My Piano vs Lekko

My Piano and Lekko are both sampled upright pianos designed for intimate musical settings, but they differ significantly in their focus on sonic imperfections and core design philosophy. My Piano provides a balanced and natural upright sound, emphasizing realistic resonance and dynamic layering while including optional "occasional crackles" to simulate live performance. Conversely, Lekko intentionally leans into a highly imperfect and fragile sound, with mechanical noises and human imperfections central to its character.

Lekko features a significantly larger sample library at 7.1 GB compared to My Piano's 1.7 GB, suggesting a deeper and more detailed sampling approach to capture its distinctive nuances. My Piano provides six velocity layers, but Lekko emphasizes multiple round robins (five repetitions) for each soft note, further enhancing its "softest, most fragile" sound profile and expressive capabilities. Lekko also incorporates an all-tube signal path during sampling and offers additional "slow-mo" samples recorded to analog tape at half speed for a unique, unstable character.

Choose My Piano if you seek a free, balanced upright piano with natural expressiveness and optional subtle imperfections for various genres like classical, jazz, or film scoring. Choose Lekko if you are specifically looking for a budget-friendly upright piano that prioritizes extreme softness, pronounced mechanical noises, and a highly characterful, fragile sound ideal for ambient or lo-fi registrations, reminiscent of felt piano aesthetics.

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Insights from Real-World Use

My Piano

  • I love My Piano's extreme flexibility and fun, user-friendly controls, surpassing other pianos.
  • I love My Piano's versatility, how it easily mixes, and its fine-tunable nature.
  • My Piano has nice warmth, good quality, no noise, and I like the pedal controls.
  • The Scoring Piano's warm sound is highly appealing.
  • My Piano is flexible, has good dynamic layers, and allows expressive playing.

Lekko

  • Lekko's interface is very cool, with main controls, EQ, envelopes, and accessible layers.
  • Lekko is much more than just a piano library.
  • Lekko's interface is cool due to visual and numerical feedback when adjusting parameters.
  • Lekko's interface is beautiful and intuitive.
  • thanks a bunch for another inspiring video - I had the Pool project and Lekko already, but the Boddog was new to me.you can never have enough pianos on your drive, every one gives another kind of insp

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