Dude your playing is so nice, im almost starting to cry... wow

Noire is absolutely amazing, still one of my favorite libraries alongside the VSL Steinway and The Granduer

@SamTheBeardGuy

6 ай бұрын

Love the grandeur

this piano is an absolute YES! I use it for pretty much everything. Sometimes I'll use something else for a change, but others always end up reminding me how good Noire is. 😁 Nice video! Happy to see this getting mentioned in 2024. Interested in your midi files, and will subscribe this evening.

@SamTheBeardGuy

6 ай бұрын

:) yeah it's pretty great

Stunning playing as usual.

@SamTheBeardGuy

5 ай бұрын

:)

just bought Noire a few days ago and all i can say is the felt piano / emotional preset (pedal sound a bit down) is my absolutly fav for improvising 😅 I dont want a big library like Keyscape, im still a piano beginner and Noire is absolutly perfect for everything i am going to play. Greetings

I have so many pianos but Noire is definitely my go-to. It sounds beautiful and the variety you can get from the tonal shift and color knobs is amazing. I love using the pure piano and turning the tonal shift up, and the color knob down a little. It kind of starts to sound like a felt piano, but with a different sound to the actual noire felt piano.

@SamTheBeardGuy

6 ай бұрын

yeah i love the color and tonal knob

man your improvisation is amazing, hope you can teach us how to do that :)

@SamTheBeardGuy

5 ай бұрын

:) I have some videos... haha

My Patreon is live! Link in description

Unless inspired otherwise, ‘Db’ I warm up with-love your resonse,~’because it’s the best key🎉😁

IMO, it still holds up among the best of them. Pianos are a very personal thing, and i can honestly say that this piano for me is certainly the most musical and expressive i ever played, both from VST's or Digital pianos/synths/whatever... That bass with the sub mic turned on is gorgeous.

Funny, I just picked this up the other night, on sale. These days I'm generally not much inspired by NI's offerings, but I'm really glad I got this - having a blast playing it. Very full bodied, expressive, and I imagine it will cut through a mix well. And yeah, Db is a great key...hits the sweet spot for some voicings I like to use and is just a lot of fun to play in! I'm guessing there's a reason gospel players seem to like this key a lot!

@SamTheBeardGuy

5 ай бұрын

Probably because it's so easy to shred Fmin pentatonic haha

I have to admit, I got it because seems nice enough and when on sale it's 75 bucks which seems quite reasonable to just get your feet wet with a VST piano. At some point I'll go for a bigger library I guess, but right now I didnt want to spend 200-500 dollars.

Noire Pure is my #1 for stand-alone playing, with Garritan CFX a close second. Both are sampled from the Yamaha CFX Grand, as is Piano Colors, which I don't like as much as Noire. Both have a particles engine, which I like, but rarely use.

@SamTheBeardGuy

2 ай бұрын

Yeah, they're both great and approach the CFX a little differently. I agree, the particle engine is super niche, I can never quite get it to work the way I want.

Man i just wanna dig in your mind🤦🏽‍♂,, 16:29 like all the chords, the comping...like i know you played a 514 w/ 13ths in your left,, but your approach is just amazing

@SamTheBeardGuy

6 ай бұрын

thanks :)

Its also sample of yamaha cfx concert grand piano.

@SamTheBeardGuy

5 ай бұрын

yep!

Thanks for this amazing content! 👏👏 What's the minimum computer setup you'd recommend for Noire?

I have this but honestly never use it.... For whatever reason it usually doesn't sound to inspiring to me when I load it up. Might have to reduce dynamics or throw on a compressor or something. Also, your playing - holy shit. As always.

@SamTheBeardGuy

5 ай бұрын

hahaha thanks. Yeah I use the felt way more than the pure, so if you're not using a felt a ton, I could see that.

Noire is my current goto despite owning 12+ libraries and tried the VSL libraries. I think Galaxy Instruments did a great job of sampling this library and I love having all the customisation options. My only complaints is the room it was sampled in is quite dead and I wish there was other mic perspectives that sounded less dead. Also, it’s a shame this library doesn’t have Una Corda (sampled or modelled) but not a deal breaker as it’s rare classical pieces require it. I’m looking to get a new piano library and am very interested to hear how Ivory 3, Garritan CFX and Production Voices 300 Grand compares to Noire.

@SamTheBeardGuy

5 ай бұрын

Garritan CFX is one of the best libraries I've played on

@richardpenrose1968

5 ай бұрын

@@SamTheBeardGuy Have you tried Ivory 3 or 300 Grand?

@SamTheBeardGuy

5 ай бұрын

I'm trying to get a copy of it to review@@richardpenrose1968

@richardpenrose1968

5 ай бұрын

@@SamTheBeardGuy ooh great! Which one?

the stuff he played damn i need some of those how can i get some of them?, those sounds are also amazing too

Ah man for your patreon you should definitely record sample packs with piano riffs dude ! Easy money for you there for sure. I'm always singing over you improvising, I would die to be able to buy a pack of some of you playing and write on it

@SamTheBeardGuy

5 ай бұрын

that's not a bad idea actually haha.

Versatiler~favorite things’ niiice😅

sounds very warm and soft, is it the korg D1 midi controller isnt it, please share your talent with all people around world

@SamTheBeardGuy

5 ай бұрын

Thanks! Yep it's the Korg D1

Hi Sam, new here and also fairly new with Pianoteq, got the demo, but want to upgrade... I'm gonna go with the stage pack and you can pick 2 packs. Which ones are worth it? I heard Steinway D is a good one and Petrof. Keep it up man!

@SamTheBeardGuy

5 ай бұрын

those are both great!

I love it and if you can get it on sale for 50% off it's an absolute steal.

@SamTheBeardGuy

4 ай бұрын

Great deal

@prodbysfxcoco

2 ай бұрын

broo do you know when all these kontakt instruments are in sale again?

@Karpata1

2 ай бұрын

@@prodbysfxcoco Around seasonal events I assume. Maybe in summer too. Worst case around Christmas and/or New Year.

@mpichora

27 күн бұрын

​@@prodbysfxcoco right now

Whenever I see videos on musical gear where the question is, "is it still worth it?", I can't help but take the position; if you're making music with it and its good, then yes. What's the threshold? Is the Roland D-50 still worth it in 2024? Are making music with it? Then the answer is yes.

@SamTheBeardGuy

6 ай бұрын

true true. People are still making records with motif's

Great playing! What are you using on your master bus for the audio can I ask? It’s not coming through distorted on my phone at all, it’s super clean!

@SamTheBeardGuy

5 ай бұрын

Typically an SPL iron on a real subtle setting

@Dangetsuu

5 ай бұрын

@@SamTheBeardGuy Nice! The vst or analog? But nothing else? I have to add 15-20db of gain to this thing to even hear it properly 💀

Off topic question sorry! Do you record your piano using WASAPI exclusive mode, with something like ASIO4ALL? I've been wanting to integrate Noire with Embers (a MIDI visualizer) in future projects, however latency is an issue unless I use ASIO4ALL, but I then can't record into OBS because of the exclusive mode. But yeah, I've been loving Noire! I'll have my piano back by February, and I cannot wait to play around with it more properly! Anyways good luck with the Patreon! I can't subscribe at the moment, but if my situation changes, I'd love to ^^

@SamTheBeardGuy

6 ай бұрын

thanks!! Yeah I don't use PC other than for gaming haha, reading you're question gives me PTSD when I tried working on something a year ago on PC. I wish I had a better answer, but I'm not versed enough in PC audio world anymore to actually know what's best. I love PC's, except for audio stuff.

@hawkwardd_

6 ай бұрын

Drats! I guess there really is merit to the argument that Macs are better for music production than PCs. In fact if memory serves, this part of the reason why some people use two PCs for streaming. For example I play a lot of rhythm games, but because they rely on WASAPI exclusive mode for low latency, they become impossible to stream, hence a second computer lol.

@johnwinchester8911

5 ай бұрын

​@@SamTheBeardGuy So what are you using? 🤔 I'm invested now 💀🤧

Would you say is the same as the libraries they have in the piano colors? Or we saying they both different and good in their own ways?

Can we get that particles engine as an effect to use on anything?

the video i was looking for. i just bought it. but dont knwo what makes " overtones" and tonal depth" can someone explain?

@SamTheBeardGuy

6 ай бұрын

that's awesome! It's probably easier if you read it from their site or manual, they'll probably give a more detailed explanation then I will here

I apologize for asking a question that is unrelated to this video but could you kindly recommend a Worship piano music on line lessons to me, please? I currently learn and practice classical music. I got access to a Yamaha C7 grand piano in a church some time ago (I practice classical music pieces there three times a week, in addition to my digital piano home practice) and I was very recently asked if I could play for the Catholic Women's League if their pianist is not available. I would like to get more understanding about how to play Worship piano. Thank you, Michael

@SamTheBeardGuy

5 ай бұрын

Hey! If you want to check out Worship Initiative, they have some great content online. I also have a "How To Play Worship Music" video, as well as a Mainstage video.

@mfurman

5 ай бұрын

@@SamTheBeardGuy Thank you 😊

Witch would be your personal preference, Noire or Grand Piano from Keyscape?

@SamTheBeardGuy

6 ай бұрын

Depends on the situation. Keyscape is big, if I wanted something more subtle I might do noire.

What versión is?🎉

Same Q as the keyscape, does this work as a standalone program and are both the pure and felt included in the noire piano

@SamTheBeardGuy

5 ай бұрын

I don't remember off the top of my head if noire works as standalone, I've never used it standalone. Both pure and felt come with it

@williamlandry5652

5 ай бұрын

@@SamTheBeardGuy yeah went ahead and purchased it, both the felt and pure are part of Noire and yes Noire is playable as a standalone program through KONTAK 7

Just got Noire because everyone’s raving about it. Mine doesn’t sound anything like yours out of the box. I went to some forums, and noticed many people say similar things. They listen to KZreadrs, get Noire, but it sounds muddier and more nasal. Any chance you can tell us what additional plugins you have on top of the Noire to get this warm and clear sound? Much appreciated🙏

@SamTheBeardGuy

4 ай бұрын

I don't have any additional plugins. I'm not quite sure what is people's issue, I just plug it in and start playing haha.

@historicpix

4 ай бұрын

@@SamTheBeardGuyThanks so much for responding quickly! That’s so interesting. Will have to dig a bit deeper then, cause mine sounds wildly different out of the box. Love your sound, so I wonder if I have wrong DAW settings or something. In any case. Thanks for replying!🙏

@angelvoicemusic

27 күн бұрын

This happened to me quite often. Assessing a piano sound just by hearing it online is almost impossible. You have to play it. I own noire and I never use it. The best by far is The Grandure. I play concerts and produce tracks every day with it. The fact that it is cheap, just 49 bucks, maybe scare people off bying it or even just checking it out. Many of us already own it inside a bundle and just don't know it.

Do they bring any new sounds or refine the current one? Or are they the same as always?

@SamTheBeardGuy

5 ай бұрын

I'm not sure actually, it's felt the same to me for the past few years. But it's still great.

6:33 reminds me of Minecraft music

@SamTheBeardGuy

5 ай бұрын

Considering Minecraft is one of the best games ever created, I'll take it.

lovely playing as always - can you explain a little about why D flat is the best scale for you? (and why not c sharp?) for a non pianists like me, it´s much more convinient to noodle in a minor, but as I´m noodling right now in D flat, it´s got something nice about it, too - which I can´t explain atm...

@SamTheBeardGuy

6 ай бұрын

Idk haha, I've just always vibed with it. Might be placebo, but I just like it. There might be some science out there, but I think that stuff is kinda iffy

@kelvindominick8184

6 ай бұрын

IV used D flat alot for me and I'd probably put some money on this. It's an easy key to noodle. For someone with 20 years experience than it probably doesn't matter but that's probably why back long ago ha as for me with only 4 years experience it's easy to navigate like a few keys with black notes. But I could be wrong.

your playing sounds like a track from the sims (the first game)

No. I already have it in Komplete 14 Collector's Edition.

Step 1: Buy Native Instruments Noire 😃 Step 2: Learn to play like beardy man 😭

Can we get that particles engine as an effect to use on anything?