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Originally posted by PDM Yes the piano sounds rather programmed than natural. I used to have the same problem, but then I friend of mine (Bricky) gave me some tips which were really useful, since he is a real pianist. These are the tips he e-mailed me. Should be easy to fix though: A pianist will naturally accent any notes that fall on the beat. You'll need to do this with the programming too (increase the velocity of these notes). Also, a pianist will accent even more the first note in every bar ... do this too. And finally, the notes are hit far too hard. No pianist would actually play them that hard. The average playing velocity for mf is probably about 40 to 60. f would be about 60 to 80, and ff would be 80 to 100. I don't think any pianist would normally go over 100 ... it's actually not easy to do (you need really strong fingers!). So try to get your velocities to match these values ... roughly anyway. So to make them sound natural I edit the velocity so the notes are played at 60 and the accented piano notes at 70. As for the vocals, amazing and track is uplifting as usual, good stuff.

that's not a problem tho... he may have wanted it to sound programmed... have you heard of anything by Mike Shiver? the most obvious toy piano there is, yet his music sells.

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heh I thought I've already commented on this one...funny, been listening to this track every now and then lately.
listening to the dub version (didn't like the vox )
in the intro I think there's something too wet in the low freqs area..
driving bassline..but the track sounds kinda empty til this pad comes in around 1:30, nice one
the lead sounds kinda wet..maybe it's because of the quality? (96kbps)
like the melody
now it all kicks in..the bass does its job well! very diriving bassline and beat..

love this track..but as I said there's something wet in the mix but maybe it's beacuse of the low quality..?
anyway good luck with it

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Oooh, sweet. The main part in this is gorgeous. As mentioned previously the bass is really nice! I also love the pads and the little melodies. The hi-hats drive the track really well too.

The vocals are overall pretty good, the best bit is when they are used in the main parts, really gorgeous, although maybe a bit too loud.

The only negative for me is the break. Feels a bit drawn out and I don't think the piano sounds that good.

But overall, I really enjoyed this. Good work.

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Originally posted by gerrycueto that's not a problem tho... he may have wanted it to sound programmed... have you heard of anything by Mike Shiver? the most obvious toy piano there is, yet his music sells.

I don't think he wanted it to sound programmed, those of us who are not real pianist wouldn't know the difference between a programmed piano and a natural piano sound.
The overall tracks is really nice anyways, I just wanted to share a tip to get a more natural piano sound with those interested.

Cheers

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haha maybe mike shiver isn't a pianist... who cares his toy piano sounds really good IMO..

but this piano yeah could sound fuller... whether you want to go realistic or not, either way it could be improved.

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Just dropping in to say congrats on all your success thus far. Hope it continues.

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sounding nice and full indeed

cant find anything i dont like in it ! solid tune

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