Task 4 Piano Strings
Piano:
The piano is a midi triggered sound patch which I bounced to audio for the final stages. I played the track into Cubase SX 3 as the Midi editing in Cubase is much easier than the one in Logic and many other sequencers for that matter. The patch I used was from Reason 3’s NN-XT sampler. The Acoustic Grand patch is made up entirely of individual samples taken from an actual Grand Piano which adds to the authentic sound I was aiming for. The patch also contains panning according to the position of the note on the piano adding to the concept of a nice stereo image.
Strings:
The strings are again Midi triggered. This track I left as Midi which I then triggered the sounds from the EXS instrument in Logic. I found this patch nice although the preset EQ which the patch comes with was fairly bad. The attack was needing to be quicker as the changes in the notation saw the strings slowly rising towards it peak. This made the strings sound slightly out of time with the rest of the track so I increased the response on the envelope to a quicker setting. The EQ was boosted in the bass by an harsh amount of gain and so too was the treble. This I could rectify later in the final mix of the piece.
