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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Are the sustain pedal noises too "bright"?]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<div class="quotebox"><cite>Jake Johnson wrote:</cite><blockquote><div class="quotebox"><cite>CelestialNikko wrote:</cite><blockquote><p>This might just be me but I feel like the pedal noise sounds bright and almost &quot;harsh&quot; in the high end and somewhat mid end boosted compared to what say an actual grand would sound like in person. </p><p>(edit: it could be that I have only tried out a Yamaha C5X and a Steinway Model S in person)</p><p>Ive eliminated all possibilities of it being my hardware (ATH-R30X with correction) or other plugins</p><p>This seems to be most prevalent on the Kawai SK-EX and only a bit on the Steinway Model B, and out of all 3 pianos I own the Bosendorfer seems have the most realism out of the bunch but it still varies by preset.</p><br /><p>This might be up to personal preference (likely) honestly but if you have any thoughts or ideas about this feel free to reply.</p></blockquote></div><br /><br /><p>By &quot;the pedal noise,&quot; do you mean the mechanical sound of the pedal being depressed, or the sound of the sustained notes?</p></blockquote></div><p>By the pedal noise i mean the mechanical sound of it when all the dampers leave the strings. (by contrast the sustained notes themselves sound lovely.)</p>]]></content>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Are the sustain pedal noises too "bright"?]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<div class="quotebox"><cite>CelestialNikko wrote:</cite><blockquote><p>This might just be me but I feel like the pedal noise sounds bright and almost &quot;harsh&quot; in the high end and somewhat mid end boosted compared to what say an actual grand would sound like in person. </p><p>(edit: it could be that I have only tried out a Yamaha C5X and a Steinway Model S in person)</p><p>Ive eliminated all possibilities of it being my hardware (ATH-R30X with correction) or other plugins</p><p>This seems to be most prevalent on the Kawai SK-EX and only a bit on the Steinway Model B, and out of all 3 pianos I own the Bosendorfer seems have the most realism out of the bunch but it still varies by preset.</p><br /><p>This might be up to personal preference (likely) honestly but if you have any thoughts or ideas about this feel free to reply.</p></blockquote></div><br /><p>By &quot;the pedal noise,&quot; do you mean the mechanical sound of the pedal being depressed, or the sound of the sustained notes?</p>]]></content>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>This might just be me but I feel like the pedal noise sounds bright and almost &quot;harsh&quot; in the high end and somewhat mid end boosted compared to what say an actual grand would sound like in person. </p><p>(edit: it could be that I have only tried out a Yamaha C5X and a Steinway Model S in person)</p><p>Ive eliminated all possibilities of it being my hardware (ATH-R30X with correction) or other plugins</p><p>This seems to be most prevalent on the Kawai SK-EX and only a bit on the Steinway Model B, and out of all 3 pianos I own the Bosendorfer seems have the most realism out of the bunch but it still varies by preset.</p><br /><p>This might be up to personal preference (likely) honestly but if you have any thoughts or ideas about this feel free to reply.</p>]]></content>
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