Hello.

I want to ask if anyone has used tape emulator plugin with Yamaha CFX or Steinway D274. I love these pianos, for me the best on the market, but a friend recommended me to use a tape emulator plugin to give them more quality, but of course, before buying it I want to know if anyone has used it and with what results. I have the full versions of both pianos, if someone can recommend a microphone configuration to get more warmth, it would also help me.

Thanks.

Hello, sorry for the delay in responding. I see the saturator in FX, I use the full version of CFX and Steinway 274. How do you recommend I use it? Do I apply it on all microphones? Thanks.

Hi. You dont' necessarily need to buy a tape emulator - there are some very good free ones, such as Chowdary ChowTape. I have U-He Satin, and I just tried it on the CFX. Its pretty subtle. Adds a bit of air and body to the tone. I think I prefer it solo without the tape saturation (it's likely already been saturated during recording and sampling, so no real need to add more without specific reason to I think).

Originally Posted by: PaoloT

Originally Posted by: liquidlino

Hi. You dont' necessarily need to buy a tape emulator

In particular if you have one already included with the player! :)

Paolo

Ha, true. On the other hand, there's not many parameters on the built in saturator, so maybe OP is looking for more knobs to twiddle in his spare time.... :)

Plus - I *still* haven't been able to figure out how to create a master channel fx within piano player - I'm sure it's simple, but escapes me... and saturation is very different when applied per mic channel vs to the whole mix, as its a non-linear process.