What does it mean to be a stereo piano sound?

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my keyboard has a stereo piano patch setting, but i am wondering what this means. Does this mean the higher notes will come out of the right speaker and the lower notes will come from the left speaker like they would if one were playing a real piano (the hammers hitting the strings on the left/right ends of the piano).

Also, how does one go about recording a stereo piano such as this? The keyboard has 2 line outs (1/4 in), one for left and one for right. Do i plug each line out into a seperate line in of my soundcard, and record the piano as 2 tracks in my cakewalk software? Will my mixer help me in any way here? Help i'm kinda clueless ;)
 
Try the patch... see (listen) what it does... Then you'll know... :D
 
A stereo piano patch normally means the lower notes come out of the left output and the higher notes come out of the right output (not completely isolated but with a heavier pan from one side to the other). If there are programmed f/x such as chorus, etc. they may "sweep" across the stereo field.

To record the stereo output, you simply need to plug the left and right outputs into whatever recording media you use and record both inputs at the same time.
 
If your mixer has stereo inputs, connect the left and right outputs of the keyboard to the left and right inputs of the mixer. Then connect the main outputs of the mixer (left and right) to the inputs of the sound card (left and right). If your mixer and/or sound card does not have stereo inputs, you will have to work in mono or connect the left and right outputs of the keyboard to 2 different inputs and record as 2 tracks.
 
SKYflyer said:
my keyboard has a stereo piano patch setting, but i am wondering what this means. Does this mean the higher notes will come out of the right speaker and the lower notes will come from the left speaker like they would if one were playing a real piano (the hammers hitting the strings on the left/right ends of the piano).

Also, how does one go about recording a stereo piano such as this? The keyboard has 2 line outs (1/4 in), one for left and one for right. Do i plug each line out into a seperate line in of my soundcard, and record the piano as 2 tracks in my cakewalk software? Will my mixer help me in any way here? Help i'm kinda clueless ;)
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what turnitdown said.... just play around with it.. it's amazing what you'll discover by experimenting.... :)
 
mikeh said:
A stereo piano patch normally means the lower notes come out of the left output and the higher notes come out of the right output (not completely isolated but with a heavier pan from one side to the other). If there are programmed f/x such as chorus, etc. they may "sweep" across the stereo field.

To record the stereo output, you simply need to plug the left and right outputs into whatever recording media you use and record both inputs at the same time.
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It depends on the perspective the piano was recorded with. What you've described is called player perspective.

My PMI Bosendorfer library was recorded from stage perspective, meaning the high notes are predominant in the left channel, low notes predominant in the right channel. It seems weird - and is easily changed - but according to PMI they did this on purpose.
 
I stand corrected. I have found the stereo keyboard samples I've had hands on with do reflect "player's perspective" - but based on your post, my original post was incorrect and did not consider the possibility of a "stage perspective."
 
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