How do you make a fat sounding piano?

Today · Post by **Today** » Fri Jul 13, 2012 9:01 pm

it is a lot to do with context, but compression, a little boost in the low mids like around 250 300Hz and heaps of reverb should help.
There's a verb called pianoverb by PSP that i am pretty sure is free, and it's built to emphasize natural piano verb.
TBH i think the Kontakt pianos sound great if you effect them the right way, and sometimes layering with a string/pad makes it sound big in that old school ballad kinda way,. but not if you're going for all natural

Attila · Post by **Attila** » Fri Jul 13, 2012 9:04 pm

Its definitely the ableton stock grand piano. After I read that interview-forgot which magazine-I tried it out and its the exact sound as equinox. Keep compressing!

mthrfnk · Post by **mthrfnk** » Sat Jul 14, 2012 3:43 pm

I recently started using this on my piano parts http://www.waves.com/content.aspx?id=10260

Alternatively I normally EQ to bring out the main chunk of the sound (dependant on octave), then add some nice reverb and potentially some small delay, then finally compress it. You could also layer it with a square wave blip of the same notes to try and add some more beef to the sound.

nowaysj · Post by **nowaysj** » Sat Jul 14, 2012 6:08 pm

Feed it ice cream.

MassAphekt · Post by **MassAphekt** » Sat Jul 14, 2012 6:58 pm

bassinine wrote:
MassAphekt wrote:
bassinine wrote:high pass it, boost around 300hz, add some long verb.
there's no specific frequency spot to boost to make it sound better lol, it depends on what scales and octave.
add some compression, tiny bit of chorus or even minimal sample delay, very gentle cut in the low mid area, even of course a tad of reverb and mid/side equing to create a wider stereo image
no kidding. i don't feel the need to specify every single time i give someone advice: there's no RIGHT way, but this should get you on the right track...

to your advice: that's not how you make it sound bigger, the low midrange is really what makes a piano sound bigger. which is around 300hz... ever heard a grand piano before? and chorus on piano sounds is cheesy, in my opinion. and there's really no point in advising to use a compressor, because it ALSO depends on the samples/ocatave/everything else.

don't get your nickers in a twist
my bad i meant gentle cut on the sub area, which is practical, and I dont mean a detuned lfo rated chorus, more of a L and R sample delay, and for sure

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