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1 Topic by Jake Johnson 17-12-2009 17:24

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Topic: Experiment: Low impedance and low lid

Uploaded these experimental files demonstrating the results of using a nearly closed lid and setting the Soundboard impedance to its minimum value. May be of interest: The sustain is reduced a bit, but still valid, and the timbre changes quite a bit: a little more of a close-up feel? Listen to the decay--I hear the individual strings more?

(My sustain pedal is locked to cc 4 in the fxp. You MAY have to attach it to cc 64.)

Play around with the SS, mic positions, lid position, impedance, cutoff, and Q factor, and --um--everything else. (No note edits were done--this is the default YC5 Studio Close Mic preset with those elements changed globally.)

The mp3 and midi file are just to demonstrate the timbre. Just playing some chords at first to demonstrate the sound in various regions of the keyboard. At the start, the SS is low, at 200. At the end the SS is high, at 414.

http://www.forum-pianoteq.com/uploads.p...20file.mp3

http://www.forum-pianoteq.com/uploads.p...edance.fxp

http://www.forum-pianoteq.com/uploads.p...20file.mid

Last edited by Jake Johnson (17-12-2009 18:09)

2 Reply by Jake Johnson 17-12-2009 18:45

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Re: Experiment: Low impedance and low lid

Hate to add to my own post but:

1. The mic placement in this preset accidentally separates the notes more across the stereo field--the bass notes sound more to the left, the upper treble more to the right.

2. Try turning off the reverb and moving the Duplex scale slider to the right. Sweetens the sound some. But if you push it too far to the right, the sound of the entire instrument seems to back off. Which might be good for a reverb of sorts, but not what I originally intended.