Back to basics // Spitfire Audio Intimate Grand Piano // Demo
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- Опубликовано: 20 окт 2024
- Hi there, it's been a while. I'm slowly returning to my music studio, starting to compose again, after a long period of deep absence. Now I'm going back to basics with this one!
Ten months ago Spitfire Audio released Intimate Grand piano in their Originals series. I composed a little neoclassic demo using this Grand only. In my experience it has such a deep character and lively, warm sound. It really stands out in my grand piano vst arsenal at the moment.
I'm using a blend of 50% Ribbon, 50% Close and 100% Binaural mics. Added a bit of FabFilter Blackhole send reverb (15 sec), little Fabfilter EQ, Puigtec EQ (for body and more warmth), Kramer master tape (to open up the sound a bit more) and Fabfilter compression (just -1db). All just a touch...
The piano piece was played on a Komplete Kontrol S88, using Cubase Pro 11, no click track, no tempo mapping or anything. Just recorded and went with the natural flow. No grid or quantizing afterwards. The video I compliled, edited and produced with Hitfilm, using all kinds of great free footage from the Pexels website, by a contributor called Mart Production.
Mart Production: www.pexels.com...
Intimate Grand Piano: www.spitfireau...
Be well,
Jeff Hijlkema
Beautiful
Excellent composition Jeff thanks for share your work.
Hi Alan, thanks again for stopping by and reacting, so nice!
Awesome work Jeff! Glad you’re back! I like your composition and find the video very fitting to your beautiful music.
Hi Chris! Thanks for stopping by again and for your nice encouraging words.
Fantastic composition, not one part I disliked! Great production too!
Great Jeff! it's very beautiful !
Thank you, glad this resonates with you. For me music is all about creating something 'beautiful' out of the abstract thing music in fact is. I think music wants to be beautiful ;-) Be well, Jeff
I downloaded this plugin and it sounds nothing like this. It sounds Tinny.. I'm using ATH m50x headphones.. is it because I'm using MIDI and not a real piano? Im so confused.
Hi Jason, thanks for your message. I'm sure you can get the Intimate Grand sound you want, it needs tweaking, and that's a fun thing to do, exploring. Maybe it's because of my mic settings and use of reverb. In the video description above you can find my settings. All produced through my Genelec 8040b studio monitors, that maybe don't give a beautiful sound but they do give a honest, true sound. Be well, Jeff