inside a steinway

exploring the new garritan steinway virtual piano… part 1

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21 Responses to “inside a steinway”

  1. Julian Says:

    Nice!
    Are you using kontakt as sample player?

  2. Tomek Says:

    The piano sounds a little bit like low-pass filtered. Is it just my perception or was it on purpose to make it sound softer?

  3. Funboy Says:

    hey, that reminds me of a certain melody…could it be that this snippet in some way has been influenced by the Lost Woods-theme from the RPG The Legend of Zelda-Twilight Princess :D ?!
    But nice indeed!

  4. talex Says:

    Absolutely atypical for you, One does not recognise you at all, But one proves against sometimes that it is no matter what you do, It well sounds!

  5. Rolf Says:

    @julian: no, the steinway has its own player

    @tomek: thats the sound of a piano :) listen to classic recordings… its not the “pop piano” sound we are used to hear in the radio… but you are right - its too soft, too realistic for dense pop songs

    @funboy: by WHAT ??? you are talking about a game arent you ? no, sorry, didnt play that

  6. boka Says:

    nice! I’ve just been over a recording session in which the pianist brought a Yamaha P-80…its sound is absolutely no better than this sample library! good stuff!

  7. Timon Says:

    this snippet is ok, but nothing special to me.
    in my ears, the drums doesnt fit to the piano.
    the piano melody sounds like me sitting on my piano and thinking about what to do next…

  8. Tomek Says:

    @Timon: When listening to it try to imagine yourself relaxing on a big sofa ;)

  9. Funboy Says:

    Yes, it´s a (very popular) game, but don´t mind ;) it was just a thought of me :)

  10. da Says:

    Nice piano sound!
    I think its very boring to here 3 times the same akkord. I like the interlude between 32 sec. and 42 sec.After the interlude you shouldn’t play the same, with more variations it could be a nice piano track ;-)

  11. Xanderrah Says:

    Hi Rolf,

    finde Deine Sachen klasse, wirklich gute Piano Sequenz!

    Da fiel mir direkt eine Sache ein, die ich irgendwie schon immer gerne wissen wollte… :)

    Würdest Du bitte verraten, von welchem Synthesizer waren die “Dance-Piano” Sounds welche Du bei deinen früheren Produktionen (z.B. im Track “Experience, etc..”) verwendet hast?

    Dachte früher, es wäre der M1 Piano Sound, aber der hat diesen hellen Metallischen “Seitenanschlag” nicht, welcher den Klang so klar macht.

    Oder war vielleicht etwas aus einer Akai Library?

    LG
    Xanderrah

  12. Rolf Says:

    Die meisten “akustischen” Sounds habe ich damals aus Rolands geholt… angefangen mit meinem ersten Keyboard D10 gefolgt vom JD 990 bis zum JV 1080… die hatten immer schon dieses helle, poppige Klavier welches ich damals bevorzugt habe (setzt sich auch schön durch die fette Basswand durch). Zeitbedingt würde ich jetzt mal auf den JD 990 tippen für Experience.

  13. boka Says:

    JV-1080 is great, that was my first synth!!! :) Rolf, do you know anything about the SR-JV expansions? I quite like the Vintage card demo but im not sure its worth that much money…

  14. Xanderrah Says:

    Oh ja, dankeschön für deine Antwort, Rolf!

    Roland Synthesizer waren damals meistens die beste Wahl. Du hattest schon immer einen guten Geschmack :)
    JV-1080 - ein klasse Expander seiner Zeit, sah zwar etwas unscheinbar aus so auf den ersten Blick, die Sounds waren aber wirklich überzeugend und sind sogar bis heute noch ganz brauchbar, finde ich.

    Liebe Grüße

  15. Rolf Says:

    @boka: i liked the vintage card as in those days but i dont think that these cards with their tiny memory are worth a lot nowadays… same goes for the other cards… can remeber “drums n bass” which had a cool drumkit… but today there are better kits with every sequencer

  16. 4th Level Says:

    Gefällt mir gut. Hat son touch moby.

  17. 4th Level Says:

    Polarnacht 101. Interessanter Name dafür …

  18. KristallFire Says:

    This is the Reason why i Love Rofl
    Mixing Techno with Piano in a well done Way

  19. christopher Says:

    nice sound… but, man, what a beautiful track.
    you have to put that on the album!!!

  20. fotosash Says:

    Its monoton like the tracks from D.Bohlen :) just speed it up and bring in more live

  21. Imre Says:

    ohh i like at - 0:20 how the drums steped out to give more space to the piano again

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