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Rhodes restoration specialists Vintage Vibe have turned their expertise to manufacturing. So how does their creation compare to the classics?
Even the best weighted keyboards and sample libraries offer only an approximation to the feel and sound of an old-fashioned piano. So what if you just can't do without the real thing, but need to have your notes output as MIDI? Enter the Piano Bar from synth pioneers Bob Moog and Don Buchla...
I'm trying to reduce drum spill when I record my jazz trio (piano, bass and drums) at home. The drum overheads —...
Following their excellent esoteric tuned‑percussion releases Hang Drum and Balinese Gamelan, Soniccouture stay off the beaten...
Though the acoustic piano isn't exactly Paul White's forte, he (fortunately) knows rather more about miking it up than about playing it...
Recording a real piano can feel like a lost art, given the number of high-quality sample libraries around these days. For those times when only the real thing will suffice, here's how to do it justice.
Once the artist, their record company and A&R manager have agreed the balance sheet, there are still artistic questions to be resolved. This month, continuing his look at working as a team, David Mellor explains how producer, arranger, programmer and session musician can live together in perfect harmony...
The same pitfalls present themselves time and again in project-studio recording. Learn to avoid them and your tracking sessions will be transformed!
Part six-string, part speaker cabinet, resonator guitars are like no other instruments. Here’s how to capture their distinctive sound.
Recording a mezzo-soprano with piano accompaniment presents a unique set of challenges for our in-house engineer.
Driven by AI technology, StaffPad's new Piano Capture tool is capable of ‘listening’ to real piano performances and converting them into readable sheet music.
Spitfire Audio have teamed up with legendary composer Philip Glass (!) to record his personal baby grand piano, at his home in Manhattan NYC.
Not all piano-roll editors are created equal — Cubase’s boasts some very handy chord-programming tools.
Spitfire Audio delve deep into a legendary film composer’s favourite piano.
New virtual instrument developers, Paper Stone Instruments are based in Nottingham, UK and have just released a trio of affordable and slightly unusual Kontakt instruments. These include a German log drum, a palm-muted piano and a handclap instrument, amusingly called The Clap.
All of the instruments have been recorded using three mic positions, one close mono, a stereo pair a little further back, and a pair of stereo room mics.
Here's more from Paper Stone Instruments:
Three grand pianos jostle for supremacy in VI Labs' deep-sampled, secrecy-shrouded True Keys Pianos package.
The latest in the EastWest Play series offers deluxe representations of four classic instruments. Is this 'grand design' the answer to our virtual piano prayers?
Synthogy's Ivory piano library was met with enormous acclaim on its release. Can its successor improve on that legacy?
Sometimes, performers have to be their own engineers. Here's how to get better results from solo tracking sessions.
Engineer Richard King has brought the art of ensemble recording to new heights in both classical and folk/pop spheres.