Xtended Piano vs Hammersmith Pro

The fundamental difference between Xtended Piano and Hammersmith Pro lies in their intended purpose and sound character. Xtended Piano is designed as a sound design instrument, offering experimental and atmospheric textures derived from a grand piano. In contrast, Hammersmith Pro is a traditional grand piano VST focused on delivering a clean, natural, and balanced representation of a Steinway Model D.

Sonically, Xtended Piano achieves its character through techniques like bowing, plucking, and mallet strikes on the piano strings, offering three articulations for bowed sounds and various percussive elements. It also features an extensive FX chain and tuning options with over 50 preset scales. Hammersmith Pro, however, provides a pristine recording of a high-end concert grand with 21 velocity layers per note (both pedal up and down), six microphone positions for versatile mixing, and a massive 52 GB sample library with 30,000 samples for authentic detail.

Choose Xtended Piano if you require an experimental, textural, or atmospheric piano for cinematic scoring, ambient music, or unique sound design. Opt for Hammersmith Pro if you need a high-fidelity, natural-sounding Steinway grand piano for recording, film scoring, and classical music, prioritizing authenticity and dynamic range.

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Insights from Real-World Use

Xtended Piano

  • Xtended Piano is incredibly versatile, offering many cool creative options.
  • It's fantastic that Xtended Piano works with the free Kontakt player.
  • Xtended Piano was a lot of fun to explore and it was one of the earliest prepared piano libraries that has been released which was an interesting surprise.
  • I've been playing with this all week. Love composing with the different pianos on top of each other.
  • Xtended Piano · Support · Free · EDU · Blog · Login To My Account. Polarity | Tension ... REVIEW | MARKUS JUNNIKKALA. "This is probably the best implementation of

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.

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