Arrogant Posted August 9, 2020 Posted August 9, 2020 Hello! I recently made song that features piano and electric guitars. My problem is that many people told me, that piano doesnt sound natural/is not mixed well/sounds robotic. I recorded piano parts in reaper DAW using neo piano plugin and midi keyboard. What could be improved on when it comes to mixing and playing ? Here is song im talking about: Quote
Quinn Posted August 10, 2020 Posted August 10, 2020 It's ok as a piece but what's a natural sounding piano? I think you should address that question to your detractors. All pianos are slightly different usually by brand and whether upright or grand but unless tinkered with sound like pianos. They can encompass a huge range of music. If this one sounds robotic to them, so what? Perhaps their expectations are different. I heard a vibrant, energetic song that sounds perfectly well mixed. The instruments seem well differentiated, balanced. 1 Quote
Luis Hernández Posted August 10, 2020 Posted August 10, 2020 A piano sounds robotic because it's not played by a human, not because of the mixing. 1 Quote
Arrogant Posted August 10, 2020 Author Posted August 10, 2020 (edited) I played it on midi keyboard, maybe i corrected it too much so it sounds "too perfect". Now that i think about it, propably should play around with velocity of certain notes ! Edited August 10, 2020 by Arrogant Quote
AngelCityOutlaw Posted August 13, 2020 Posted August 13, 2020 Yeah, the issue is definitely that the velocity and timing of the piano is too rigid. The most important thing to remember when people talk about problems with "mixing" is that 99/100 what they're talking about has nothing to do with mixing. Quote
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