This video demonstrates them all in 25-second intervals:
Watch on youtube.com
AllanH wrote:Thanks Chuck from "Down Under"... love your work! Reckon you had a lot of fun doing this.
Before I purchased a Piano3, and 6 months later an Electro6, I visited many of your reviews/clips as well as researched this beaut forum. This gave me a lot of confidence in my choice of instruments and I'm certainly not disappointed
Personally my favourite is the Shigeru Kawai.
cheers, Allan.
SteveNordP3 wrote:Thanks Chuck. How specifically were these recorded in terms of signal path and DAW; e.g., flat EQ both at the Nord and DAW? Pre-amps (if so, what brand/settings)? Etc.
Thanks!
PianoManChuck wrote:SteveNordP3 wrote:Thanks Chuck. How specifically were these recorded in terms of signal path and DAW; e.g., flat EQ both at the Nord and DAW? Pre-amps (if so, what brand/settings)? Etc.
Thanks!
The performance was captured in MIDI format using a DAW. From there, the following process was repeated 11 times:
- Load the specific piano sample into the NP4 (the largest available, which was either XL or LRG).
- The MIDI performance was sent to the MIDI IN of the NP4 so that it could be 'played back' using the chosen sample.
- While the sample was being 'played back', it was captured onto its own stereo AUDIO track in the DAW using the L+R line outputs.
NOTE: Only a slight reverb (Stage, setting 3.4) was used on each.
Once the above was completed, it was a tedious editing job in a video editor dividing the video into 25-second samples, and muting out the 10 samples that weren't used in each 25-second segment.
I ended up with: 2 video tracks, 12 audio tracks (11 stereo audio tracks for the pianos + 1 Microphone track for the vocal), 3 text tracks (title, captions, scrolling, etc).
While the video looks simple enough, and while it all makes sense to those who understand what I wrote above, it was still a long drawn-out process that took several days to complete. But the final video came out as well as (if not better than) I expected!
Cheers!
SteveNordP3 wrote:Agree - it looks simple but was quite a process. Thanks for doing it.
So - other than some slight reverb from the NP4, the audio is not EQ’d in any way and just goes straight from the NP4 L/R outs to your DAW L/R ins - no pre-amps, no other signal processing?
Spider wrote:Great job Chuck, nice playing and really useful!
My personal favourites are the Silver for a bright sound and the Velvet for a soft one, but it's surprising to hear how good some of the oldies sound even in the direct comparison!
On the other hand, the more I hear the Italian grand the less I like it (unfortunately, as I AM Italian!), it sounds totally lifeless to me.
Thanks again!
SteveNordP3 wrote:PianoManChuck wrote:SteveNordP3 wrote:Thanks Chuck. How specifically were these recorded in terms of signal path and DAW; e.g., flat EQ both at the Nord and DAW? Pre-amps (if so, what brand/settings)? Etc.
Thanks!
The performance was captured in MIDI format using a DAW. From there, the following process was repeated 11 times:
- Load the specific piano sample into the NP4 (the largest available, which was either XL or LRG).
- The MIDI performance was sent to the MIDI IN of the NP4 so that it could be 'played back' using the chosen sample.
- While the sample was being 'played back', it was captured onto its own stereo AUDIO track in the DAW using the L+R line outputs.
NOTE: Only a slight reverb (Stage, setting 3.4) was used on each.
Once the above was completed, it was a tedious editing job in a video editor dividing the video into 25-second samples, and muting out the 10 samples that weren't used in each 25-second segment.
I ended up with: 2 video tracks, 12 audio tracks (11 stereo audio tracks for the pianos + 1 Microphone track for the vocal), 3 text tracks (title, captions, scrolling, etc).
While the video looks simple enough, and while it all makes sense to those who understand what I wrote above, it was still a long drawn-out process that took several days to complete. But the final video came out as well as (if not better than) I expected!
Cheers!
Agree - it looks simple but was quite a process. Thanks for doing it.
So - other than some slight reverb from the NP4, the audio is not EQ’d in any way and just goes straight from the NP4 L/R outs to your DAW L/R ins - no pre-amps, no other signal processing?
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