Need some help with post production eq, effects etc ....

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Hello,

Can someone please suggest the most effective way to use outboard gear such
as EQ, reverb etc ... to get a digital recreation of an original piano to
sound similar ? Please listen to the 2 short samples.

http://members.shaw.ca/sivlee/danny_boy_original.mp3

http://members.shaw.ca/sivlee/danny_boy_recreation.mp3

The only outboard gear I have is a Lexicon LXP-1 reverb, TASCAM M-30 mixer
(with mid and low sweep eq and high 12.5 khz fixed), a dbx 118 compressor
and an open reel 4 track recorder.

I wish to get the "recreation" to have a similar "color" as the original.
I'd appreciate any suggestions that you may offer.

Thank you in advance.

~Daniel

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"Daniel" <NotReal@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Hello,
>
> Can someone please suggest the most effective way to use outboard gear
> such as EQ, reverb etc ... to get a digital recreation of an original
> piano to sound similar ? Please listen to the 2 short samples.
>
> http://members.shaw.ca/sivlee/danny_boy_original.mp3
>
> http://members.shaw.ca/sivlee/danny_boy_recreation.mp3
>
> The only outboard gear I have is a Lexicon LXP-1 reverb, TASCAM M-30 mixer
> (with mid and low sweep eq and high 12.5 khz fixed), a dbx 118 compressor
> and an open reel 4 track recorder.
>
> I wish to get the "recreation" to have a similar "color" as the original.
> I'd appreciate any suggestions that you may offer.
>

That's a very dull sounding original so a low pass (or hi cut) filter with a
knee around 800Hz and a little resonance at the knee for one will get you
started. You have a lot more reverb on your recreation. The original sounds
very dry.

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"Steve Ryan" <snospamryan@tendb.com> wrote in message
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> You didn't mention what the re-creation source was.
> Sounds to me like a keyboard (kurzweil?). Most keyboards
> and sound modules have reverb enabled on their piano
> patches. This is better for performing but not for recording.
> Find a way to turn it off during recording and add it
> later. If this isn't the case and you've added the reverb
> in the re-creation then you've added too much. It's
> nearly impossible to remove reverb from a piano sound.
> Removing high frequency can help a little but it's far better
> to start with a 'dry' source (meaning no reverb).
>
> Most keyboards and sound modules are setup for performance
> and have all kinds of effects (reverb, modulation, chorusing
> ....) enabled in their factory patches. I always start by
> disabling all that and just recording the raw sample. I wish
> the mfg's would include a set of patches that were dry...
> and I wish I had a million dollars too.
>

Assuming he has access to a number of patches most units should have patches
that are closer to the original one than he is using. He's using a very
bright patch and the original (a real piano that was miked) has a much
duller sound. He should try one of the patches marked "dark" or "soft" if it
has one and/or turn down any "brightness" parameters on the piano unit.

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In article <_L94e.897096$8l.732705@pd7tw1no>, Daniel
<NotReal@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Can someone please suggest the most effective way to use outboard gear such
> as EQ, reverb etc ... to get a digital recreation of an original piano to
> sound similar ?


Get a nice piano recording and A - B it with yours. Then futz around
with yours until you get it as close as you can to the real one.
Comparing it directly with what you are looking can be a great help.
(Not that it will necessarily make your digital piano sound like a real
one.)




David Correia
Celebration Sound
Warren, Rhode Island

CelebrationSound@aol.com
www.CelebrationSound.com

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"Arny Krueger" <arnyk@hotpop.com> wrote in message
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> "Daniel" <NotReal@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:_L94e.897096$8l.732705@pd7tw1no
>> Hello,
>>
>> Can someone please suggest the most effective way to use outboard
>> gear such as EQ, reverb etc ... to get a digital recreation of an
>> original piano to sound similar ? Please listen to the 2 short
>> samples.
>>
>> http://members.shaw.ca/sivlee/danny_boy_original.mp3
>>
>> http://members.shaw.ca/sivlee/danny_boy_recreation.mp3
>>
>> The only outboard gear I have is a Lexicon LXP-1 reverb, TASCAM M-30
>> mixer (with mid and low sweep eq and high 12.5 khz fixed), a dbx 118
>> compressor and an open reel 4 track recorder.
>>
>> I wish to get the "recreation" to have a similar "color" as the
>> original. I'd appreciate any suggestions that you may offer.
>
> You no doubt loaded these recordings onto a PC to make the MP3 files.
> Why not use PC software that has equalization built-in? I'm thinking
> of software like Audacity or Goldwave, both of which you can obtain
> for free. Google will get you to the developer's download sites quite
> quickly.

Ok, thanks for the tips and I'm working on it BUT the sample I've provided
wasn't done by me. It's a collab work with someone else.

~Daniel

>

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"Steve Ryan" <snospamryan@tendb.com> wrote in message
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> You didn't mention what the re-creation source was.
> Sounds to me like a keyboard (kurzweil?). Most keyboards
> and sound modules have reverb enabled on their piano
> patches. This is better for performing but not for recording.
> Find a way to turn it off during recording and add it
> later. If this isn't the case and you've added the reverb
> in the re-creation then you've added too much. It's
> nearly impossible to remove reverb from a piano sound.
> Removing high frequency can help a little but it's far better
> to start with a 'dry' source (meaning no reverb).
>
> Most keyboards and sound modules are setup for performance
> and have all kinds of effects (reverb, modulation, chorusing
> ....) enabled in their factory patches. I always start by
> disabling all that and just recording the raw sample. I wish
> the mfg's would include a set of patches that were dry...
> and I wish I had a million dollars too.
>
> Good luck!

It's a "Bosendorfer 290 Piano sound". My collab partner told me that he
hadn't added any reverb but perhaps he didn't turn off what was in the
patch.

Thanks!

Daniel


>

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"david" <ihate@spamo.com> wrote in message
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> In article <_L94e.897096$8l.732705@pd7tw1no>, Daniel
> <NotReal@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> Can someone please suggest the most effective way to use outboard gear
>> such
>> as EQ, reverb etc ... to get a digital recreation of an original piano to
>> sound similar ?
>
>
> Get a nice piano recording and A - B it with yours. Then futz around
> with yours until you get it as close as you can to the real one.
> Comparing it directly with what you are looking can be a great help.
> (Not that it will necessarily make your digital piano sound like a real
> one.)

Alright, thank you.

~Daniel


>
>
>
>
> David Correia
> Celebration Sound
> Warren, Rhode Island
>
> CelebrationSound@aol.com
> www.CelebrationSound.com