Postfelt vs Emotional Piano

The primary distinction between these two instruments lies in their core piano type and approach to sound design layering. Postfelt is an upright piano library built upon a sampled Kawai BS30, notable for its combination of a felt piano sound with traditional upright and eight unique, DNA-derived FX layers. In contrast, Emotional Piano is a grand piano library using a sampled Kawai grand, prioritizing its natural warmth and resonance while offering extensive sound-designed custom presets and a multi-FX rack.

Sonically, Postfelt emphasizes a characterful and atmospheric sound due to its felt and layered FX components, resulting in an intimate and unique texture. Its eight distinct effect layers include reverbs, delays, chorus, pitch modulation, tape effects, and even plucked piano strings for varied attacks. Emotional Piano, conversely, focuses on a natural, dramatic, and warm grand piano tone, which it then enhances and transforms through a 10-bay modular multi-FX rack featuring 18 Kontakt DSP effects for broad sound-shaping.

Choose Postfelt if you require an upright-based instrument where a felt texture is central, alongside specific, pre-designed sonic layers for ambient and sound design applications. Choose Emotional Piano if your priority is a grand piano sound with inherent warmth and resonance, coupled with a robust, user-configurable multi-FX suite for extensive sound design and dramatic songwriting.

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Insights from Real-World Use

Postfelt

  • The speaker praises the nice capture of the sound and the inclusion of useful release samples.
  • Declares Postfelt the best felt piano this year, expressing strong love and regret for not using it on a recent album.
  • The Postfelt piano offers a unique and beautiful felt character with clear percussive hammer sounds.
  • Postfelt's intimacy and subtleness create a captivating sound perfect for quiet moments.
  • Postfelt is a really cool and unique boutique felt piano.

Emotional Piano

  • Recommends Emotional Piano library for specific sound preferences.
  • The Emotional Piano is beautiful, simple, and lovely for scoring.
  • Appreciates the intimate and slightly detuned sound quality of the Emotional Piano.
  • Emotional Piano lacks microphone mixes found in newer libraries.
  • ...for 'good' pianos - I use a mix of Soundiron Emotional Piano in Kontakt mixed with Omnipshere pianos - that gives a good modern...

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