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Summary of Contents for Propellerhead RADICAL PIANO
- Page 1 RADICAL PIANO OPERATION MANUAL...
- Page 2 The information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of Propellerhead Software AB. The software described herein is subject to a License Agreement and may not be copied to any other media expect as specifically allowed in the License Agreement. No part of this publication may be copied, reproduced or otherwise transmitted or recorded, for any purpose, without prior written permission by Propellerhead Software AB.
- Page 3 Radical Piano...
- Page 4 There are also a number of other controls for further shaping the sound the way you want it. As a bonus, we also included an audio input so you can route external audio and process it in Radical Piano! The pianos Radical Piano holds complete sound sets recorded from these three pianos: •...
- Page 5 The pianos were recorded using up to nine microphones per instrument, placed at various critical positions inside and outside of the pianos. The different microphone recordings were then stored in Radical Piano as separate sound sets. The following microphone configurations were used: •...
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Page 6: Loading And Saving Patches
Selecting piano sound sets A patch in Radical Piano can consist of a mix between two piano sound sets. The mix could be between two sound sets from the same piano, or from different pianos. You could, for example, blend a Close mic’ed upright piano with the Floor microphones from a grand piano to create your own custom piano sound. - Page 7 This can make the velocity response feel and sound unnatural. Thanks to the combination of samples and physical modelling in Radical Piano, all sound sets feature very wide and completely seamless velocity ranges.
- Page 8 Sustain The Sustain parameter is a special feature in Radical Piano. It lets you control the piano sustain continuously from pedal up to pedal down. As on acoustic pianos, the sustain pedal is not either “on” or “off - it can be “somewhere in between”...
- Page 9 Release Time Set the time it should take for the sympathetic resonance to fade to silence. Envelope Radical Piano features a special type of envelope generator which is used for shaping the character of the piano sound. Attack Set the attack time for the piano sound, from immediate to (unnaturally) slow.
- Page 10 The gain range is +/-18dB for each of the bands, which makes it easy to quickly achieve great sonic results. The EQ can be switched on/off by clicking the LED button at the top. RADICAL PIANO...
- Page 11 Note that the Width control does not have any effect on the sound if you use only the “Vintage Mono” piano sound set(s), see “Selecting piano sound sets”. Compression This controls the amount of compression of your piano sound. RADICAL PIANO...
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Page 12: Sequencer Control
The Pitch can be modulated at a maximum range of +/-1 octave. Note that +/- 1 octave is the maximum range a piano sound can be pitch shifted in Radical Piano. This as- sumes that no Pitch Bend performance controller is used (see “Pitch... - Page 13 The Radical Piano responds to the following standard Performance Controllers: • Pitch Bend Radical Piano responds to Pitch Bend data from the pitch bend control of your MIDI master keyboard. The range is fixed at +/-7 semitones. Note that the Character setting (see “Character”) as well as any Pitch CV modulation (see “Pitch”) can reduce the Pitch Bend range.
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