While I’m not a pianist, I’ve certainly done a fair amount of piano programming as well as lot of research looking for that perfect piano sound. On today's episode I compare ten (yes ten!) piano libraries with examples from meditation to jazz and Beethoven to Debussy.

Plus in my Year of Taxi update, we check in on any returns or forwards and take a listen to this week’s submission which is a Stranger Things-inspired synth tension cue, and then I give my thoughts a Cuban salsa cue written by another longtime 52 Cues Community Member, Enrico Caporale (https://soundcloud.com/user-542988836).

Watch this episode on YouTube!
https://youtu.be/3xQnNDvUYIg

00:00 - Intro & Welcome
02:16 - Year of Taxi Check-In
16:23 - 10 Piano VSTs Compared
01:08:47 - Join the 52 Cues Community!
01:10:02 - Salsa Huevo En Barbita," by Enrico Caproale
01:17:22 - Outro & How You Can Support 52 Cues!

All Is Well - Music for Meditation by Shannon Kropf
https://open.spotify.com/album/69hUKqypKHV5o27jadtPc7

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