PianoTell Recital #3 Is Now Live!

Final comments! Thank you everyone for sharing your performances, and to everyone who listened, liked and commented on mine!

Sam — "An Important Event" from the Scenes from Childhood - That sounds like a fun exercise for the piano group! I thought this sounded great, and this tempo sounds good to me - makes the important event seem ‘grander’ than the faster renditions!

Rob — Pembrokeshire Promise - A beautiful part of Wales! The piece sounded very nostalgic, perhaps how you were feeling when you wrote it. Very nice!

Sgisela — Danza de los ñáñigos - Another very cool (and tricky!) dance piece from you! I really enjoyed this piece and your playing.

Gooseberry — Nights in White Satin - Lovely playing! I bet it was fun putting it together from a few different sources.

bSharp — Journey - Open Arms - Very nice! I enjoyed the contrast in your playing between the flowy-bit and the LH octavey-bit.

Greta99 — Berceuse, Op. 23 No. 1 - This was lovely! I’ve never heard of the composer, I will have to check her out. Thank you for sharing!

ShiroKuro — Wind - really cool! The piece and your playing captures a sense of mystery and wistfulness for me.

navindra — Over The Rainbow - Great arrangement and nicely played! I didn’t understand everything you said about the sound production but I thought it sounded really fantastic!

Thank you @BicBic !! “Mystery and wistfulness” — that’s lovely!

Sgisela
Thank Sgisela! That was lovely!

Greta99 Thank you for your kind comments.

rach3master Can't remember exactly, but I think it's about 2/3 of the way up the slider. It's a matter of taste. I believe the amplitude of the signal is boosted too. To my ears, it is a definite enhancer.

Sophia
A wonderful idea and a very successful realization! Sophia, it was a pleasure to watch you play. You have a very good sense of rhythm. Your chords were very clean. @rsl12 You have a nice voice and good stage presence. Very well done, both of you!

rach3master
A terrific performance! I loved it. Your grand piano is gorgeous.

plop_symphony
This is a cute little piece, very well played.

Player1
I hope you're feeling better already. I have to admit, I'm not a big fan of Faber, but this piece sounds nice. Thanks for sharing!

Seeker

I learned a short passage today to experiment with a more concerto-friendly audio mix, so this was something interesting to try as well. Here's the reference clip without Ozone Imager.

https://jmp.sh/dhj2aypm

Here's the same clip with Imager width set at 50%.

https://jmp.sh/dbRq2TAv

The effect is more pronounced in the middle of the passage, and yes, the whole clip does become slightly louder. Personally, I'm a bit undecided as to which I prefer.

rach3master Listening with my AGK-K240 headphones, I like the one with Ozone Imager better. Without it, at least with my equipment and ears, I find a sort of hollow in the mid-range of the piano with the volume being less and the vibancy of the sound diminished compared to what I hear coming from further left and right. It's not quite a "hole", but it sounds further away, or something. There's not quite a gap in the sound stage, but the middle sounds different.

The Imager, as you've used it, fills in that hole yet keeps the sound field expanded fully right and left.I listened carefully, and it's not smearing the sound or making it less clear - just kind of blending it better from the center out to the sides. I don't remember now if there are "wet" and "dry" settings or their equivalents, but you could mess with those too. I find this blended sound to be more what I would hear were I playing the instrument, actually more natural.

Anyhow, I think it sounds better WITH.

Your playing is gorgeous, and the instrument sounds really beautiful too.

Bravo.

MarieJ
With your delicate touch, this kind of music suits you perfectly. I enjoyed both your playing and your art!

hebele
It was an interesting decision to play everything detached, but somehow it worked. Kudos on tackling the ornaments!

Pathbreaker
One needs a lot of control to play all those chords pp and dolce. I loved the middle part. Beautiful performance!

Calavera
I've always enjoyed listening to your submissions, and this one is no exception. The energetic beginning caught me off guard, I probably should have read the description first. Thanks for sharing!

WieWaldi
Very nice, so laid back, very steady tempo. Hats off to you for learning the piece in such a short time.

Rob another very lovely composition! I really enjoyed it.

twocats Thank you