very nice!
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This is my second Nocturne, composed in 2013 while studying at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. This is a "live" recording of me playing via MIDI. I made no edits to the midi data -- I wanted this as raw and natural a performance as possible, as I feel the material is best presented in this way.
I used The Steinway D patch from QL Pianos, along with the ACME storage room and NY Piano Hall in QL Spaces as reverb. I also added an instance of Ozone 5 to apply a bit of EQ (rolled off the top a bit). As a pianist, I'm extremely picky with my sampled pianos. I have a bit of a love/hate relationship with QL Pianos, but I find the sound quality to still be among the best.
If you like what you hear, check out davidorr.net to get an up-to-date list of my current projects! As always, thank you all for your continued support and encouragement!
nice. I hear a lot of debussy influence.
im horrible at reviewing piano pieces
Good but needs more bass. And use fast attack and release please. I don't feel the piano pumping enough
Great performance, beautiful piece, and nice sound! Without altering the raw performance too much, the one thing I like to do with solo piano midi performances is take the lower notes and pan them left by ~10 points, and pan the upper notes right by a similar amount to help create more clarity and width. This raw export does sound quite natural, though. If it were me playing I would have to spend a few hours making midi adjustments ;)
5/5
DavidOrr responds:
Thanks Jeff! The panning idea is great -- something I didn't even think about. Can I futz with panning and still call it a raw MIDI performance? Guess I'm the one making the rules, so I might play around with that.
Yeah, this read came out quite well. I found the PDF on my computer last night, and decided to play through it. I figured I'd play it with one of my sampled pianos (instead of the built-in sound of my Privia), and this is it. It's a pretty easy read -- otherwise I would have had to give it multiple takes.
Thanks for the input Jeff! :D
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