Hey, guys.
I have the M if there's any difference between it and the original Montage.
I've been taking the piano performances for the Hamburg, CFX, CFX2 and Imperial and listening with the reverb and variation turned off so I can hear what the actual piano sounds like. I've never been in the same room with any of these 9 footers, so I don't know what they sound like in the real world. I gravitate towards Steinways, but am trying to appreciate each brand for its particular character. I figure the first step is to hear the actual piano, not the effects.
With that in mind, the Imperial seems to be an interesting creature. At first I thought it was all about the bottom end. While that's certainly part of what it brings to the party, there seems to be a very distinct characteristic to the mid and upper keys. It's almost glass-like, to the point that at first I thought there was a flute in the performance playing a couple of octaves up and just subtly mixed in.
What I'm wondering is if this is actually what the Imperial sounds like (or to be more specific, what this sampled version of the Imperial sounds like). I like the extra harmonics that I get from a Steinway, which then makes pianos like the C7 or CFX stand out for their clarity. However, these upper partials on the Imperial are completely different in nature from what I hear on a Steinway. I've actually never heard anything quite like it before.
If this is indeed a signature part of the Imperial sound, that would be interesting. I'm just trying to make sure that I haven't turned the wrong knobs to alter what it's supposed to be. Admittedly, it seems hard to screw up turning the reverb and variation to zero, but I've had success with screwing up simpler things, so I thought I'd ask.
I have the M if there's any difference between it and the original Montage.
I've been taking the piano performances for the Hamburg, CFX, CFX2 and Imperial and listening with the reverb and variation turned off so I can hear what the actual piano sounds like. I've never been in the same room with any of these 9 footers, so I don't know what they sound like in the real world. I gravitate towards Steinways, but am trying to appreciate each brand for its particular character. I figure the first step is to hear the actual piano, not the effects.
With that in mind, the Imperial seems to be an interesting creature. At first I thought it was all about the bottom end. While that's certainly part of what it brings to the party, there seems to be a very distinct characteristic to the mid and upper keys. It's almost glass-like, to the point that at first I thought there was a flute in the performance playing a couple of octaves up and just subtly mixed in.
What I'm wondering is if this is actually what the Imperial sounds like (or to be more specific, what this sampled version of the Imperial sounds like). I like the extra harmonics that I get from a Steinway, which then makes pianos like the C7 or CFX stand out for their clarity. However, these upper partials on the Imperial are completely different in nature from what I hear on a Steinway. I've actually never heard anything quite like it before.
If this is indeed a signature part of the Imperial sound, that would be interesting. I'm just trying to make sure that I haven't turned the wrong knobs to alter what it's supposed to be. Admittedly, it seems hard to screw up turning the reverb and variation to zero, but I've had success with screwing up simpler things, so I thought I'd ask.
Statistics: Posted by ChrisDuncan — Wed Aug 21, 2024 12:13 am