Ravel™
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Ravel
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K. OKUDA
This is cool!
It makes me feel like I want to play forever.
L. Brown
Great Sound!
Great Sound!
N. O'Donnell
Hmmm
I’ve not seen mixed reviews like this before on a UA plug-in. I kind of understand why. It’s very realistic, lovely to play by itself or with a piano vocal, but in a dense mix it just doesn’t hold. There is too much room even in the close mics. I think I know what the team was going for but they missed the mark on the practicalities of it sitting in a mix. If you you are going to have multi mics you need you close mics to be almost bone dry and snappy to hold up in a full band mix. First UA plug I’ve not given a 5 star….what a bummer. I want to love this…unfortunately I can imagine it’d all need to be rethought and samples re-recorded in order for an update to really help.
h. Shin
Like Real !
specially High part feel so good !
S. Jamitzky
Great, but you need to tweak it.
The basic sound is very clean. You need to tweak it to make it sound great! It's possible! A little bit of soul is missing though.
A. Chamberlist
I think a number of people don't get this plugin...
I think the UA marketing team may have been asleep at the switch... The beauty of this plugin is the integration of the Ocean Way room with the piano. The room + piano IS the instrument. Criticisms of the plugin being too "roomy" don't wash when one considers the obvious intent. I purchased and I love it.
O. Kudin
Piano with soul!
I don't understand the hate for this product.
For me as a pianist and producer, this is one of the best VST instruments.
Yes, there are not many settings in it! Yes, this is minimalism.
Sometimes it seems to me that people are lazy and want everything to be ready "as if by magic". At the same time, they do not want to set up their own unique sound. Literally 50+ years ago, it took days to get the sound you want!
RAVEL sounds like a real Steinway that I've been playing for a very long time!
If you want to add cinematic and atmosphere - plugins to help you.
It's a raw instrument that can make a great track.
10/10
K. Jackson
ONE OF THE BEST PIANO'S
Sounds good !! Especially the reverse feature.
G. Merino
Disappointed
For the first time I have to make a bad review of a UA product. I don’t understand what happened here, this piano doesn’t feel natural, it’s sounds cheap, poor, weak, thin and roomy. I have many vst pianos and this one is the worst by far, totally unusable for me.
I have to say that I really like the GUI, is very simple and quick to set, only lacks a velocity curve adjustment (like the Electra, witch is awesome).
It’s a shame that the Ravel sounds so bad. I own every virtual instrument from UA and they’re great. I hope UAD take note about this and fix it.
R. Liano
Very average, 99% chance I'm never using it.
I wanted to love this but in a shootout with 5 other piano plug ins and five of us in the studio, this came in last. Lacks tweakability, very roomy sounding, glad I got it on sale so it's a less painful waste of money.
R. Kennedy
Get Pianoteq instead
Or maybe Keyscape if you can afford it (I e never tried it but it must be good at that price and it gets high ratings. Pianoteq is far better value for pianists - much more versatile and basically sounds better. Try both demos and you’ll agree. Ravel will appeal to the cinematic folk but not pianists. But as I say it is too expensive - ok at sale price though.
a. G. Santos
excellent timbre
Very good piano, the timbre is excellent; only problem is that the license only releases online.
A. UEBEL
Amazing Piano RAVEL
Merci au TEAM Universal Audio
pour ce Piano RAVEL de très bonne facture et qualité
I. Matmati
More detailed than any other I could listen to
The texture of sound is very ok. And contrary to many others VST for Steinway (Pianoteq, Arturia, etc.) you don't have this clumsy sound in the 3rd octave. Some find it too roomy. Not in my book. The "dry" VST I could test are weird because the sound is unnatural and adding a reverb does not really change the basic tone. Maybe it's a lack of harmonics, don't know. Anyway, for the price this one is really a bargain and the most pleasing one for jazz sound.
V. German
Great grand piano!
Great grand piano, fits well in the mix, punchy sound. Not quite right for jazz, but good for pop and rock music
V. German
Great grand piano!
Great grand piano, fits well in the mix, punchy sound. Not quite right for jazz, but good for pop and rock music
J. Anaka
Ok But Not Great
hard to complain at 59.00 has a few presets that are okay if you are looking for distant tones.
M. TRAP
Not a great piano
This is my opinion and nothing more.
I've found this piano really poor in combinations and possibilities......no great sound as i aspected....
Sorry uad ;)
P. Searles
Gorgeous
I enjoy an old upright as much as a Steinway. They just make different music. This piano is gorgeous and different to others. It has more of a realistic space than Keyscape and my favourite Pianoteq model, the Steingraeber. I find it richer and more musical in the resonance, and much more expressive. The big test was slamming them all into a Fairchild and in this case Ravel blew the others away It was still alive and expressive and sounded even better. The vst world is full of piano geeks of course, but as a composer who writes a lot of piano music for ads, this thing is beautiful. I'll still use different pianos for different jobs but I really love this one. Another win for UAD.
L. Sun
Worse
The sound is not very good. And UA's no refund policy makes customers very unhappy.
