
Ravel™
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Ravel
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a. G. Santos
excellent timbre
Very good piano, the timbre is excellent; only problem is that the license only releases online.
A. UEBEL
Amazing Piano RAVEL
Merci au TEAM Universal Audio
pour ce Piano RAVEL de très bonne facture et qualité
I. Matmati
More detailed than any other I could listen to
The texture of sound is very ok. And contrary to many others VST for Steinway (Pianoteq, Arturia, etc.) you don't have this clumsy sound in the 3rd octave. Some find it too roomy. Not in my book. The "dry" VST I could test are weird because the sound is unnatural and adding a reverb does not really change the basic tone. Maybe it's a lack of harmonics, don't know. Anyway, for the price this one is really a bargain and the most pleasing one for jazz sound.
V. German
Great grand piano!
Great grand piano, fits well in the mix, punchy sound. Not quite right for jazz, but good for pop and rock music
V. German
Great grand piano!
Great grand piano, fits well in the mix, punchy sound. Not quite right for jazz, but good for pop and rock music
J. Anaka
Ok But Not Great
hard to complain at 59.00 has a few presets that are okay if you are looking for distant tones.
M. TRAP
Not a great piano
This is my opinion and nothing more.
I've found this piano really poor in combinations and possibilities......no great sound as i aspected....
Sorry uad ;)
P. Searles
Gorgeous
I enjoy an old upright as much as a Steinway. They just make different music. This piano is gorgeous and different to others. It has more of a realistic space than Keyscape and my favourite Pianoteq model, the Steingraeber. I find it richer and more musical in the resonance, and much more expressive. The big test was slamming them all into a Fairchild and in this case Ravel blew the others away It was still alive and expressive and sounded even better. The vst world is full of piano geeks of course, but as a composer who writes a lot of piano music for ads, this thing is beautiful. I'll still use different pianos for different jobs but I really love this one. Another win for UAD.
L. Sun
Worse
The sound is not very good. And UA's no refund policy makes customers very unhappy.
L. Sun
Worse
The sound is not very good. And UA's no refund policy makes customers very unhappy.
G. Myers
Grand Canyon Piano
There needs to be a dry setting on any virtual instrument. Sadly few of them do.
H. Lundberg
Too much room
The Ravel Grand Piano is way too roomy for my taste. Even if it's set to only close mics it still sounds like it's in a foyer or a back room or something. If you are looking for that kind of thing, I guess it is useful. For me - not so much.
G. Schwab
Good-sounding virtual grand piano
There are other virtual grand pianos that have more setting options, features. Nevertheless: the Ravel from UAD sounds very fine and works perfectly!
A. Andrievskiy
Way too roomy
This piano is way too roomy to be useful for any project.
E. Brahm
A plugin that makes you play the piano for hours.
During the time I studied music, I played on many pianos from different builders.
When I play through this plugin, it reminds me of big concert halls with Steinway & Sons pianos! The sound is so beautiful that it makes me play for hours and hours.
I know, it's expensive! Maybe you should wait for the discount season :)
P. Lindblom
Ravel
Works great in many mixes, cuts through nicely. great feel, very dynamic. Recommended!
I. Lesmana
Way too roomy and need options to adjust mic placements
I always admire the sound of Steinway B and I think Ravel did a great job on getting the feel, the sound, the warmth of the piano. I just wish I have the option to manually adjust the mic placements, on/off of all the six mics or even choices of different mics. The piano sound is way too roomy even with only the close mics. Need to updates with these options then you will have a winner.. meanwhile I just wait and see
m. young
Ravel piano
The sound is realy nice, the playability on my Mac is awful, I can’t use it it does this weird thing when you try and change chords it sort of plays a reverse note, very glitchy , pops & crackles. I’ve tried every option with buffer size etc but no good, ultimately I end up using my UVI C7 samples which plays fine. Very disappointed after big expectations from all the UA ads I’ve been getting after also buying a Volt interface . So £200.00 + spent I’m a bit miffed TBH , I hope they get it sorted.
P. Saunders
OK but not outstanding
Sounds pretty good for a sampled Steinway, but there are some funky artificial sounds as notes decay. I hit a C below middle C, and thought there was a speaker rub with my monitors. Nope, it was in the sample.
J. Carnes
Really like it
I've used a variety of piano's from Native Instruments. I like their Noir, but I am not a fan of their plugin interface (Kontact). I thought I would give Ravel a try (got a good sale on it). I am really happy with it. I find myself using it more now than native instruments.