One of the most popular instruments. The piano is played by pressing keys which causes a hammer to hit a steel string. Though the piano is oftentimes classified as a string instrument, it is actually a percussion instrument.
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How can I make the Roland D-20 sound like an ordinary piano?
I just got this piano from a familymember, and I can't get it to sound like an ordinary piano? The sounds it makes are really wierd, like electronic and I just want to use for playing classical music. ...
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Where can I find samples of piano notes? [duplicate]
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Are there free records of separate piano notes in .wav files for instance?
Does anyone know where I can find a set of .wav samples for each note of a complete piano, for ...
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How can I record piano on a laptop without high frequency wahwah?
Example:
http://soundcloud.com/andrewclow/phases-for-piano
(That's particularly bad example, via mp3 and the built in mic, the effect is always there before converting and with a better microphone. ...
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What equipment do I need to record the audio from my piano keyboard?
I've been wanting to use acoustic piano in my songs, but the MIDI sounds available in my recording programs (Garageband, Ableton LIVE) don't cut it. Good ones like Pianoteq cost upwards of $300.
I ...
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Generate individual midi files of piano notes
For a project I am currently working on I need individual midi files of single piano notes as though the note was held for 4 seconds before release. I have found a few toy online midi keyboards that ...
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Are there free records of separate piano notes in .wav files for instance?
I'm trying to find some piano sound bank -for my childish experiments with sound - the most desired form is of course a number of .wav files, each one corresponding to a piano key - being a record of ...
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How do I mic an upright piano to get a nice stereo effect
I have an old upright piano (slightly out of tune). First of all, I took the front off of the piano and put an SM-58 right in the middle and got a great sounding recording. I really like the sound ...
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Can I play pure Piano tunes with a Quasimidi Raven?
Being a total noob in this topic...I have a Quasimidi Raven synth) on my desk and would like to play just plain vanilla Piano sounds on, or with, it. Is it possible? Or do I have to hook it up to my ...
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What do I need to make reasonable quality amateur recordings of vocals/piano to put on Youtube?
I have been recording myself playing piano and posting to Youtube, just so friends can take a look at how my progress is with the instrument for the most part, but also to post tutorials for some ...
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obtaining .aif piano note sounds on imac for iphone app
I'm trying to get some (individual) piano note sounds (4 octaves worth), in .aif format, for an iPhone app. My mac has a MIDI connection to a keyboard, and I can get the notes via Garage band and ...
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How can I get more sounds for my Roland D20?
The synthesizer has an old floppy disc drive and a MIDI input, but I don't know how to use it with my brother's Mac.
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GarageBand: Create Apple Loop from m4a recorded piano files?
How can I import m4a files as Apple Loops?
I love the concept of the loops but I can't always have my main pianist next to me recording and then storing it as Apple Loops.
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Which microphone to choose for a piano live reinforcment?
I have ordered two MXL 603 mics.
Will these work for miking piano?
How should I position them?
Is there a better way to do if for the same amount of money?
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Digital PIANOs: which brand?
I'm trying to decide on which digital brand piano buy (Korg, Yamaha, Kurzweil, Meyer, Kawai, etc). Could someone help me to decide among these brands (or maybe others not mentioned here)? I'd like to ...
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Why are drums generally panned to the listener's perspective but piano panned to the player's perspective?
i've posed this question to many engineers (even a few who are drummers) and i'm still without an answer. what's even more befuddling is that i have a few recordings where the drums are panned to the ...
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How to cleanly punch piano?
When recording piano I've always struggled to get clean punches. I usually try to punch just ahead of a downbeat when the pianist is lifting the sustain pedal, but I often end up with some remnants ...
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Is a MIDI-enabled keyboard and a Windows machine enough by itself to record piano music well?
(Apologies in advance if this is a vague question but it's probably my lack of understanding.)
One of my keyboards is a Yamaha S90 ES. The piano voices on this KB are very nice out of the box.
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Miking a grand piano
I have a SM57 and RHODES NT1 microphone and I was wondering what the best way to mike a grand piano was. I tried opening the grand piano and pointing the SM57 at the strings and then placing the ...
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Mixing piano and guitar
I'm trying to blend acoustic guitar and piano as background tracks behind vocals. Individually, both tracks sound excellent, but when I combine them they step on each other and sound really bad.
Any ...
