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Re: Practicing on Electric Pianos YouTube Video!
@Andrew Smith They have good price/quality ratio and are mostly relatively light. So if i had to carry it around quite a bit, i'd definitely look at the Casios.…
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5 mths ago
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Re: Practicing on Electric Pianos YouTube Video!
@Paul the MP11SE is not easy to calibrate for Pianoteq, if you use it only as a controller the VPC with its built-in Pianoteq calibration might suit you better. :)
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5 mths ago
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Re: Practicing on Electric Pianos YouTube Video!
Overall pretty happy with the Kawai VPC1 and Pianoteq here. The "Virtual Piano Controller" is an action-only keyboard, without any sounds or speakers, designed to control virtual instruments via Midi.…
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5 mths ago
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Re: Digital piano vs acoustic grand piano (Knabi 6' 11”)
With the Kawai VPC1 + Pianoteq i'm very happy. But i don't have to transport it and while it is a stagepiano/slab design, it is quite heavy. Before i had the Casio PX5S and this one is very…
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6 mths ago
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Re: Bach WTC Book 1 No. 8
@Katrina Wei i think it's widely considered the historically correct pitch. And for my feel it does the pieces very well, so much so that i think it must be true :)
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6 mths ago
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Re: Bach WTC Book 1 No. 8
beyond the key: if by chance you play or practise on a digital instrument then personally i highly recommend to (at least from time to time try out to) play Bach pieces at a = 415Hz.…
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6 mths ago
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Re: Resurgency: Your Mid-Year Practice Routine Boost!
Pls don't make my year one month shorter
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6 mths ago
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Re: A deep dive into the 9 basic articulations at the piano with Dominic Cheli
@Dominic Cheli You're welcome, helps me as well! Now with these settings it merely does not compress where your audio mostly was but the range above it.…
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10 mths ago
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Re: A deep dive into the 9 basic articulations at the piano with Dominic Cheli
@Dominic Cheli YW - did you get to it? i think it's more saturatedly recorded now than some i've watched, you've got still good potential to go. Watched the meters during the stream.…
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Rainer
10 mths ago
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Re: A deep dive into the 9 basic articulations at the piano with Dominic Cheli
Hi Dominic, wich software are you using to send the streams? Watched some older streams and could hardly get you loud enough on the laptop. If you still use same settings i'll look into it for you -…
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10 mths ago
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Re: Studio Set-up
@Darin Brady https://letmegooglethat.com/?q=how+to+cancel+tonebase "All plans come with a free trial period so you can experience tonebase before starting your paid membership of choice.…
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10 mths ago
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Re: Studio Set-up
@Darin Brady https://app.tonebase.co/piano/live/player/lisa-yui-beethoven-moonlight https://app.tonebase.co/piano/courses/player/seymour-bernstein-beethoven-moonlight-sonata https://app.tonebase.…
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10 mths ago
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Re: Studio Set-up
Did you mean this or was there another one? https://piano-community.tonebase.co/t/g9y3p1j/how-do-you-record-your-acoustic-piano
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10 mths ago
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Re: How Do You Record Your Acoustic Piano?
Hi, right now here's just a little sound demo for you with simply the smartphone put on top of the frame inside a baby grand. The tape shows where the phone (that also took the picture,…
Rainer Joos
Rainer
10 mths ago
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Re: Shopping for a digital piano
looking forward the Beyond Lemon album release
Rainer Joos
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10 mths ago
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Re: Shopping for a digital piano
After several years on Casio PX5S - which is very light because they are simulating weighted piano action rather by springloads instead of really massive mechanics at it has no own built in speakers…
Rainer Joos
Rainer
10 mths ago
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Re: How Do You Record Your Acoustic Piano?
For those of you who have two cardioid mics available i'd like to recommend that you try out the setup called "EBS". It was developed by Eberhard Sengpiel, it is 90° mic angle and 25cm / 9.…
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10 mths ago
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Re: How Do You Record Your Acoustic Piano?
@Marc M Hi Marc, the recommendation for 90° mic angle in the reply to Geoffrey Grosenbach was only because of the built in mics of his recorder - if you're referring to that.…
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10 mths ago
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Re: How Do You Record Your Acoustic Piano?
@Geoffrey Grosenbach Hi Geoffrey, the XY setup is prone to quickly lose bass response with increasing distance. Usually in the tail of a grand there is much more bass,…
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10 mths ago
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Re: How Do You Record Your Acoustic Piano?
@Marc M thank you too, you're welcome. The 100% pan is for any spaced pair stereophony, it will yield comb filters and corrupt the stereo image if you pan inwards.…
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Rainer
10 mths ago
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Re: How Do You Record Your Acoustic Piano?
Thank you too, you're welcome! Just edited the long post and hope it's better understandable now. I'm obviously not a native speaker. Totally reworked the section about room reflections.…
Rainer Joos
Rainer
10 mths ago
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Re: How Do You Record Your Acoustic Piano?
Hi, i'm actually a sound engineer. First i'd like to clear a widespread misunderstanding: You don't want to record the strings but rather the soundboard.…
Rainer Joos
Rainer
10 mths ago
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Re: YOUR “VOICE” AT THE PIANO.
Just found this: https://www.tonebase.co/piano/courses/chelsea-guo-finding-your-voice-at-the-piano ... i'll chose this next :) Thanks for reminding and inspiring.
Rainer Joos
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11 mths ago
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Re: YOUR “VOICE” AT THE PIANO.
Seymour Bernstein in his book "with your own hands" recommends to do a series of exercises using cuff weights. Because the additional weights force you to learn to support the weight of your arm over…
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11 mths ago
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