yes this piano is great!! Was my favorite from the beginning, but the latest VI labs modern D finally pushed Noire to the second place for me. But this one will keep a special place in my heart. And yes I tried all the usual suspects but kept coming back to the Noire. Now I can't stop playing the Modern D.
This piano plugin is immaculate. I’m thinking of purchasing, however, I haven’t heard it on a more aggressive sounding song. Wondering how it holds up when played aggresively, since I absolutely love the overall vibe, but have only heard intimate/heartfelt tunes on RUclips. New to piano plugins, so if this is an odd question, please let me know! Amazing videos by the way, keep up the solid work 💪🏼
It's definitely not something like the Giant, but there's plenty of settings like tone/timbre, body, eq settings, to get it there. I use it for big stuff all the time.
noire is one of my favourites its just the after sound after you press the key that sounds like those bead bags getting shaked around with some of the presets without any changes but i think thats just because ive got a terrible headset still such a good and worth it piano vst
Noire is my best friend, even though I often have issues with the middle register, I just love how it sounds and the color knob is AMAZING, adds a ton of flexibility. Claire fixes the mid register for the type of "Concert Piano" I like and I'll prolly use it often too but for versatility nothing beats Noire for me. (Claire's color knob isn't nearly as good unfortunately) Also, the piano they sampled is a customized Yamaha CF9!
It would be awesome if you did som educational play alongs. Like Open Jazz Studio or Michael Keithson. Would love to see you approach stuff (theoretically/practically). Thanks for a great video! Awesome playing as alway!
I've been trying out VI Labs Modern D and NI Claire this past few days and still love Noire! I think Modern-D has the slight edge in authentic realism and I would most likely pick it for solo classical/jazz recordings but I just love Noire! I actually personally preferred the basic piano tone of Noire to the VSL CFX when I tried the demo. I also prefer the piano tone of Noire to Claire. I think Claire sounds a little more artificial where the bottom couple of octaves sound boomy as though the sub mic was turned up really high and the release samples don’t sound natural? However, I think Claire comes into its own for 'Sound Design' where I think it excels and I can see myself picking it up at some point for that reason. Galaxy Instruments really did a great job capturing the tone and character of the CFX used for Noire. There are a couple of things I really miss with Noire which are additional mic perspectives and Una Corda. I'm keen to try something like Spitfire's Air Studio Reverb or Samplecity's Berlin Studios reverb vst's which allow you to choose different mic perspectives within a concert hall. This may be an acceptable alternative to having additional mic perspectives within the instrument? Regarding Una Corda, I’m wondering if Galaxy Instruments/NI will update Noire at any point adding this feature? Claire has the soft pedal and there are no mention of this being sampled o I’m presuming it’s modelled. If this is the case maybe Galaxy Instruments will add a modelled Una Corda pedal seeing how popular Noire still is?
Thank you for sharing this video! I bought Noir and it turned out this is the most incredibly difficult thing to install. Been a week now into this frustration with no success so far. I keep deleting stuff on my computer and it keeps saying not enough space while I have already 100 GB available on my hard drive. Another issue is that it doesn't accept any location for the installation. Whatever I choose it's never the right one. Started thinking of getting a new laptop and now I am not even sure would 1TB SSD be enough or should I go for 2TB? I desperately need some advice please?
The native access installation can be frustrating with disk space, it's not a Noire problem. But 100 gb is plenty, so I'm surprised. Make sure you're on the right version of native access, make sure you're emptying the trash when you delete stuff. Outside of that I would just hit up customer support. I would go for 2tb. For the average user that's overkill, but if you're using libraries, the disk space adds up.
When I record with the Noire compared to the Grandeur in Logic Pro , it is soooooo quiet and “muffled” when played on another device Do you just throw a lot of compression on yours to get it to sound so nice and clean? I know it’s a softer tone but it’s so much quieter in my recordings
First thought is just check the volume on Noire is the same, depending on your settings they come in at either -6 or 0db. I do compress obviously, distressor, 1176, spl iron are go-tos on my chain. But I do that on grandeur and noire.
In like circa 2000-2005 ish, I might have been fairly impressed by this. Having tried and/or extensively listened to demos for virtually every VST piano on the market, I can honestly say the Imperfect Samples "Fazioli Concert Grand" is objectively thee very best, by leaps and bounds. It's unmatched. It sounds so natural and real. And it sounds just "imperfect" enough to sound so real that if you close your eyes you feel like you're literally playing an actual physical piano when you play it. It's gorgeous. And until a new VST piano comes out that captures the piano as well as the Imperfect Samples Fazioli does, it will be the best available. Noire sounds all right, at best, to my ears. Noire's felt sounds, sound artificially introduced, like a sample is annoyingly playing along (not like it was actually captured from a real piano in real time. Noire doesn't have the natural sustain or resonance I would expect in 2025. The notes are artificially fading out and sound overly tuned and perfect (therefore, not real). A real piano can never sound so clinical, for many reasons. Overall, to me, Noire sounds like a pretty good modern keyboard piano patch. An ideal VST piano should not sound like a keyboard patch. I've heard worse than Noire perhaps. But Noire is nothing compared to the Imperfect Samples Fazioli. Hands-down. Full stop.
Oh no!!! For me this is one of the most expressive pianos in my library - definitely give it another go tweaking settings. Really try and work out what it is you aren’t liking and try and target those areas in your tweaks
Bought this badboy when I saw your video in the past... Man, this is my favorite for church and for some live gigs. Thanks for the content Sam!!!
Definitely one of my favorite pianos, and definitely one of the best for its pretty affordable price. Great playing as always! 🙌
Yeah, it's great value
yes this piano is great!! Was my favorite from the beginning, but the latest VI labs modern D finally pushed Noire to the second place for me. But this one will keep a special place in my heart. And yes I tried all the usual suspects but kept coming back to the Noire. Now I can't stop playing the Modern D.
yeah it's in my inbox, pumped to start playing it.
This piano plugin is immaculate. I’m thinking of purchasing, however, I haven’t heard it on a more aggressive sounding song. Wondering how it holds up when played aggresively, since I absolutely love the overall vibe, but have only heard intimate/heartfelt tunes on RUclips. New to piano plugins, so if this is an odd question, please let me know! Amazing videos by the way, keep up the solid work 💪🏼
It's definitely not something like the Giant, but there's plenty of settings like tone/timbre, body, eq settings, to get it there. I use it for big stuff all the time.
noire is one of my favourites its just the after sound after you press the key that sounds like those bead bags getting shaked around with some of the presets without any changes but i think thats just because ive got a terrible headset still such a good and worth it piano vst
Magic stuff my man. Noire is mos def my fave🔥🔥🔥
it's great!
Noire is my best friend, even though I often have issues with the middle register, I just love how it sounds and the color knob is AMAZING, adds a ton of flexibility.
Claire fixes the mid register for the type of "Concert Piano" I like and I'll prolly use it often too but for versatility nothing beats Noire for me. (Claire's color knob isn't nearly as good unfortunately)
Also, the piano they sampled is a customized Yamaha CF9!
Agreed!
Sam, have you done a how-to video on what's needed to get a basic setup to run this piano? Or others.
It would be awesome if you did som educational play alongs.
Like Open Jazz Studio or Michael Keithson.
Would love to see you approach stuff (theoretically/practically).
Thanks for a great video! Awesome playing as alway!
Definitely one of the best pianos I've come across so far.... very detailed, very dynamic and beautifully sampled.
yeah it's phenomenal
I've been trying out VI Labs Modern D and NI Claire this past few days and still love Noire! I think Modern-D has the slight edge in authentic realism and I would most likely pick it for solo classical/jazz recordings but I just love Noire! I actually personally preferred the basic piano tone of Noire to the VSL CFX when I tried the demo. I also prefer the piano tone of Noire to Claire. I think Claire sounds a little more artificial where the bottom couple of octaves sound boomy as though the sub mic was turned up really high and the release samples don’t sound natural? However, I think Claire comes into its own for 'Sound Design' where I think it excels and I can see myself picking it up at some point for that reason.
Galaxy Instruments really did a great job capturing the tone and character of the CFX used for Noire. There are a couple of things I really miss with Noire which are additional mic perspectives and Una Corda. I'm keen to try something like Spitfire's Air Studio Reverb or Samplecity's Berlin Studios reverb vst's which allow you to choose different mic perspectives within a concert hall. This may be an acceptable alternative to having additional mic perspectives within the instrument? Regarding Una Corda, I’m wondering if Galaxy Instruments/NI will update Noire at any point adding this feature? Claire has the soft pedal and there are no mention of this being sampled o I’m presuming it’s modelled. If this is the case maybe Galaxy Instruments will add a modelled Una Corda pedal seeing how popular Noire still is?
Best piano for me - hands down 🙌
it's great!
This is so far the best piano plugin I’ve used. Really love the dark sound. Interesting to see the dark sound actually comes from a Yamaha. 😅
Thank you for sharing this video! I bought Noir and it turned out this is the most incredibly difficult thing to install. Been a week now into this frustration with no success so far. I keep deleting stuff on my computer and it keeps saying not enough space while I have already 100 GB available on my hard drive. Another issue is that it doesn't accept any location for the installation. Whatever I choose it's never the right one. Started thinking of getting a new laptop and now I am not even sure would 1TB SSD be enough or should I go for 2TB? I desperately need some advice please?
The native access installation can be frustrating with disk space, it's not a Noire problem. But 100 gb is plenty, so I'm surprised. Make sure you're on the right version of native access, make sure you're emptying the trash when you delete stuff. Outside of that I would just hit up customer support.
I would go for 2tb. For the average user that's overkill, but if you're using libraries, the disk space adds up.
@@SamTheBeardGuy Appreciate that. It was useful. Thank you much
When I record with the Noire compared to the Grandeur in Logic Pro , it is soooooo quiet and “muffled” when played on another device
Do you just throw a lot of compression on yours to get it to sound so nice and clean?
I know it’s a softer tone but it’s so much quieter in my recordings
First thought is just check the volume on Noire is the same, depending on your settings they come in at either -6 or 0db. I do compress obviously, distressor, 1176, spl iron are go-tos on my chain. But I do that on grandeur and noire.
Hey does anyone know how to turn off the particle sound effect on the noire vst???
It’s off by default, you have to turn it on
could you please help those of us with pianoteq with how to make it sound better. What setting would you tweak ?
I'm releasing a PianoTeq video today actually.
Have you tried Cinesample's pianos? If so, did you like them? I'm talking about Cinepiano and Piano in blue
I have played piano in blue but not cinepiano. Piano in blue is great.
@@SamTheBeardGuy Thanks for the answer
I like Cinepiano layered with Alicia Keys for a soft and cinematic piano sound
In like circa 2000-2005 ish, I might have been fairly impressed by this.
Having tried and/or extensively listened to demos for virtually every VST piano on the market, I can honestly say the Imperfect Samples "Fazioli Concert Grand" is objectively thee very best, by leaps and bounds. It's unmatched.
It sounds so natural and real. And it sounds just "imperfect" enough to sound so real that if you close your eyes you feel like you're literally playing an actual physical piano when you play it. It's gorgeous.
And until a new VST piano comes out that captures the piano as well as the Imperfect Samples Fazioli does, it will be the best available.
Noire sounds all right, at best, to my ears. Noire's felt sounds, sound artificially introduced, like a sample is annoyingly playing along (not like it was actually captured from a real piano in real time.
Noire doesn't have the natural sustain or resonance I would expect in 2025. The notes are artificially fading out and sound overly tuned and perfect (therefore, not real). A real piano can never sound so clinical, for many reasons.
Overall, to me, Noire sounds like a pretty good modern keyboard piano patch. An ideal VST piano should not sound like a keyboard patch.
I've heard worse than Noire perhaps. But Noire is nothing compared to the Imperfect Samples Fazioli. Hands-down. Full stop.
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I got this piano recently and I'm a bit underwhelmed. The Noire Pure sounds like a MIDI piano to me =(
Sorry that's the experience you've had. Most people I've talked to love it.
Oh no!!! For me this is one of the most expressive pianos in my library - definitely give it another go tweaking settings. Really try and work out what it is you aren’t liking and try and target those areas in your tweaks
So... I had the mono audio option enabled on my computer. Sounds so much better now.
So... I had the mono audio option enabled on my computer. Sounds so much better now.
@@jman12849 like how much better, do you now appreciate it?
postfelt + noire particles = po**
oooo, that's a great idea. I've never tried that haha.