All user reviews of 2/5 for the Steinberg The Grand 2

- How long have you use it?

A few hours testing.

- What is so special that you like most and least?

The big +:
-> The sound is really convincing when properly adjusted. (128 votes - 5sec)

The big big -:
-> The sustain pedal is unmanageable. It only works in off mode. (And if tamping is released very quickly and the pedal, the sound continues to die ...) I do not understand how a mistake could go as big. Unable to play classical and more.

- Have you tried many other models before buying it?

YES! in sound is the most convincing of VSTi that I know of to date.

- How would you rate the quality / price?

No comment.

- With experience, you do again this choice? ...

No, I will continue to play with the sound of my Yam - P90 while waiting for a home that allows me the coming of a real piano. The problem of PEDAL SOUSTAIN is a nightmare. This could have been the virtual piano. Finally ca ... like nothing Pianists, go your way!

I used this program for a few months a while back. I don't really have great things to say about it. Firstly, you need to have a dongle with this software. The registration process is very overly complicated, and I had to spend hours figuring out how to get this thing to even run on my computer. After conversations with tech support, I finally got it going even though I had to use an annoying dongle. The installation also took a while - the samples are very big in this program. Usually that's a good thing if you have the space for it, you would think that the piano sounds of a higher quality. I have used a bunch of other piano softwares, and this one doesn't really stack up to the others. Maybe you can get it to sound natural if you are a MIDI wizard, but if you're just an average person with a home studio this program will probably scream Fake Piano. It seems to respond in a weird way to velocity changes coming from your midi keyboard where other programs don't. You are also fairly limited in the piano sound you get. A bunch of other competitors offer you options to change the sound of the piano a lot, but not so much here. I also wish you could change the distance of the "microphones", because that is very important to be able to control in a recording. This also adds to the piano sticking out like a sore thumb. I feel this is overpriced and disappointing. I would probably try a different one like Native Instruments Akoustik Piano, I had good results with that one. I would not buy it again, I sold it to a friend after using it for a while.