[ddots-l] Re: Phasing on Pianos
- From: "Dave Carlson" <dgcarlson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2010 14:45:33 -0700
MessagePhil,
So you're saying that in spite of the damper pads resting on all the other
inactive strings, there is still phasing (what I would call sympathetic
resonance) on other strings? Or are we talking about resonances when one string
is played whilst the sustain pedal is depressed?
Dave
----- Original Message -----
From: Phil Muir
To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, April 09, 2010 13:30
Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Phasing on Pianos
Dave, you can get this slightly phasing sound when a piano is slightly out of
tune. Some of this can be fixed by tuning all of the strings so that when you
play a given note, on it's own, it sounds clear and dead. Meaning, no unisons
out of tune on a note and no phasing unisons from strings on the note at all.
Of course, every piano is different and some pianos suffer from vary bad
phasing. in other words, there can be other harmonics on the strings that you
just can't get rid of. that may be what I was hearing in this particular piano
over all but, that won't account for the 6th D as that's just out of tune.
Regards, Phil Muir
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From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Dave Carlson
Sent: Friday, April 09, 2010 9:04 PM
To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ddots-l] Phasing on Pianos
Phil,
You mentioned this in terms of the tuning. Can you give me a spot-on
education on what you mean when you say you've never been wild about phasing on
pianos? What does the phasing do to the sound, tone, and/or tuning?
Dave
----- Original Message -----
From: Phil Muir
To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, April 09, 2010 12:11
Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Amazing virtaul piano
O yeh. Still smiling here! Still don't like the 6th D, being particularly
out of tune when compared to the rest of the instrument. When tuning pianos at
college, I would have been made to tune that note again and rightly so. To me,
that makes the whole thing sound inconsistent. Not personally keen on the
phasing of the sound. That's what I love about sound. One mans greatest piano
ever is another mans out of tune out of phase sounding piano, smile. Of
course, this is coming from someone who's a piano tuner so, I am never wild
about phasing on pianos anyway.
Regards, Phil Muir
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From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Steve Wicketts
Sent: Friday, April 09, 2010 6:31 PM
To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Amazing virtaul piano
Hi Phil,
I too notice tuning issues and the phasing sound when notes were held.
This maybe deliberate as the phasing didn't sound digital, plus, they seem
to have chosen a piece of music that had a lot of held chords almost pointing
out the phasing quality.
The imperfections made it sound like a real piano.
I also slightly detune instruments in my horn section to create a more
believable horn section sound.
The problem with some of these other pianos, is they sometimes sound too
pure, all real pianos have their faults whether it be tuning issues or just
that the notes resonate too long...
I could hear the body of this piano like someone was sitting at it, not
triggering it from a mother keyboard.
One other thing I liked about this piano when taking a quick look at spec,
it isn't 70GB like the Quantum Leap Piano, I believe this virtual piano is only
6GB.
That's my personal take on it, the question is, is Phil still smiling ha ha.
Seriously Phil, I must thank you for your work with Superior, had a
storming gig last Week and the dance floor had people on it from the second
song of the night.
Steve W
----- Original Message -----
From: Phil Muir
To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, April 09, 2010 3:18 PM
Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Amazing virtaul piano
Wasn't epersonally that impressed with this myself. It didn't entirely
sound in tune. I could hear a slight phasing on the notes and as for the 6th
D, it's frankly, out of tune.
Regards, Phil Muir
Accessibility Training
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UK +44-1747-821-794
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URL:
http://www.accessibilitytraining.co.uk/
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From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Steve Wicketts
Sent: Friday, April 09, 2010 3:05 PM
To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Amazing virtaul piano
Wow Kevin,
If I hadn't been told that it was a Virtual piano, I would have just
excepted that it was a quality recorded piano.
There's some great products that work with Kontakt, such ashame these
companies don't have these products using Dimension Pro.
Steve W
----- Original Message -----
From: Kevin Gibbs
To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2010 9:45 PM
Subject: [ddots-l] Amazing virtaul piano
No idea whetehr this is accessible. It does sound amazing.
Kevin,
http://www.artvista.net/Virtual_Grand_Piano.html
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