Disklavier

Before I acquired my Yamaha MPX70 Disklavier, I had a properly treated honky-tonk piano (de-tuned unisons, nail-varnished hammers!).  I liked the sound enough to record each note in stereo, and I therefore have 85 WAV files with about 20 - 30 seconds of a honky-tonk piano note.  I'd like to be able to recreate the sound of that piano by linking up the MIDI output of my Disklavier to whatever software or hardware would be needed to do the job.  Can anyone point me in the right direction, please?  Thanks in anticipation!  Best regards, Mike Thomson

Mike,
What you need is called a Sampler. I'm not sure that anyone is making 
hardware samplers any more, but a quick look on Ebay showed up samplers 
such as Roland S-760 or Akai Z4, S01, S2000 or S6000; all at very 
reasonable prices. You'll find hardware samplers to be slow to load, and 
difficult to learn, but if you are only wanting to run one sound-set it 
may not be a problem. I guess that your 85 .wav files are large files, 
so the main thing to watch will be the amount of memory available, as 
older models didn't have much!


Probably the most famous commercial software application is called 
GigaSampler, but it is in limbo at the moment, between companies.
http://www.gigastudio.com/

To go the cheap or free software route, search for "soundfont player" or 
"virtual sampler", plus you will need a midi interface for your 
computer. Some software is made to stand alone, some will be called VSTi 
plugins; they're OK too, VSTi are just made to work in conjunction with 
other programs. I have set-up some of this myself before, but it's been 
a while. I want to get it happening again, so if I discover/remember 
more details, I shall post an update.

Scott Jackson

Sources
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http://freemusicsoftware.org/category/free-vst/soundfont
http://www.kvraudio.com
http://www.pianoteq.com
http://www.vstplanet.com/Instruments/VST_Piano.htm
http://www.native-instruments.com/en/products/producer/kontakt-player/


mjd7282 wrote:

>  
>
>  sound enough to record each note in stereo, and I therefore have 85 
> WAV files with about 20 - 30 seconds of a honky-tonk piano note. I'd 
> like to be able to recreate the sound of that piano by linking up the 
> MIDI output of my
>

I have recorded MIDI files of my father playing my Disklavier and wanted to 
make audio files of them to put on CD for our family.  It took 3 years 
exploring many options - both hardware and software.  Somewhere I came 
across using sound fonts, which apparently you have your samples.  I believe 
there is software to convert your samples to soundfonts, but it is a slow 
process and not as successful as these new "virtual" pianos.

Virtual instruments are MIDI data going through audio sampled algorithms 
that give you an audio file.  VST files are for Windows based PCs.  Macs 
have their own formats.  I bought an iMac with an intel processor, installed 
Logic Studio and found versions in Universal Binary to make this work.  BTW, 
Logic Studio comes with  the entire library of all the Garage Band sounds. 
Right now I believe it is difficult to get any of this software to work with 
Snow Leopard, Apple's new operating system.

Logic also came with a good sample of pianos.  However, I found that Native 
Instruments Akoustic piano worked for me.  You can download samples from 
their website.  There are several pianos sampled in this software setup.  I 
use the Steingraeber upright for my Dad's files.  You can place the piano in 
a room of your own design and adjust with the "timbre" as well as the 
tuning.  Perhaps using software like this, you might be able to create the 
sound you are looking for.

Carol Beigel

----- Original Message ----- 

From: "mjd7282" <mjdthomson@...>
To: <disklavier@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, January 01, 2010 5:15 PM
Subject: [disklavier] Use of samples from another piano


> Before I acquired my Yamaha MPX70 Disklavier, I had a properly treated 
> honky-tonk piano (de-tuned unisons, nail-varnished hammers!).  I liked the 
> sound enough to record each note in stereo, and I therefore have 85 WAV 
> files with about 20 - 30 seconds of a honky-tonk piano note.  I'd like to 
> be able to recreate the sound of that piano by linking up the MIDI output 
> of my Disklavier to whatever software or hardware would be needed to do 
> the job.  Can anyone point me in the right direction, please?  Thanks in 
> anticipation!  Best regards, Mike Thomson
>
>
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