Kuusniemi
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Got my hands on something very cool
Just wanted to tease you guys on something I've gotten a chance to tinker with... :) 
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Re: Got my hands on something very cool
2016/07/04 18:10:54
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Oh you tease you!!! 
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Re: Got my hands on something very cool
2016/07/04 19:10:35
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☄ Helpfulby cclarry 2016/09/06 22:06:03
Wavesfactory! Fazioli! Freddie! Jesus!
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Re: Got my hands on something very cool
2016/07/05 08:49:15
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Are you able to share any thoughts you have so far?
Tonal quality overall?
Balance between registers?
Smoothness between velocity layers?
Variable sustain, Sostenuto, & soft pedals?
Anything in general that sticks out?
Purrrfect Audio DAW here. Wow!...
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Re: Got my hands on something very cool
2016/07/05 09:04:38
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Can we all come over to your place and play it? (Or in my case watch you play it?)
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Re: Got my hands on something very cool
2016/07/05 09:57:17
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Liberace's former penthouse?
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Kuusniemi
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Re: Got my hands on something very cool
2016/07/05 17:08:36
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☄ Helpfulby rtucker55 2016/07/05 17:33:29
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Are you able to share any thoughts you have so far?
Tonal quality overall?
Balance between registers?
Smoothness between velocity layers?
Variable sustain, Sostenuto, & soft pedals?
Anything in general that sticks out?
After a few days on getting used to it I have to say I'm loving it. The quality is excellent. The velocity range is perfect with soft velocities represented very well. There's a knob that evens out the volume difference between the low and high velocities which I'm liking very much. I do love my pianos played piano. Five mics in all, 4 rr with neighborhood rr borrowing possibilities. Key and Pedal noise options. There are a couple of neat tricks for enhancing the sound and mic mixing. It has nice sounding Metropolis Plate reverbs though I'll probably not use them since I love putting Eventide Blackhole reverb on pianos (there's nothing better for a piano than Blackhole). The library is pretty big, around 50 gb. Putting together a track (a remake of and old tune with newer sounds) which I'm putting Mercury on. Will post it once I have it finished.
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Kuusniemi
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Re: Got my hands on something very cool
2016/07/05 17:09:21
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Can we all come over to your place and play it? (Or in my case watch you play it?)
It would be you watching me program a piano since my playing shouldn't be heard without editing... :D
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Kuusniemi
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Re: Got my hands on something very cool
2016/07/05 17:09:47
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JonD
Liberace's former penthouse?
Oh, much more flamboyant than Liberace... :)
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Kuusniemi
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Re: Got my hands on something very cool
2016/07/05 18:37:10
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Here we go. I know these should be posted under songs, but this track has been there already and I'll post it here for people to hear the Mercury in context. https://soundcloud.com/tapsa-kuusniemi/skybound-redux On the Mercury I have Ultraclose (with narrowed width), Close and Mono Mics active. The reverb is from Eventide Blackhole, which I always use on pianos and use it as a reference when testing out new pianos.
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Re: Got my hands on something very cool
2016/07/05 19:35:55
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Re: Got my hands on something very cool
2016/07/05 23:05:53
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I'm floating around in ecstasy ...
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Re: Got my hands on something very cool
2016/07/06 08:44:01
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Re: Got my hands on something very cool
2016/07/06 11:49:29
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TBH I was not that impressed. Maybe I'm just not a piano geek?
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Re: Got my hands on something very cool
2016/07/06 11:52:41
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"We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl" (Wish You Were Here)
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Kuusniemi
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Re: Got my hands on something very cool
2016/07/06 12:35:45
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dcumpian
Curious if you've ever used http://www.spitfireaudio.com/shop/a-z/hans-zimmer-piano/
If so, would you say this compares favorably?
Dan
I have not used the Spitfire HZP so can't say a word edgewise. What I can say is that to me the tone and character of the Mercury are the thing. My previous favorite piano was Spitfire's Soft Piano (plus a custom sampled grand piano).
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Kuusniemi
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Re: Got my hands on something very cool
2016/07/06 12:37:01
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bapu
TBH I was not that impressed. Maybe I'm just not a piano geek?
Pianos do have different personalities so not everyone is going to like every piano. :)
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Re: Got my hands on something very cool
2016/07/06 12:59:17
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☄ Helpfulby cclarry 2016/07/06 13:57:21
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bapu
TBH I was not that impressed. Maybe I'm just not a piano geek?
Pianos do have different personalities so not everyone is going to like every piano. :)
and...... guitars (electric or acoustic) amp sims bases drums synths eq reverb compressors ...........etc.
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Kuusniemi
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Re: Got my hands on something very cool
2016/07/06 13:08:34
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bapu
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bapu
TBH I was not that impressed. Maybe I'm just not a piano geek?
Pianos do have different personalities so not everyone is going to like every piano. :)
and......
guitars (electric or acoustic)
amp sims
bases
drums
synths
eq
reverb
compressors
...........etc.
Exactly. :) There have been so many instruments etc that I just simply have never liked even though many revere them.
post edited by Kuusniemi - 2016/07/06 13:40:37
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Re: Got my hands on something very cool
2016/07/06 14:23:17
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Holy. O M G I really hope Wavesfactory does this library justice and doesn't screw the pooch. The demo you posted makes the piano sound a little muddy but I blame that on Soundclouds absolutely abysmal compression. (edit: just listened to the ones on wavesfactory soundcloud and it has that same muddy sound. I think I'm right in that it's the compression soundcloud uses) Ever since I got the original survey about this, I've been salivating. This may end up being my replacement piano if they do it right.
post edited by TerraSin - 2016/07/06 14:44:33
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Kuusniemi
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Re: Got my hands on something very cool
2016/07/06 14:38:37
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TerraSin
Holy.
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I really hope Wavesfactory does this library justice and doesn't screw the pooch. The demo you posted makes the piano sound a little muddy but I blame that on Soundclouds absolutely abysmal compression. (edit: just listened to the ones on wavesfactory soundcloud and it has that same muddy sound. I think I'm right in that it's the compression soundcloud uses)
Ever since I got the original survey about this, I've been salivating. This may end up being my replacement piano if they do it right.
What I've played around with Mercury I haven't noticed muddyness. The sound is warm and fairly round.
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Re: Got my hands on something very cool
2016/07/06 14:39:55
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☄ Helpfulby cclarry 2016/09/06 23:19:21
One man's warm and round is another man's muddy? 
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Re: Got my hands on something very cool
2016/07/06 14:45:00
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bapu
TBH I was not that impressed. Maybe I'm just not a piano geek?
I recently read a gushing review of it, so I was curious. I wasn't hearing anything all that special from the demos I heard. The current piano to beat is Pearl, IMO. https://impactsoundworks.com/product/pearl-concert-grand/ Regards, Dan
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Re: Got my hands on something very cool
2016/07/06 14:52:10
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Kuusniemi
...It has nice sounding Metropolis Plate reverbs though I'll probably not use them since I love putting Eventide Blackhole reverb on pianos (there's nothing better for a piano than Blackhole).
A bit OT but I have to ask - any particular BH presets you've found particularly useful with piano? I really like BH and have used it on a few projects, but so far it's been more of an "effect" than as a traditional reverb space.
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Kuusniemi
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Re: Got my hands on something very cool
2016/07/06 14:55:13
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Kuusniemi
...It has nice sounding Metropolis Plate reverbs though I'll probably not use them since I love putting Eventide Blackhole reverb on pianos (there's nothing better for a piano than Blackhole).
A bit OT but I have to ask - any particular BH presets you've found particularly useful with piano? I really like BH and have used it on a few projects, but so far it's been more of an "effect" than as a traditional reverb space.
I usually mod the "Blackhole" preset to suit my needs. I like my piano to sound soft with a long tail. I'm not really going for traditional reverbs with piano and that's pretty much the reason I like Blackhole.
post edited by Kuusniemi - 2016/07/07 02:17:51
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Re: Got my hands on something very cool
2016/07/07 10:29:35
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Cool, thanks. I'll have to give it a try!
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Re: Got my hands on something very cool
2016/07/07 23:27:01
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bapu
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bapu
TBH I was not that impressed. Maybe I'm just not a piano geek?
Pianos do have different personalities so not everyone is going to like every piano. :)
and......
guitars (electric or acoustic)
amp sims
bases
drums
synths
eq
reverb
compressors
...........etc.
I guess there's one exception, upon which we can all agree: 
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Re: Got my hands on something very cool
2016/07/07 23:49:20
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There's cows. And then there's cows.
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Kuusniemi
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Re: Got my hands on something very cool
2016/07/08 01:19:09
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bapu
Kuusniemi
bapu
TBH I was not that impressed. Maybe I'm just not a piano geek?
Pianos do have different personalities so not everyone is going to like every piano. :)
and......
guitars (electric or acoustic)
amp sims
bases
drums
synths
eq
reverb
compressors
...........etc.
I guess there's one exception, upon which we can all agree:
We probably can agree that we need more.
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Re: Got my hands on something very cool
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☄ Helpfulby bapu 2016/09/07 11:15:57
bapu
TBH I was not that impressed. Maybe I'm just not a piano geek?
Becan geek, yes. Piano, not so much.
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