True Piano Synth in X1 is Beautiful

Nicely played Dave! I love SOTR. I think I read somewhere that it only just made the cut to get into "Oz". Hard to believe nowadays. That just don't write songs like that anymore. How about a rendition of "Sweet Lorraine"?

I wish Cakewalk would bring back the X1 truepiano deal in the shop. I regret missing out on it last time. The Amber one is good, but the others are supposed to be better.

Wow, that DOES sound good! I've played around with the one which is included, but since I don't ACTUALLY play the piano, I haven't gotten the full thing.

That sounds really nice!  Nice touch on SOTR piece.

"Ballad in G" is a very nice song.  Some of the synth choices are kind of outdated.  However the piano playing really shines thru.

I think you are a lot better player than True Pianos is a good synth.

I think it is nice, but I can't ever get it to fit into a mix with any accompaniment.

I end up using the stuff from SampleTank a lot more.

Thank you to everyone who listened!  And thanks for all of the nice words.  I appreciate it.

I uploaded a new piece (Song of the Week) today.  You can see my Soundcloud page here:

http://soundcloud.com/david-berriman

btw, I could seriously use some / any input on "cleaning up" my mixes.  These are all 1st drafts....for a possible CD release later this year...but not until I get a handle on "polishing" these up a bit better.  Thanks again.  X1 is awesome.  Truly remarkable. 

Hi Dave,

This was great!

I have a question, did you use True Piano's that came with X1 or did you upgrade it? It comes with 'Amber' iirc. Which setting did you use?

@James

I know what you mean about getting True Piano to sit in a mix. It's tricky but with some EQ'ing it can be done. I use Sonitus and use a tight Q'd highly boosted frequency sweep and to see where the worse problems are, then pull them out completely. Be careful not to have the volume too loud on your monitors or headphones when doing this. :)

Thanks for all the comments.

For those who asked, I used the included one.  It's called True_Piano X64 1.

Now, I do agree that it can get lost in a fat mix, if not EQ'd correctly, especially the "default" piano.

I'm starting to like how the "bright" piano fits into a rock mix better.  BUT, the "default" and the "wide" pianos are extremely nice in light mixes or as solo instruments, as on my "Somewhere Over the Rainbow", which was "default". 

btw, did Steven Slate have to make his "Sizzle Kit Dry" so damn good?  I feel like I never want to try anything else because it's so clean and authentic sounding.  Good job, Steven.  Thanks.

btw, I have "Akoustic Piano" sitting on my shelf right now.  I bought it a couple years back when I was still using Sonar 4 and my system could not handle it.  I had freeze-ups galore.  I don't reckon I'll even bother to install it on this computer because these X1 included ones are so good.    Thanks again to all.  Every week, I'll upload a new original song.  Keep your eyes and ears open, and please offer honest critique and/or suggestions, if anything strikes you as a fellow musician!  I take them all under "advisement", that's for sure.

A beautiful performance of a great song.

Reece, this is a pretty old thread.  He's added a lot of songs since then.  Look down farther or on the second page. 

I was actually pretty impressed with this, Tony, and since this thread came up again, I thought about putting Sonar X1's up against Ivory, with the exact same piece.  Since I now have X1, I guess I could try that myself...as soon as I can figure out how.  :)  (I've been too busy to learn X1 yet.)  

In the meantime Ivory Grand is (or used to be) only about $169.  I wish I would have bought that right after my first Sonar purchase.  Would have saved a lot of messing around.  Actually, I don't think that cheaper version wasn't available then, but if it would have been.... :) 

I knew you would have good input Janet :-) I'm out of my league on this subject

Janet


I was actually pretty impressed with this, Tony, and since this thread came up again, I thought about putting Sonar X1's up against Ivory, with the exact same piece.  Since I now have X1, I guess I could try that myself...as soon as I can figure out how.  :)  (I've been too busy to learn X1 yet.)  

In the meantime Ivory Grand is (or used to be) only about $169.  I wish I would have bought that right after my first Sonar purchase.  Would have saved a lot of messing around.  Actually, I don't think that cheaper version wasn't available then, but if it would have been.... :) 

True Pianos Amber module (which is what he's using) came with S8 and S8.5, I thought, not just X1.  and even if you installed X1 and are still using S8.5 you can use the True Pianos Amber module that came with X1.
 
David,
this is a great performance!  you are a true pianist and master craftsman!  and while this isn't a bad sounding piano, I still think it's not as good as Ivory or even some others.  JMO.

Tony, Very nicely played and a great sound and final mix. Great work on this old time favorite.
 
Peace and Blessings, John