if you were to ask my opinion i would say no it doesnt. it can do an ok FM piano. but thats about it. i dont think any analogue or virtual analogue synth ever sounds even remotely like a piano. i dont think any analogue/virtual analogue type isntrument is capable of replicating any authentic acoustic instrument sound. virus pianos...just dont feel or sound like real pianos. if you want a piano sound then sample playback synths are the way to go. best thing you can do is sample every god damn key at as many velocity intervals as you can on a real piano. hence why im interested in the alesis fusion which has a piano set on it that you just cannot replicate on a virus. but then again the virus isnt really trying to physically model acoustic sound sources. or make authentic sounding pianos. its strength is analog type sounds. synthetic sounds for the most part.
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