Layered piano

What are your thoughts on my "layering job" with this piano? I wanted a really acoustic sound that sounded good on its own since the piano will play a huge role in the song (it will mostly just be piano & acoustic guitar).

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http://www.dannydotguitar.com/hr/piano.mp3

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[jeffmaher]

Sounds great to me...a sample of the extreme ranges would have been real good

Can you describe what 'layering' means for me?? [I'm assuming it's using several mics across the stretch to present left to right image...as if you were sitting at the keys??]

TX!

Thanks, jeff.

I actually used Reason for the piano sounds, I didn't mic an actual piano. I mixed 3 different piano sounds (aka layered) to get one piano which sounds nothing like the original ones. I'm pretty happy with the results.

Too bad my piano skills suck.

[jeffmaher]

Originally Posted by danny.guitar

Thanks, jeff.


Too bad my piano skills suck.

That's what record/stop/track is for!
I lost the use of my left arm for a couple months...guitar and bass is my main thing. But I build my piano on two tracks..left hand part, right hand part...all played with the right hand. I have NO piano chops...but I hear something, play it until I can cut it, the keep a good take...move to the next part.
Cheating? That depends. The idea is the important thing...however you can get it to the machine in a workmanlike way is the trick. You could spend all your time charting stuff and getting a real player to do the deed. The end result is the same. And you work cheep for yourself.

I don't use a sequencer or midi. Don't know how, yet; and the cool thing is that I'm actually developing piano chops. I might need them if I can't play guitar anymore. I can actually do a dozen measures at a time!

The idea is the thing. Getting it sounding nice on a record is the challenge.
The sound you're getting seems squared away, to me....like a rockin' chair with a nice thick cushion.

Hope I catch your finished project.

[chazba]

I have done it w/o the benefit of a real piano by playing the Left hand/ right hand parts on thr roland strat. I positioned them in the mix to create a feeling of space with the left hand a little to the right of center and the right hand about 2 o'clock. Works for me!!!


chazba