Rock piano

[bdodds]

Yeah, dialing in even just a little more high mids and highs will allow the higher frequencies to come out and your ear will pull the rest to the forefront. every band situation is different though, because usually you're fighting the guitars for audio spectrum, and depending on their tone they could be in different places as well. In my band when our guitarist uses a full, saturated tone I tend to dial up my highs, and when he uses a higher lead tone I emphasize the mids more, always seems to work.. The other issue is arrangement, if it's originals you're playing, you'll want to arrange the playing in such a way that the two instruments aren't competing too much for attention.. unless the piano is the driving force I'll drop back and fill the empty space more.. Just some ideas that may or may not be obvious and already considered.

[Freak out]

Hey, I made a Patch for "Great balls of fire". But you can use it for more rocknroll songs offcourse.
The patch uses The Grand Imperial Piano but with some effects and adjustments.

I hope it's usefull, i actually use it for Live playing.

• Greatballsoffire.mp3

[Frantz]

Thx ! your patch is here to illustrate the whole discussion, which I find very interesting.
It can be very frustrating when you have carefully prepared good sounding parts & sounds at home, and find out that they sound bad when playing with the band ! The NS2 turned out to be a great board for quick adjustments in many situations (it's made for it).

[Freak out]

Yeah indeed, in my opinion, i need to reduce the high tones to keep playing high parts really fast (well as i can) lol,
in normal settings it would sound verry high and annoying in the ears and especially on stage i guess....

But probably it's also a matther of own taste about it . Atleast we can adjust it our own way, we only can try to
help eachother out with making great sounds for live use.

[bdodds]

yes, though like it's been said, it's probably just as good to know the tricks other people use so that you can adjust on-the-fly. That all being said, a quality sound guy goes a long way.

[romelio]

To boogie woogie I used the "Upright BlueSwede" ... compared with all other pianos and that's what pleased me most, after a modified equalization or other live

[dersidc]

Nice suggestions!