Ravenscroft 275 Piano 4+

I bought this primarily because I often travel without a sustain pedal and this had a switch on the interface to turn sustain on, which makes playing keys much more enjoyable. However I was gobsmacked to notice that the sustain switch is only there in standalone mode and not when the app is used as an auv3! I have no idea why as there is plenty of room. If they thought it was a benefit in standalone, why would they remove in other modes? I’ve requested a refund…. The piano itself sounds nice.

Edit, after more playing around I see I can use inter midi app which has decent task switching between the piano and Cubasis and have access to the sustain pedal so I’m putting my rating up to 4stars. I can’t seem to cancel my refund request so will rebuy. It would still be much easier if UVI out the switch in the AU version! Piano itselF is lovely…

After a lot of research I bought Ravenscroft 275. Straight away I though it sounded great. To confirm this I compared it to a number of piano related apps and to hardware. Using AUM, I loaded Retro Piano, Pure Synth and used a Yamaha MODX8 to compare and contrast. Retro Piano doesn’t claim to be realistic but it’s good at what it does. The Pure Synth piano’s aren’t in the same league at all. The MODX came closest. Selecting my usual favourite I was surprised by how much better the Ravenscroft 275 is. Even making various tweaks I couldn’t get very close. Ravenscroft has more dynamic range, more velocity layers, a much richer sound, an authentic stereo audio field, sympathetic resonance and even damper noise if you want.
If you’re after a great sounding, authentic, piano sound, Ravenscroft 275 won’t disappoint.
It may be that the desktop version is even very slightly better, but it’s also a lot more money, and the difference is negligible.

( Further to what I wrote previously below, I have now placed the App into GarageBand, and the occasional scratch noise on releasing the sustain pedal on my midi controller keyboard, no longer happens. So this seems to be the way to go. ) Five stars for the App played via GarageBand and four stars when played stand-alone

It’s a wonderful piano sound but I have the ‘crackles’ problem mentioned by another user a year ago.
I too reported the matter sending UVI a demo video.
I had hoped that the latest update might have fixed the issue.
It crackles intermittently when taking foot off the sustain pedal.

Also, although not a fault as such, I have requested that an option be provided to ‘mute’ cc#7 volume as my controller keyboard sends out volume message that I don’t want the piano to action.
I note that another user has mentioned cc#7 as well. I would like the piano not to respond to volume messages aside from being able to fix a set volume by using the slider.
Please fix the crackle issue and consider the ‘volume control’ issue.
Just fixing the crackle will up my rating to five stars.