Topic: Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 2. "Moonlight" Mvt 1
Over the last couple of weeks I've been very much enjoying Pianoteq's U4 piano model these days, and a recent post by Stig (Pianoteqenthusiast) prompted me to post this rendition of Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 2. "Moonlight Sonata": I. Adagio sostenuto. It's a bit on the quick side compared to most performances—I guess I had just a little too much caffeine to play it slow!
Listen on Soundcloud:
https://soundcloud.com/kerri-shotts/pia...-sostenuto
Performed on Yamaha NU1X; rendered with Pianoteq 8.3.2 w/ U4 Tall Concert as the base preset in Logic Pro 11. I removed the reverb on the preset and replaced with Logic's ChromaVerb (Cathedral) preset. I'm also using an adjusted piano curve to better separate melody and accompaniment and highlight some of the unique textures in this preset between soft and loud velocities. This probably only works with my playing style on my Yamaha NU1X, but if you're interested, here's the velocity curve:
Global Velocity = [0, 18, 41, 57, 73, 88, 102, 127; 0, 8, 29, 51, 69, 86, 98, 121]
Other changes on the preset include setting Key Release to -3db and Pedal noise to -2db, and additional microphones (two in the back of the U4 on either side, angled to point towards the instrument, and one pointing down from above) and the wall is moved back a bit to make room for the new mics. Last but not least, I've disabled the built-in limiter on the preset.
Logic Mastering Chain: Compressor (Vintage VCA, -40db threshold, 1.3:1 ratio, 0db make up, 0.7 knee, 26ms attack, 48ms release, -12db auto gain) -> Tape Delay (22.3ms) -> ChromaVerb (Cathedral, 0% Attack, 75% Size, 70% Density, 3.5s Decay, 85% Dry, 15% Wet) -> Linear EQ (50hz low cut)
~Kerri
Pianoteq 8, Organteq 2, Yamaha NU1X, Yamaha P515
