Acoustic Grand Piano

Does anyone know of a really realistic free acoustic grand piano soundfont or vsti? also, how do I record the piano so the the left hand is on the left right hand on the right? It sounds really cool but trying to figure out how to do it without recording 2 tracks and panning.

I'm uploading the font to a server now.... I'll post the link here in a few minutes:::::


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Here's the link....it should be good for a few days....save it in a folder as you recieve it so it can be passed on in the future.

http://www.sendspace.com/file/feckl1

this is just one of several really decent ones on the net... use google to find more.

Well... since it's a slow night on the forum... here's a few more ...some that I use.

http://www.pianosounds.com/freesoundfont.htm

http://soundfonts.homemusician.net/piano_soundfonts/

http://www.sf2-files.com/freesf2.php


have fun....

to answer your 2nd question - there are a couple of things you can do.

1st - you can record the hands separately - that's not necessarily easy. but record them on separate MIDI tracks.

2nd you can record the MIDI, then use the lasso (click and drag around an area) the notes on the bass clef, then cut and paste them into another MIDI track.

3rd you can set up a drum map to send certain note values to different channels of a synth, or if you're using SFZ, to different instances of SFZ.

4th, you could use a CAL script to separate the staves. I do not remember if MC supports CAL scripts or not, but I'm leaning towards thinking they do. there's a cal script that will separate the staves at the note value you specifiy. look in the help file to see if it talks about cal scripts. if it does, that still doesn't mean they're supported by MC, try it and see if it works. if it's not available in the menu options, then MC doesn't support it.

to sound natural the middle noted would have to be panned toward the center right

try this to unzip it...

http://www.camunzip.com/

I download into a folder.... use cam unzip to unzip it and then send the unzipped files into a new folder in Cakewalk.... place each instrument into it's own subfolder. MC is looking for a DLL file.

The pros usually have an engineer to do it.
I recorded my piano suite with one track for the left hand and another track for the right hand. Well, not really recorded, since I entered most of the notes in the staff view.
My Yamaha keyboard is pre-panned that way. What keyboard/controller are you using? It may also be pre-panned, or has the option to pan as you like. Fire it up and listen closely with your headphones. Hit a low note and a high note and see where they sound. I think the TTS-1 pianos are pre-panned, too.

yes, audio stereo out of a keyboard is already panned that way, but not MIDI.

Malaki...what font player do you use....?

I have a link on my site to SFZ if you need a decent & free player.