Gilles wrote:One minor complaint : I feel when closing my eyes and listening through headphones, that the pianos are too far apart, and although it helps in separating both parts, real players must be closer together I suppose, and that destroys a bit the sense that this is a real piano duo.
Piet wrote:Far too much reverb, I think. It almost sounds as if this was recorded in one of those huge halls where they normally put aeroplanes to bed. Apart from the fact that this 'spacial hugeness' sounds a bit strange around just two pianos (to my ears anyway) and that it prevents the instruments from ever connecting with one another, it also has a rather negative influence on the musical texture and dynamics because plenty of detail seems to dissolve in the reverb-drenched sound before it is able to reach the listener.
And I agree with Gilles: there seems to be an awful lot of space between the two instruments as well.
Hello Gentlemen,
Your above observations are quite true in my mind as well: Especially when listening through headphones, the pianos sound way too far apart and they are bathed in too much liquid reverb.
Although I did use the Binaural settings, this was done on purpose to make an impact on YouTube viewers who simply watch and listen through conventional computer speakers. When listened through a conventional computer monitor setup, one hears each piano panned to left / right, and the reverb is not as nearly excessive as the performance sounds through good headphones.
In my opening statement, I specifically stated that no third party hardware (EQ, Reverb, Compression, etc) was used in this presentation. Personally my intended overuse of panning and reverb (especially when listening through headphones) points out the versatility of Pianoteq's reverb and microphone settings! It IS possible to pan things way too far left and way too far right, and to bathe the sound in far too much reverb -- especially when listened in headphones. I believe there was another thread where one correspondent was concerned he could not pan the piano quite as far to the left and right as he would have preferred.
However, when presenting to a worldwide audience via YouTube and conventional computer monitor speakers, the sound is more palpable.
If there is interest in hearing a different sonic perspective, just say so, and I shall prepare a version that brings the pianos' sounds much closer together and in a more intimate surrounding.
Thank you very much for your responses so far. Additional thoughts and comments from other members are sincerely encouraged and welcomed. What a great forum this is that we are free to speak our hearts and minds.
Cheers,
Joe
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