Showing off Pianoteq VSTi
Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 4:05 pm
Hello,
I had a bit of time to fool around, so I recorded myself playing some piano ballad using the Pianoteq VSTi. I uploaded an mp3 there : http://www.mediafire.com/?1gm21zgmmy1
I prefer warning you : I am no piano expert, I learned playing by ears only (I don't read notes) and not full time because I am not so interested in being a technical geek when it comes to playing instruments.
so forgive me if it sounds outrageaous to the ears of a confirmed piano player ... hmm hmm ...
The ballad is an old Mecano tune called Autumnatic Play. It's a bit gloomy but I find it very nice. I try to reproduce it as best as I could, given the fact that I never saw the music sheet. The original is full of "mistakes", probably on purpose. Apart from that, Mecano is a post-punk dutch band that had a bit of fame in the early 80's among the underground scene, not to be confused with the rather popish and tasteless spanish band ...
The VSTi setting was a rather mellow grand piano preset that I changed a bit. I recorded in ardour and roughly and quickly mastered it for overall volume with Jamin. For the careful listener, you can hear the expression pedal (pianoteq goes that far!) and the hammer strokes in the high notes. A very clever soft instrument, I tell you!
I had a bit of time to fool around, so I recorded myself playing some piano ballad using the Pianoteq VSTi. I uploaded an mp3 there : http://www.mediafire.com/?1gm21zgmmy1
I prefer warning you : I am no piano expert, I learned playing by ears only (I don't read notes) and not full time because I am not so interested in being a technical geek when it comes to playing instruments.
so forgive me if it sounds outrageaous to the ears of a confirmed piano player ... hmm hmm ...The ballad is an old Mecano tune called Autumnatic Play. It's a bit gloomy but I find it very nice. I try to reproduce it as best as I could, given the fact that I never saw the music sheet. The original is full of "mistakes", probably on purpose. Apart from that, Mecano is a post-punk dutch band that had a bit of fame in the early 80's among the underground scene, not to be confused with the rather popish and tasteless spanish band ...
The VSTi setting was a rather mellow grand piano preset that I changed a bit. I recorded in ardour and roughly and quickly mastered it for overall volume with Jamin. For the careful listener, you can hear the expression pedal (pianoteq goes that far!) and the hammer strokes in the high notes. A very clever soft instrument, I tell you!
