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House Piano?

Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2016 1:59 pm
by Leche
Um, I've been trying. Really really trying.

But I can't get a classic house piano preset. I want one like Umcaruje's "Slow Down", but can't seem to figure out how to make one.

Any help would be appreciated :)

Re: House Piano?

Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2016 2:37 pm
by Gps

Re: House Piano?

Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2016 4:52 pm
by Leche
Thanks, but not just any piano. A classic house piano.

I mean like this:
https://soundcloud.com/umcaruje/slow-down

Re: House Piano?

Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2016 9:42 pm
by umcaruje
Ok, so the soundfont is Equinox Grand Pianos, and its my basic go-to soundfont.

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The FX chain is fairly complex, here it is (ordered from left to right):

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The sidechain was actually bypassed later on, when rendering to stems.It's there for sidechain only, and it does not affect the sound. Why didn't I put it on the end? I have no idea, I should've done that.

The sound was also post-processed in bitwig afterwards, after it was rendered as a stem.

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Basically some stereo widening, transient control and more eq-ing. (sorry for the grayed out pic, I was too lazy to turn my audio engine on).

So for the 'house piano' sound you generally just want to have a heavily compressed piano sound, which has been EQ'd to sound very bright (see how I boosted a shitload of highs and mids). I actually limited the sound here (limiters are just highly specialized compressors) as I really like how limiters sound, just personal preferenece, and the fact that I have yet to become good at compression ;). I have to say that the piano in 'Slow Down' did not turn out as clean as I wanted it to, and that's probably because I went a bit too nuts with the effects.

Anyways, hope this was helpful.
Regards

Re: House Piano?

Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2016 10:18 pm
by Leche
Thanks a lot!

I just can't seem to find a download site for Equinox Grand Piano.

Re: House Piano?

Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2016 10:43 pm
by brandystarbrite
Leche wrote:Um, I've been trying. Really really trying.

But I can't get a classic house piano preset. I want one like Umcaruje's "Slow Down", but can't seem to figure out how to make one.

Any help would be appreciated :)
Yep.
It's always the House piano or Trance piano. 8-)
Which synth/plugin, were you trying to make the House Piano in Leche? :)

Re: House Piano?

Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2016 10:43 pm
by Leche
many different things.