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Topic: Diapason 220hz

I've always liked the sound you get when halving the pitch of sampled pianos. So I tried it with Pianoteq. To my delight it sounds fab when you adjust the diapason setting to 220hz and transpose the midi notes up an octave.

It almost sounds like my old upright, especially with a bit of unison width added in for good measure.

Of course, you lose an octave at the upper end in the process, but it's a small price to pay for having a slightly different sound to play with.

Has anyone else messed around with the pitch at this lower setting, and do they like the sound?

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Re: Diapason 220hz

Yes I've noticed that transposing down the low notes in a sampled piano makes it sound beefier and more sonorous with more sustain - easy way to make it sound more like a Bosendorfer.    I haven't tried transposing Pianoteq yet - thanks for the idea.

Greg.

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Re: Diapason 220hz

Sounds interesting - I think I'll try it.

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Re: Diapason 220hz

skip wrote:

Yes I've noticed that transposing down the low notes in a sampled piano makes it sound beefier and more sonorous with more sustain - easy way to make it sound more like a Bosendorfer.    I haven't tried transposing Pianoteq yet - thanks for the idea.

Greg.

More sustain - which is what many sample renderings could use IMO.

I think with Pianoteq, more sustain isn't usually required - I usually change the impedance in the upper registers to make the sustain shorter.

I tried the experiment - the names of the files indicating what was done.  (I saved them as Layer 3 ACM, 44100 Hz, 160 kbps).  There is plenty of sustain - to the point of being muddy it seems.

http://www.box.net/shared/gsi2rayeki

http://www.box.net/shared/o59ucqm1id

Glenn

PS - both were rendered in Pianoteq with no reverb whatsoever.

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Re: Diapason 220hz

Yes I can hear a bit of upright character in the transposed version. Interesting.

Greg.