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That is a part of my point Glenn.

The only thing I am looking for at the moment is a decent piano that have a decent acoustic sound.
The pianos I already have do a decent job (I think) when they are mixed together with the other instruments, but when I bring them up front in a solo part they do not sound that realistic.

Best regard
Tono



Tono - you've nailed the problem - in a mix, many plug-ins are fine, but for a solo part, and particularly for piano with no other instruments, things get a bit more difficult.

This is where I'm coming from - I play one instrument, and I rarely even add drums or bass to it. It has to carry the melody, harmony (and usually the rhythym) lines. While I personally play "pop" piano, I listen to a lot of Chopin and Debussey (midi files from the net), and convert the midi files to wave files and then to CD's for listening - a plug-in would simply not work.

In the past 19 years, I've had three digital pianos. I am able to keep using the third one, because I no longer use the onboard piano sound. It just wasn't realistic enough.

I also understand that not everyone has the need to be as critical with the piano sound (I'm not as critical about acoustic bass sound as a bass player would be), and there may be some plug-ins that will do the job within the financial restrictions that we all face.

Glenn