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  • Bosendorfer download beginner Need Help.....

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    HI,

    I purchased a new laptop, ( not a MAC)  But a good one, then an entry level audio interface, using a keyboard for controller. All installed with Licenses and drivers. I even managed to play sounds off the keyboard thru my laptop.dd and out of my basic speakers.  But, the sounds I'm making are like listening to a honky tonk piano.

    In fact, when I dissenage all the vsl interfaces and computer and go back to my Casio 560 GRand Piano Voicing that is provided by Casio, in the keyboard, my own keyboard sounds fabulous in comparison. . And that's wasn't what I was looking for.

    Also the out put of the speakers is less than half when pushed thru the lapatop out the interface.  As compared to how it sounds when the Casio is pushing the sound out. And the speakers are 200W.

    Any suggestions on upgrading the interface to improve the sound reproduction? or do I need to erase the vsl and start over again.  Even listening thru the headphones the sound was thin and boring.

    My hopes were high that I would have a round full Bosendorfer Grand swelling thru my studio..  But, that is not what is happening... A clear swing and a miss.

    thanks for any help you could provide to get this program to sound like it should .

    Keene
  • PaoloTP
    PaoloTP
    I started feeling that the sound of the sampled piano was good when I updated to a very good audio interface. When I had one that was only quite good, the piano didn't sound real and powerful enough. As someone who designs digital pianos for a job, I can testify that reproducing the sound and feeling of a piano is incredibly difficult. With a digital piano everything is optimized for that task. With a generic audio interface and speakers, you can only hope that they cover that particular area well. Paolo
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    what would be considered an entry level interface for reproducing what the creators had in mind.

    thx for your response.

    Keene
  • PaoloTP
    PaoloTP
    Not specific names. But check for high dynamic rates on the output: this is usually a good sign of the needed ability to deal with a piano's huge dynamic range. As a general rule, I guess that manufacturers of high-end audio interfaces can also make excellent entry-level devices. Paolo
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    You don't list your interface or speakers so I'm guessing it;s something like a Focusrite Clarett and a pair of Behringer Truth's. .....lol.

    It doesn't matter - there are very few poor bits of kit out there.

    I would start with the patches your playing. I don't own the VSL Piano's but getting the right Performance patch loaded is fairly key. If it was me I would record your best sounding Casio Piano sound as Audio into your DAW giving you a quick A/B between your live playing of your VSL and your recorded Casio - now use a pair of headphones so that you can clearly hear the Reverb/Room acoustics embedded in the Casio sound. Now start listening to the VSL and make note of playback volume - dynamic range - room sound.

    You're basically engineering two Piano sounds - 
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    Pretty much impossible to diagnose directly from the info provided.

     

    It could be as simple as your CC11 expression is way down and there's not enough energy to whereever its output is. It could be you are using the system's sound and it's garbage (you didn't say whether or  not all computer is like that; if it isn't, it narrows it down to this extent).

     

    Chances are *not* high that it's the converters of a legit audio interface through itself.
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    But, the problem is on your end, the instrument itself is quite reputable.