| Title: | * * Computer Music, MIDI, and Related Topics * * |
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A request for info on the Korg P3 piano module (on Usenet) caused me to
write about my current piano sound layering. I thought it might be of
interest to other people with less than perfect piano modules.
I've been meaning to post something about my current piano sound usage.
I've been using piano sounds for some reason lately, and I have taken
to layering the P3 (85%?) with an analog synthesizer (MKS-7, or
Matrix-1000) piano sound (15%?). This really gives it more body in a
way that EQ can't manage. I would use this on a recording of solo
classical piano music, where I would not use the P3 alone.
A devoted programmer could tweak the synth patch to match the
deficiencies of the piano module, e.g. adding hammer-strike.
Eirikur
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| 2392.1 | How Much is "The Most"? | DRUMS::FEHSKENS | len, EMA, LKG2-2/W10, DTN 226-7556 | Wed Jul 18 1990 10:12 | 18 |
Any ideas how to deal with the most frustrating "nonfeature" of the P3,
namely its lack of *timbral* response to velocity? The P3 just gets
lower in volume (like turning down a volume control) rather than also
getting "softer" (i.e., less relative high frequency content) as
velocity decreases. I suppose one could adopt Eirikur's technique,
EQ'ing the P3's "high end" into oblivion and using a parallel patch to
restore it as velocity increases, but EQ is a global (note number
independent) modification and this really wants to track the keyboard.
In the "good old days" of real men and analog synths, one might have had
access to a keyboard tracking filter, which would have dealt with this
properly. In fact, if the filter level was also velocity sensitive,
it would have solved the whole problem.
Am I asking too much of a $200 synthetic piano?
len.
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| 2392.2 | Korg Made The Poly 800, Too, Len | AQUA::ROST | Get up and get hip to the trip | Wed Jul 18 1990 10:51 | 1 |
Hey Len, read note 2393... | |||||
| 2392.3 | KEYS::MOELLER | I played TETRIS with ELVIS | Mon Aug 06 1990 14:45 | 12 | |
Even though I invested in a big-bux (at the time) Kurzweil module,
there have been a couple of pieces where I layered the piano sound
with a piano sound from the EMAX. The EMAX has a wonderful analog-y
feature which can map the velocity to the filter cutoff, giving a
very convincing brightness to loud notes.
So I certainly hear you regarding layering sounds with a piano
sound for fullness or punch or whatever.
BTW I'm BACK from Ultrix Focused Technical University in Raleigh N.C.
karl
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