But True Keys American's overall body sound is warmer and more firm than the Ravenscroft 275. Comparing with Ravenscroft 275, the Ravenscroft 275 has a clearer tone than True Keys American. This one sampled Steinway model D, which means it has worm body sound in the mid and low part. But it just sounds great and you can just open the VST and play right away without any tone adjustments. Also, it doesn’t have EQ settings so that you need an extra plugin if you want to maneuver EQs. As you can see the UI below, it looks very intuitive and doesn’t provide many options as you see in other sample libraries.
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I don’t know if this character is coming from the sampler or the VST itself, but for sure, its sound quality always exceeds the average sample sounds in the market. I can’t tell you clearly the difference of the sound compared to Kontakt samples, all pianos run by UVI workstation that I have used, has a very clean and expressive tone. I have some piano samples run on UVI workstation, I can surely say that this sample engine has a really unique expression. Online iLok account is all you need for the activation. For VI Labs products, you don’t need hardware dongle keys. It adopted UVI workstation as the sampler and you need an iLok account to activate and run it. It may satisfy your diverse piano tastes. For those who are sick and tired of Ivory 2 piano’s sound, go grab one of VI Labs pianos. Like Ravenscroft 275 which I reviewed last time, it has a crystal clear tone and warm body sound. Steinway Model D was sampled for this VST and of course, its sound and expressions are amazingly captured.
#Ravenscroft 275 review series
Today I want to talk about True Keys American which is one of the True Keys piano series from VI Labs.
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This is pianist Keunyoung again with piano VST review.
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7.4 (Volume 5 / Sound 8 / Body 9 / Response 8 / Dynamic 7)