Disklavier

I hear you - I certainly thought it would be best just to record my playing.

But, upon further investigation, I found that I'd need:

* Good acoustics for recording - which unfortunately I don't have
* Money for good hardware -which unfortunately I don't have
* Technical expertise with audio recording - which unfortunately I don't have

On the other hand, I do have a good computer and the willingness to learn new software.? So, I use my "real" piano for my own enjoyment and that of my friends who drop by.? But my recordings are done by playing the "real" piano, and running the midi file through a "virtual" piano (I happen to use Reason 3.0 but there are a lot of choices).? Some of the advantages include:

* The chance to fix mistakes (not that I make any of course - but just in case!)? :-)
* The chance to add orchestration with a wide variety of additional instruments (more than come with the Disklavier)
* The chance to modify the sound of the piano (I love the sound of my real piano, but it would be a little naive to think that other pianos don't have nice sounds too)

What I did took a lot of effort and about $1,000.? I realize this isn't the right answer for everyone.? But it worked well for me and I'm happy with the results.

--Tim



 


 

-----Original Message-----
From: Ron Natalie <ron.natalie@...>
To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Mon, 4 Jun 2007 11:29 am
Subject: Re: [disklavier] midi to wav


















  



    

            
Or you could just record the piano.   Spent close to $30,000 on a

piano and people want to use cheezy synthesis.



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> If you have a MarkIII, you can output the data from the

> amplifier through a digital audio converter box into

> audio editing software , then burn to CD.

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