Pianos

upekah · Post by **upekah** » Sat Nov 20, 2010 10:31 pm

anyone using them?

I am actually looking for some good Sample-Libraries or Instruments..

I don't know if sampling from Piano Solos is any good..

any suggestions?

tone-def · Post by **tone-def** » Sun Nov 21, 2010 12:20 am

most of my tunes have pianos in them. i just use whatever is available to me.

are you after acoustic or electric? and what software do you currently use?

Pro Tools has a usable piano plugin
Logic has a usable electric piano plugin
Reason has usable patches for NN-XT

i guess the others have something too.

sampling piano solo is very hip hop. if you have the time to dig through old jazz records at secondhand stores then go for it. your music will sound much more edgy than most of the crap that comes out today.

upekah · Post by **upekah** » Sun Nov 21, 2010 10:43 am

hey , thanks for your reply!

I am currently using Ableton but I got a Logic Express as well.. totally forgot about the e-piano! I think I am more looking for an acoustic piano but I will first check the Piano mentioned..

The Record Sampling sounds good too! I will try things out but are there actually some free / not so expensive good piano plugins?

cheers!

tone-def · Post by **tone-def** » Sun Nov 21, 2010 2:33 pm

anizz wrote: I will try things out but are there actually some free / not so expensive good piano plugins?

as i said, piano is such a popular sound you would expect the DAW to cover it out of the box. maybe a sampler patch?

upekah · Post by **upekah** » Sun Nov 21, 2010 2:46 pm

tone-def wrote:
anizz wrote: I will try things out but are there actually some free / not so expensive good piano plugins?
as i said, piano is such a popular sound you would expect the DAW to cover it out of the box. maybe a sampler patch?

didn't try that yet lol.. why didn't I think about that before!

Dusk · Post by **Dusk** » Mon Nov 22, 2010 4:54 pm

I've got a few piano libraries (Akoustic Piano, EWQL) and none sound good enough for me to use prominently in a track. I usually have to detune, EQ and compress the hell out of them, but even then, they still sound too "clean" and unnatural.

I'm after that beaten-up, detuned old upright sound. Let me know if you find it somewhere.

tone-def · Post by **tone-def** » Mon Nov 22, 2010 5:11 pm

Dusk wrote:I've got a few piano libraries (Akoustic Piano, EWQL) and none sound good enough for me to use prominently in a track. I usually have to detune, EQ and compress the hell out of them, but even then, they still sound too "clean" and unnatural.

I'm after that beaten-up, detuned old upright sound. Let me know if you find it somewhere.

i'm sure you could find an old beaten up piano on ebay.

Dusk · Post by **Dusk** » Tue Nov 23, 2010 11:54 am

Most people don't have the space for a piano mate. I take it you don't live in a shared house.