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Topic: Moon River (U4 Tall Concert, Pianoteq 8.4)

This song is one of my all time favorites. Even so, this release is a bit of an accident — while working on some other pieces to share I interleaved this into one of my practice sessions earlier this month, and this take came out so nicely on the U4 that I just had to release it and share with all y'all. I'm quite relaxed with the tempo to start, and I also had some fun with the ornaments (not sure why those fell to hand, but I like them). I very much enjoyed how the U4 fills out the soundscape as the piece progresses; to me it fits perfectly with the nostalgia & wistfulness I feel when performing this song.

Listen on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/kerri-shotts/moon-river-2025
Listen on YouTube: https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=xHnrv...pc9Jk1mBQZ
Also available on Apple Music, Spotify, et al: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/kerri...moon-river

Mastering Chain using Logic 11.1 Pro:
PianoTeq 8.4 (modified U4 Tall Concert, 60db)
Compressor (Vintage VCA, -40db threshold, 1.3 ratio, 0.7 knee, 26ms attack, 48ms release, -12db auto gain)
Quantec Room Simulator (Based on one of the QRS Classics Concert Halls, IIRC, Quantec YardStick, 1.6s, 10^4 m^3 room size, dry 0db, reverb delay 100ms, 1st reflection -26db, reverb level -12db)
Linear EQ (Low Cut 50hz)
Normalized to -1db

Cheers,
~Kerri

Pianoteq 8, Organteq 2, Yamaha NU1X, Yamaha P515

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Reply by Pianoteqenthusiast

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Re: Moon River (U4 Tall Concert, Pianoteq 8.4)

KerriS wrote:

This song is one of my all time favorites. Even so, this release is a bit of an accident — while working on some other pieces to share I interleaved this into one of my practice sessions earlier this month, and this take came out so nicely on the U4 that I just had to release it and share with all y'all. I'm quite relaxed with the tempo to start, and I also had some fun with the ornaments (not sure why those fell to hand, but I like them). I very much enjoyed how the U4 fills out the soundscape as the piece progresses; to me it fits perfectly with the nostalgia & wistfulness I feel when performing this song.

Listen on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/kerri-shotts/moon-river-2025
Listen on YouTube: https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=xHnrv...pc9Jk1mBQZ
Also available on Apple Music, Spotify, et al: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/kerri...moon-river

Mastering Chain using Logic 11.1 Pro:
PianoTeq 8.4 (modified U4 Tall Concert, 60db)
Compressor (Vintage VCA, -40db threshold, 1.3 ratio, 0.7 knee, 26ms attack, 48ms release, -12db auto gain)
Quantec Room Simulator (Based on one of the QRS Classics Concert Halls, IIRC, Quantec YardStick, 1.6s, 10^4 m^3 room size, dry 0db, reverb delay 100ms, 1st reflection -26db, reverb level -12db)
Linear EQ (Low Cut 50hz)
Normalized to -1db


Thank you again Kerri for beautiful playing, great interpretation. Wonderful slow intro and from about 1,50 coming the growing sublime middle part, then a very nice ending. Interesting that you continue to use U4. I like that, you get so nice sound from it.
Always nice to listen to you playing.

Best wishes,

Stig

Reply by carmelo.paolucci

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Re: Moon River (U4 Tall Concert, Pianoteq 8.4)

KerriS wrote:

This song is one of my all time favorites. Even so, this release is a bit of an accident — while working on some other pieces to share I interleaved this into one of my practice sessions earlier this month, and this take came out so nicely on the U4 that I just had to release it and share with all y'all. I'm quite relaxed with the tempo to start, and I also had some fun with the ornaments (not sure why those fell to hand, but I like them). I very much enjoyed how the U4 fills out the soundscape as the piece progresses; to me it fits perfectly with the nostalgia & wistfulness I feel when performing this song.

Listen on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/kerri-shotts/moon-river-2025
Listen on YouTube: https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=xHnrv...pc9Jk1mBQZ
Also available on Apple Music, Spotify, et al: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/kerri...moon-river

Mastering Chain using Logic 11.1 Pro:
PianoTeq 8.4 (modified U4 Tall Concert, 60db)
Compressor (Vintage VCA, -40db threshold, 1.3 ratio, 0.7 knee, 26ms attack, 48ms release, -12db auto gain)
Quantec Room Simulator (Based on one of the QRS Classics Concert Halls, IIRC, Quantec YardStick, 1.6s, 10^4 m^3 room size, dry 0db, reverb delay 100ms, 1st reflection -26db, reverb level -12db)
Linear EQ (Low Cut 50hz)
Normalized to -1db


Dear Kerry,

Your Rock! I'm still dreaming on your nostalgic and sweet notes of Moon River...
I've always liked this song but you play it really in a superlative, melancholic way. It's like a dear friend who comes back to visit you after 30 years... so many memories.
Thanks for sharing it.
Greetings from Italy
Carmelo