The Ultimate Virtual Piano Comparison

SEE BELOW FOR PIANO LISTING AND TO SKIP TO VARIOUS PIANOS. LISTEN ON QUALITY HEADPHONES OR STUDIO MONITORS FOR BEST COMPARISON. I realize that it's impossible to have a perfect comparison in a format like this. I used a variety of velocity levels through the midi file to try to show off what each piano does with different dynamics at default settings. It's just an easy way to A-B test different pianos to see what you prefer when making a purchase. This video has a 41 second clip of fragments of Matt Redman's "Holy" using 32 different piano plugins (software pianos) that can be used in many DAWs and live performance software programs such as Pro Tools, Logic, Mainstage, Ableton, and many others. This video compares the following pianos in order by price (in USD): 0:08 Logic Steinway (included in MainStage-$30) 0:49 Logic Busendorfer (included in Mainstage-$30) 1:30 Logic Yamaha (included in Mainstage-$30) 2:12 NI Berlin Concert Grand-$69, 3 for $149 2:52 NI New York Concert Grand-$69, 3 for $149 3:33 NI Vienna Concert Grand-$69, 3 for $149 4:15 NI Upright-$69 4:56 NI Alicia's Keys-$99 5:37 NI-Galaxy The Giant-$99 6:18 Acousticsamples Kawai EX PRO-$123 6:59 Pianoteq 4 Stage D4-$129 7:40 Galaxy Vintage D-$150 8:21 True Keys American-$150, 350 for all 3 9:02 True Keys German-$150, 350 for all 3 9:44 True Keys Italian-$150, $350 for all 3 10:25 Vienna Bosendorfer Imperial-$165 11:06 Ivory Italian-$170 11:47 Evolution Rosewood Grand-$179 12:28 Ivory American-$180 13:09 Imperfect Samples Fazioli Complete-$200 13:50 Production Grand LE-$200 14:31 EWQL Bechstein Gold-$260 15:12 EWQL Bosendorfer 290 Gold-$260 15:54 EWQL Steinway D Gold-$260 16:35 EWQL Yamaha C7 Gold-$260 17:16 Galaxy 1929 German-$270 17:57 Galaxy Steinway-$270 18:38 Galaxy Vienna-$270 19:20 Ivory Bosendorfer-$320 20:00 Ivory German-$320 20:42 Ivory Studio-$320 21:23 Vienna Imperial-$679