Piano Colors vs Ascend Modern Grand
Piano Colors wins on unique sound design; Ascend Modern Grand prioritizes a versatile core piano experience.
Piano Colors offers immediate creativity and unique sound possibilities. Its "color knob" allows dynamic modulation beyond a traditional piano. This sound design depth can lead to higher CPU usage.
Ascend Modern Grand delivers a lush core grand piano tone with cinematic textures. This dual functionality offers significant value. Some users find its character similar to existing products, limiting its unique appeal.
Choose Piano Colors if creative sound sculpting tolerates higher resource demands.
Choose Ascend Modern Grand if a flexible grand piano sound outweighs the need for distinct sonic innovation.
Products Compared
Insights from Real-World Use
Piano Colors
- Got the email. Hum just another library Let me watch the video PURCHASED ,blown away ,this library is inspirational Was always looking for beautiful looping instruments with no luck it ended with this
- Initial impression is that this plug-in is incredible and insanely good.
- Piano Colors sounds great and gives you a huge palette of color and texture, but purely from my personal perspective how I work, it's overkill for me
- Overall satisfaction with sound, playability, and included content
- More than just a piano library, it's a great, versatile tool.
Ascend Modern Grand
- Says Ascend Modern Grand is roughly equivalent to NI Noire; sampled from Steinway.
- Prefers Noire, but price and size make Ascend worth considering despite preference.
- Highlights advantage of using it as both regular piano and cinematic instrument.
- Core piano tone sounds like a really nice concert grand with plenty to explore.
- Decided it was worth buying; cool piano library with Heavyocity’s magic.