Re: [LAU] Yamaha Disklavier Pro grand piano

Roberto Gordo Saez wrote: OK-- I uside Qtractor and Qsynth to do a test of the Disklavier soundfont as well as a comparison with the William Coakley piano samples I primarily use. I recorded a MIDI track into Qtractor, so that I could channel exactly the same MIDI trigger data to both Qsynth (with the Disklavier soundfont loaded) and later to my outboard (external) MIDI tone generator with the Coakley piano samples in its memory. I then played back the recorded MIDI track in Qtractor while simultaneously recording an audio track (also in Qtractor) of the Disklavier soundfont through the audio output of Qsynth. Then I disconnected both the audio and MIDI between Qtractor and Qsynth, and connected them instead to the MIDI output of my sound card (a Delta 1010) and the audio input of that sound card, to capture the Coakley piano samples as the tone-generator responded to the recorded MIDI track. I had previously monitored the audio output of each source to adjust the volume to just under clipping. That was difficult with the Disklavier soundfont, because the stereo panning of treble notes mostly to the right speaker/channel and bass notes mostly to the left speaker/channel was so great that one channel would easily clip while the other's amplitude was soft and not producing much sound at all. So in this "side by side" comparison, the Disklavier file may sound a little lower in general volume than the Coakley file, especially when most of the sound is coming from the midrange keys of the piano. Roberto, you may want to consider adjusting the stereo panning to be a little more conservative. ;-) No processing was done to either of the files. They were both exported directly from Qtractor as .ogg files. Here they are: Disklavier soundfont -------------------- http://flytrapranch.com/lau/disklavier-piano-soundfont.ogg William Coakley piano samples ----------------------------- http://flytrapranch.com/lau/coakley-piano-samples.ogg To my ear, the higher frequencies (harmonics) of the mid and upper piano range of the Disklavier sound a little too crisp and exagerated (I'm using Mackie HR824 studio reference monitors which have a very flat frequency response), but other (younger, better) ears than mine will probably have other opinions. ;-) Best wishes, Steve