Advice on producing and mixing keyboards, synths, samples, backing tracks?

[Metalus]

I currently use Xpand in Pro Tools, but some of the samples sound cheesy and fake. Is there a way of rectifying that? I was thinking of maybe varying velocities but im lost on how to do that effectively on Pro Tools. I've tried a few things like flattening the performance, but it doesn't seem to do much.

Our last resort is having someone else produce all the backing tracks for us, but financially that may not be feasible. Here is how Xpand currently sounds in our mix:

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Any and all tips on how to make Xpand sound better will be greatly appreciated

 

[RedDog]

Get different samples. Those are just... EDM.

 

[Metalus]

Any suggestions? Something in the $200-300 range thats excellent?

 

[ZanetheVocalist]

Pianissimo is a pretty good piano plugin for cheap, if you can spend a little more check out Alicia's Keys. A bit of overkill for this though. NI has some good stuff for a decent price.