Sampled Piano Comparison Site

[nicholash]

Hi,

Just to keep you up to date with respect to my Veridical Sounds sampled piano comparison page (http://www.btinternet.com/~veridical.sounds/), here is a list of the producers and their products currently featured:

Veridical Sounds: One Old Upright
Post Audio Media: Post Estonia Concert Grand and Post Piano Suite vol. 1
Maxim Digital Audio: mda Piano VSTi
Warren Trachtman: Steinway-C Grand Piano Version 2
Art Vista (Hans Adamson): Malmsjö Acoustic Grand
Sonic Implants: 7\' Stereo Grand Piano for SoundBlaster Cards
Universal Sound Bank: Soundscan Volume 17 Acoustic Keyboards
Bolder Sounds: Bolder Giga-Pianos
Best Service for Creamware: The Pulsar Revolution Ultimate Sample Collection
Akai: Splendid Grand Piano for Akai S5/6000
Realistic Piano: Realistic Piano High Quality Piano Soundbanks
Yamaha: P80 Digital Piano
Yamaha: P100 Digital Piano
Generalmusic: GEM RealPiano Expander
Bitheadz: Black & Whites
Kawai: MP9000 Digital Piano
Back In Time Records: Grand Piano

Best regards
Nicholas
p.s. I have very little web space left, so if any sampled piano developers would like their product(s) featured on my site, I wouldn\'t recommend leaving it too long before sending me the appropriate mp3(s).
p.p.s. For a period of one week (Sept. 21st to the 28th) I have been informed that Bolder Sounds will donate all proceeds from CD ROM sales (as in 100%) to the American Red
Cross. (see: http://www.boldersounds.com/Index.asp) (\"http://www.boldersounds.com/Index.asp)\")

[nicholash]

Hi,

I\'ve updated the mp3s of my Veridical Sounds sampled Bechstein upright (titled \"One Old Upright\") to reflect the latest version which has significantly less distortion and a noticeably improved sustain layer.

I\'m still trying to decide whether or not to make it commercially available, and will probably be discussing this with potential distributors soon.

Nicholas

[Munsie]

\"potential distributors\" - I\'m probably wrong but I\'m guessing there really isn\'t any distributors for Giga Samples. Distributors usually wharehouse the product and then sell it to stores or re-sellers. Most sample developers I have come across ARE the distributor of their own product. They sell it to other stores,web sites at discounts and they in return sell it to the end user at a marginal profit. http://www.northernsounds.com/ubb/NonCGI/images/icons/smile.gif

[nicholash]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size=\"1\" face=\"Verdana, Arial\">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Munsie:
\"potential distributors\" - I\'m probably wrong but I\'m guessing there really isn\'t any distributors for Giga Samples. Distributors usually wharehouse the product and then sell it to stores or re-sellers. Most sample developers I have come across ARE the distributor of their own product. They sell it to other stores,web sites at discounts and they in return sell it to the end user at a marginal profit. http://www.northernsounds.com/ubb/NonCGI/images/icons/smile.gif<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Hi Munsie,

By \'distributors\' I mean companies like Time & Space (UK), Ilio, Best Service, etc. Hopefully they will tell me whether they think there is a reasonable market out there for my sampled upright CD-ROM. If they aren\'t interested, then perhaps I should assume that it isn\'t worth going ahead and making it a commercial product. We shall see!

Best regards
Nicholas