peterksh · Joined: 16 May 2008 Posts: 7

Is the EXs-21 SGX-2 Italian F Piano the niceset sounding larger sample size grand piano for the Kronos? It is now on sale for $199 (reg. $249) is it worth the money?
How does it compare to Ivory Grand Pianos or the Keyscape LA Grand?

I recently bought a used Kronos2-88 and I have quite a few larger VSTi pianos-- Ivory II Grand Pianos and Steinway F 1951, Keyscape, Cinematic Studio Piano, The Giant etc. But I wanted to have a nicer piano within Kronos for Piano and String or Piano and pad sounds and for piano sounds that would be inspiring. I know the sample size is only 7.Gb--much less than Ivory II Grand Pianos and the other ones. I find that the decay times on synth VSTi Grand Pianos is very short. It seems like a real upright pianos has much more resonance than VSTis. But I admit I have not played with resonance paramters--I' talking out of the box sounds.

I do like the softness of the demo version of the Italian Piano that I have installed.
I like bright pianos and ballad pianos and wide stereo pianos. The Ivory Italian Piano is much larger in sample size and costs less if it is still on sale. But in a forum a purchaser of the Ivery Italian Grand said that the Synthogy technicians said that that the Ivory Italian Piano had the shortest decay time of any of the Synthogy Ivory Grand Pianos. This scared me away from it. Also it has been called a "dark" piano and I like a bright pianos.

Would the Ivory II Italian Piano be a better buy than the Korg SGX-2 Italian Piano? Does anybody own both these pianos and what would you say about their relative merits and sound etc.?

Asena · Posted: Mon Dec 28, 2020 12:56 am Post subject:

It,s god sound for sure.

There is better FREE pianos out there, Just take you,r time to use and edit it.
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GregC · Posted: Mon Dec 28, 2020 2:42 am Post subject:

there are numerous sampled AP's that are very good quality.

Its gotten 95% subjective, IMO, thus I question opinions esp when we are all somewhat different. .

If it were me, I would put my ears on each and trust that compare.
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tcornishmn · Posted: Mon Dec 28, 2020 3:09 am Post subject:

After getting Keyscape, I can't stand any of the Korg pianos. I didn't buy the Italian grand, so I only auditioned the free version and maybe I didn't give it enough of a fair shake through the volume fade outs, but in my opinion, it doesn't hold up to Keyscape.

I'm sure this is completely subjective and varies by the genre of music you're trying to make, but for me, I'm looking for a well-behaved fairly neutral sound, and I haven't been able to get what I want from the Kronos - both the German and Berlin grand sound fairly thin with strange things in some notes in the midrange.

BlackForest · Posted: Mon Dec 28, 2020 7:02 am Post subject:

I got the Italian Grand during last Black Friday sale. To my ears it's the best sounding on-board piano and i find myself using it most times now.

I can also confirm the thin sound of the others, they are quickly fading out. The Japanese I uninstalled in order to save space...

As I don't play with VST I can't compare.
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BlackForest · Posted: Mon Dec 28, 2020 7:02 am Post subject:

I got the Italian Grand during last Black Friday sale. To my ears it's the best sounding on-board piano and i find myself using it most times now.

I can also confirm the thin sound of the others, they are quickly fading out. The Japanese I uninstalled in order to save space...

As I don't play with VST I can't compare.
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peterksh · Joined: 16 May 2008 Posts: 7

Thank you to all of you who replied to my question. You have brought up valid points. Thanks.

GregC · Posted: Mon Dec 28, 2020 7:16 pm Post subject:

in addition, the IG records beautifully.

For my purposes, almost all the SGX AP's record nicely. The Berlin is in 4th place, IMO. Even so, the Berlin is Very good.
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peterksh · Joined: 16 May 2008 Posts: 7

GregC, thanks for your comments. How do you GregC or anybody else rank the Kronos pianos in terms of the beauty of the piano sounds? Where in your ranking is the Italian F Piano? Does it fill a gap in the sound types offered by the other Kronos grand pianos?

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peterksh · Joined: 16 May 2008 Posts: 7

Thank again for further replies to my questions. Happy New Year to you all!

ITguy54 · Full Member Joined: 22 Mar 2015 Posts: 245

It doesn’t matter to me too much, how good Korg’s Italian grand is. I recently downloaded the Italian grand sound for my Dexibell P7. And it is FREE. And it sounds great.