Originals Felt Piano vs Lekko

The fundamental distinction between these two sampled upright pianos lies in their unique approaches to nuance and imperfection. While both offer a felt piano sound, Originals Felt Piano focuses on delivering a controlled, cinematic atmosphere with multiple microphone positions, whereas Lekko emphasizes extreme fragility and "human" imperfections.

Lekko differentiates itself by focusing on the "softest, most fragile side" of an upright, incorporating mechanical noises and imperfections as key sonic elements, and even offering samples recorded to worn analogue tape for a "dirty, unstable mood." Originals Felt Piano, conversely, provides three distinct microphone signals allowing for more flexible sound shaping within its 3 GB library, compared to Lekko's single, deeply sampled 7.1 GB instrument which prioritizes a specific character.

Choose Originals Felt Piano for diverse cinematic scoring and ambient work where multiple perspectives on a warm, intimate felt sound are desired. Choose Lekko if seeking an extremely delicate, character-filled upright with prominent mechanical noises and an intentionally imperfect, fragile timbre, particularly for music influenced by artists like Nils Frahm.

Products Compared

• Originals Felt Piano
• Lekko

Insights from Real-World Use

Originals Felt Piano

• For me, the felt was a bit disappointing. It sounds nice at a low gain level but I found myself always irritated by too many frequencies and having to eq the heck out of it. The Intimate grand is like
• Criticizes the lack of velocity sensitivity, a significant missing feature impacting playability.
• This is my favorite Originals Felt Piano among all felt pianos.
• Jangle Box is versatile with its tack layer and beautiful mellow piano sound.
• got this with the student sale you mentioned maybe two or so years ago. it’s a nice plug-in to play around with, but the lack of velocity and dynamics to the sampling has made this plug-in pretty much

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