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Topic: Morphing - my early impression

The instruments I own are the Steinway D, K2, Hohner & Bluthner.  After a few minutes experimenting, I came across a great mix of the Bluthner Cinematic, the Clavinet D6 Growl, and the Erard Close Mic.  I'm really happy with my collection of instruments.  I have lots of other VSTi and hardware I can mix and match as well but this is going to be great for a cinematic style piano.  Throw in Phrasebox driving Chromaphone 3 through a delay/reverb and we are deep into... something.

FYI:  52:18:48 is one percentage/ratio I was playing with.  I also turned down the impedence on the Clav to reduce its sustain.
These mixes are going to be highly subjective and vary greatly among sound systems.  This could sound appalling to someone else.

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Re: Morphing - my early impression

Love the way the growl introduces some tasteful saturation - should be great for those FX you mention. I could hear it in mind for some music I like to record.

Also tried those same instruments as layers as well as morphed with different mix amounts - thanks for this interesting combo Cellomangler.

Pianoteq Studio Bundle (Pro plus all instruments)  - Kawai MP11 digital piano - Yamaha HS8 monitors

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Re: Morphing - my early impression

Qexl wrote:

Love the way the growl introduces some tasteful saturation....

Yes... that's what I was going for.  With Pianoteq and most sample libraries - for me - the sound comes across a bit synthetic because it is so clean.  The imperfections - or some type of harmonic distortion - created by the particular wood housing, the interaction with the floor, etc, is always lacking.  I tend to add some type of saturation vst to "fatten" the sound.  I should try some impulse responses sometime or experiment with making my own to taste.  The trick is not to blur the excellent sound and character of Pianoteq but to just add that certain something.  And everyone's mileage will vary.

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