Concert Grand vs Hammersmith Pro
Hammersmith Pro wins on brilliant sound; Concert Grand offers a more subdued experience but struggles with consistency.
Concert Grand delivers a warm, balanced tone in its best moments. Reviewers report tuning instabilities and distracting pre-attack noises. Its sound quality is inconsistent across user experiences.
Hammersmith Pro provides an exceptionally bright and sparkling Steinway sound. Its 21 velocity layers offer a wide dynamic range. This detail comes at the cost of high CPU strain during recording and a large file size requiring significant storage.
Choose Concert Grand if tolerance for sound inconsistencies is high.
Choose Hammersmith Pro if bright definition is paramount and system resources are abundant.
Products Compared
Insights from Real-World Use
Concert Grand
- The pre-attack noise was really noisy. I had the samples but decided to hold off given the size of the library. Maybe I'll add them back in in a future update...
- My ideal setup for Concert Grand is basically Balanced Robust, but without the room mics.
- While Noire does sound good, I have one that's so much better: Production Voices 300 Grand... concert-grand-virtual-piano/ · Psychotic_Member69. • 2y ago. Fl
Hammersmith Pro
- The 21 velocity layers and sound capture are excellent, indicating a well-crafted library.
- The piano offers nice responsiveness, dynamic range, and playability due to 21 velocity layers.
- The piano has a nice sparkle and sounds good even without effects.
- I have downloaded the free version and am very impressed. I have added the full version to my "wish list of purchases". It is currently sitting right next to Pianoteq V7. I try to keep my piano librar
- Overload on my PC. Especially when playing this instruments inside Daw while we recording the screen.