I am a mess of overlooking the obvious today

Your piano sound in vid 2 sounds very sweet - well done I'd say!

OLD before above edit:

The second video is better to hear the piano. I think they are different (same, same.. but different). Vid 1 the piano seems to have little sustain compared to vid 2. Unfortunately, I can't spend too much more time or get much more in depth - but I think you can get quite close to a sound "like" these - but yes you might also need some DAW effects to get more exacting - which isn't unique to this.

If you are looking for the sound of the piano in the 2nd vid, I'd suggest a change to my first recommended tweaks - change Direct sound duration 4.13 back to default 1.00 (the piano in vid 2 has longer sustain - this helps with that in particular for a first thing to do to get closer).

There's some post production involved perhaps - there's really a universe of moving parts in getting closer to "exact" - which will include how you play (velocity curve tweak can help). You could take some of what's suggested above and play for MANY hours until you get closer but still, you'd likely want to get into a DAW to apply a chain of effects to get compression right after you get close enough in Pianoteq.

Still think Bluethner might be a good start (has some hints of those nice brassy ringing tones with sustained notes/chords).

[edit - I heard 2nd video, thought it was a changed link on vid 1 - doh]

Greg

I gave it a quick go based on your recommendations. This is where I currently sit. It sounds interesting to me, but not all that similar to the recording. I'll keep messing around!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHgldSK...e=youtu.be

EDIT: I'll leave my initial thought there, but on second listening, I guess the hammer thuds are rather muted - the piano is loud, but the attack timbres are muted, yes.

Greg

I really like Joe's suggestions too.

fun project - here's a list of things which might get you in that ball-park:

I'd begin with Bluethner Cinematic because of its aliquot strings and some other qualities which seem bendable towards this.

i
shorten strings to something like 1.30

ii
impedance 1.23

iii
Cutoff 1.29

iv
Q factor 0.63

v
Sympathetic resonance 2.15

vi
Aliquot strings 5.75

vii
Energy 0.10

viii
Unison Width 1.35

ix
Stretch 1.04

x
Direct sound duration 4.13

xi
Condition slider to 0.15

xii
Strike point try 1/4.7

xiii
Hammers Piano 0.21 / Mezzo 0.48 / Forte 0.79

xiv
Hammer noise 2.28

xv
Bloom 0.10

xvi
Inertia 0.56

and then I'm hearing something to work from. Try keeping your playing style (velocities) low or change your velocity curve to "fast keyboard", or "moderately fast keyboard" type, otherwise probably you'll get too much high tonal bite - the outcome can be attributed to how something is played sometimes as much as how similar the piano sound is.

Maybe not exacting but maybe you could try pulling down reverb, moving strike point more and I think you could get pretty close - hopefully that list is the key to the city - best of luck with it!

I was able to mimic the muted sound of the piano on the minecraft video by doing the following in Bluthner Cinematic using Pianoteq Pro.  The idea is to minimize the impact effect of hammer upon the steel string.:

Piano Preset:  Blüthner Cinematic
Hammer Noise:  Minimize to lowest possible value of all three Hammer Hardness settings.
Pickup Distance:  Set to Maximum value (2.00) for all notes.
Hammer Tine Noise:  Set to Minimum Value (-100db)
Damper Noise:  Set to Minimum Value (-100dB)
Key Release Noise:  Set to Minimum Value (-100dB)

Keyboard Velocity:  set to a maximum of about 6 for all velocities (0,6) to (127,6)
Dynamics Slider:  Reduce to ~15dB
Sustain Pedal Noise:  Set to Minimum Value

Cheers,

Joe

I'm trying to imitate the piano sound from some of the Minecraft tracks. Regardless of what I try, it keeps sounding a little too "present" (for lack of a better way to describe it).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZ47H84Bc_Q

Anyone have any ideas?

I have Pianoteq Standard /w :
Steinway Model D
K2 Grand
Steinway Model B
Bluthner Model 1
Grotrian Concert Royal
Steingraeber E-272
Electric Pianos

Thank you!