Pianoverse Grand Piano Y7 vs Originals Jangle Box Piano

The most significant distinction between these two instruments lies in their fundamental piano type and resulting sonic profiles. The Pianoverse Grand Piano Y7 is a sampled grand piano, specifically a Yamaha C7, known for its balanced, clean, and modern sound suitable for professional recording and classical applications. In contrast, the Originals Jangle Box Piano is a sampled upright piano, a Challen Vertegrand, that offers two distinct characters: a mellow, dark tone and a percussive, bright, and "jangly" sound achieved through a "tack piano" mechanism.

Further differentiating them, the Pianoverse Y7 offers a larger library size at 27.6 GB and emphasizes precise, robot-assisted sampling of an iconic concert-hall instrument, recorded in a renowned Italian studio. The Jangle Box, at 7.9 GB, provides multiple microphone positions and, notably, was recorded at Abbey Road Studio Two, offering a distinct character from its upright nature and the unique "tack piano" effect which significantly alters its timbre.

Choose the Pianoverse Grand Piano Y7 if a bright, clean, and versatile grand piano sound for film scoring, classical, or studio recording is a priority. Opt for the Originals Jangle Box Piano if a characterful upright piano with both mellow and bright, percussive "tack piano" tones is desired for pop music, songwriting, or adding unique texture.

Products Compared

• Pianoverse Grand Piano Y7
• Originals Jangle Box Piano

Insights from Real-World Use

Pianoverse Grand Piano Y7

• Different spaces significantly alter the piano's tone and emotion, making a great difference.
• A beautiful instrument played beautifully. I picked up Pianoverse at IK back in early Feb., downloaded the C7 edition a short while back. It's great that new piano editions are included in the package
• I have pianos from Arturia, Native Instruments, Spectrsonics Keyscape, and now Pianoverse. I my opinion, I was blown away by pianoverse, quality, usable presets, super fast load times. I really don't
• The studios sound really good, especially Vintage Studio 2.
• I have Keyscape to load full samples from a SSD drive, and it can take 15-20 seconds. Pianoverse takes about 3-4 seconds from the same SSD and there is no decernable sound quality change in the second

Originals Jangle Box Piano

• I don't need another piano VI, although I am going to buy this one. Incredible price, thanks Spitfire + Abbey Road
• Likes the Challen piano's felt strips allowing for versatile tack sound.
• The vintage recording chain for this piano is extremely rare with a D19 mic and high-quality tape machine.
• Prefers Jangle Box's dynamic sound over Mrs. Mills Piano's brightness.
• Likes the Challen piano's felt strips allowing for versatile tack sound.