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| 31-05-08 / 23:30 : Synthogy Ivory Italian Grand review : deceiving (cjed) |
| A few days only after a first try of Synthogy Ivory Italian Grand, and after having tested all the patchs, I can't finally find any pleasure playing this piano. I must admit that even the piano from the Roland SRJV80-09 Session card (shipped in 1996) is better (same short attack but smoother, rounder and warmer, despite a short release thereafter - it uses less than 10Mb on the 16Mb card...) ! In fact Ivory Italian sound is closer (notably its attack) from the EuroPiano patch found in the even older Roland SR-JV-02 Orchestral card (also on the Roland SRX-06 Complete Orchestra compilation card). About the pad/piano found in Ivory Italian Grand, the one in the SRX-06 card called ConcertoPno is fatter and more pleasing (the best in that area is the famous Sundial patch of Colossus). The Ivory Italian pad is too thin, and we feel too much two distinct sounds, at very far space plans. There is also to note that the Ivory Italian seems false tuned in the bass register (just above the last octave), as it can be heard here (last chord played) : IvoryItalian_lowRegTune Synthogy Ivory Italian Grand is then very far from the quality of the Roland SRX-11 Complete Piano from 2005, and even less interesting than the pianos bundled in Kontakt 2, or those from Colossus ! But worse, Synthogy (through its ILIO distributor) doesn't allow to resell the software. It isn't mentioned on their site nor on the box (nor on resellers sites nor in shops), but the 3 DVDs cover states : The user license does not permit to re-sell this software after having removed the seal. This has been verified by others, and Synthogy might even remove such announces found on eBay about its softwares. Finally, even if it could have been resold, there is to know that PACE (that manages the iLok system) takes a 25$ fee (administrative fee...) for license transfer to another user, not interesting on a 129 euros/169$ buyed product. |
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At pianoworld forum we can find a user song recording with both the Ivory Bosendorfer and the Ivory Italian Grand : |
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