I found that placing the microphones at the back of the piano facing the sound board worked very well on my MX 100 MkII. The sound isn\u2019t as bright but there is no key return noise.
The later DK\u2019s apparently have a return spring in the solenoids that prevents the noise.
I have a Mk 1 grand DK now which is quite noisy on key returns as well. I am going to investigate the possibility of modifying the midi file. I\u2019m thinking that if I give the note off\u2019s a low value rather than a key off, might stop the keys from crashing back.
John Hancock
From:
disklavier@yahoogroups.com [mailto:disklavier@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of franpeyr
Sent: 11 May 2006 17:55
To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [disklavier] Audio
recording with key's noise
Hi
I'm new in this forum, so I tell you who am I. I'm François, a french composer
(so please
excuse my poor english), 42 years old, and I bought a disklavier -Mark lll
DU1A- in order to
have a better sound for my work (mostly for theater) than a digital sound of
piano.
But I'm a very dissapointed, not by the sound of the piano itself, but by the
"woody" noise of
the keys when they return to original positions (i.e. when note is off). I am
working now on
very light piano part (the same universe as, for exemple, Arvo Part's "Für
Alina"). I play very
softly, but when the disklavier replays, the velocity and the softness is
respected, but the
notes-off are brutal, and it makes this woody sound that is amplified by the
piano itself.
Has someone had the same problem, and can it be resolved ? I'm sorry if this
subject was on
the database, but I searched for it and don't find.
Thanks for help