#162: Capture The Soulful Melodies Of Your Piano: Pro Tips for Crafting Mesmerizing Recordings With Acoustic Or Virtual Pianos

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Episode show notes:
In this episode we’re taking a dive into something we don’t talk about often… recording piano.

Mark sent us a message asking if we could talk more about recording piano. Solo piano, piano with vocals and sparse acoustic mixes generally.
Despite working in heavier genres a lot, both Malcom and I have years of experience playing, recording and mixing pianos so we’re stoked to be answering Mark’s question on this episode.

We’re discussing these important things to consider when capturing a piano:

• Microphone choice
• Microphone placement
• Should you use a real piano or is a virtual MIDI instrument enough?
• What kind of piano should I use? Grand? Upright? Does it matter?
• How important is the room and do I have to capture it with dedicated room mics?
• Is your piano actually in tune and ready to be recorded?
• How do you get a piano to sit well in the mix?
• What makes a piano sound intimate and soulful? And how do you capture those details?
  

Pianos aren’t going anywhere and maybe it’s the component that’s missing from your arrangement that you hadn’t considered.

Or maybe you’re a singer songwriter that works exclusively on piano, in this case you’ve got to take recording your instrument very seriously. It has nowhere to hide!
We cover it all in this episode, so come on in.

Let's go!

-Benedikt
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For full show notes go to: https://theselfrecordingband.com/162

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