Topic: Mic positions.... Embertone Steinway

Can Pianoteq emulate these mics and their positions from the link below?

https://www.embertone.com/instruments/s...D.php#MICS

If you read at the bottom of the page, here's the text:

Default
Mics: AKG C414 XLS, ORTF Stereo
Position: 2 ft off the side lip at the curve of the piano.
Qualities: Balanced piano/room tone with a beautiful twinkly high register and tamed low end. Vibrant and hearty with enough air space to breathe.

Close
Mics: Neumann U87, A/B Stereo (Omni)
Position: 6 in off the strings
Qualities: Extremely intimate and warm with very little room ambience. Rich with string reverberance while capturing all the subtle mechanical sounds.

Hammer
Mics: Superlux S241/U3, X/Y Stereo
Position: 1 ft above pointed directly at the hammers.
Qualities: Punchy and percussive dynamics, great for pop/rock music.
Room
Mics: Schoeps CMC 6, A/B Stereo (Cardioid)
Position: 6 ft away 8ft high, pointing towards the inside of the lid from the audience perspective.
Qualities: More room ambience and reverb coloration while allowing the piano to fully resonate into the room. Great for achieving a traditional/classical sound in a concert hall or recital setting.

Wide Perspective
Mics: Modified Oktava Mk012, A/B Stereo (Omni)
Position: 1 ft from the piano at the player’s perspective, spaced at the full width of the keyboard.
Qualities: An experimental mic pair capturing an ultra-wide stereo image with a unique and enveloping character.

Binaural Perspective
Mics: Stereo binaural dummy head (affectionately named Bruce)
Position: 2ft from the the keyboard at the player’s perspective.
Qualities: Realistic spatialization, especially when listened through headphones.

I'm giving it a try on my Pianoteq 6 STD...

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Re: Mic positions.... Embertone Steinway

It seems like your link is pointing to an error page…

You can reproduce all the miking techniques you want with Pianoteq, and you can place the microphones anywhere around the piano.

Here, the complete list of Pianoteq microphones: http://modelling-audio-expert.com/list-...crophones/

(Superlux and Oktava are not yet available)

We have already written an article about the AB position, here, if it helps you: http://modelling-audio-expert.com/recor...icrophone/

We will soon write about ORTF, XY, NOS, MS, etc.