Oasys piano samples origin

curvebender · Post by **curvebender** » Wed Jun 17, 2009 9:25 am

I was wondering the other day: does anyone know what acoustic pianos were used for the sampling sessions for the Oasys?..

Kevin Nolan · Post by **Kevin Nolan** » Wed Jun 17, 2009 3:43 pm

I'm not emailing with an answer as I don't know, but I was thinking the same just the other day. I wonder if EXs2 is a Bosendorfer? There's something about that piano sound that does not sound Steinway - I could well be wrong - and it also has a weight in the low-mid and low end that suggests something a little more 'imperious' when played with appropriate playbacl levels and reverb. A wild guess of course.

Kevin.

curvebender · Post by **curvebender** » Wed Jun 17, 2009 5:09 pm

Kevin Nolan wrote:I'm not emailing with an answer as I don't know, but I was thinking the same just the other day. I wonder if EXs2 is a Bosendorfer? There's something about that piano sound that does not sound Steinway - I could well be wrong - and it also has a weight in the low-mid and low end that suggests something a little more 'imperious' when played with appropriate playbacl levels and reverb. A wild guess of course.

Kevin.

Isn't the EXs2 piano the same as in the preset PCM, only with longer samples?..

jerrythek · Post by **jerrythek** » Wed Jun 17, 2009 7:27 pm

EXs-2 and the main internal piano (Piano 1) are both taken from a Steinway session. Acoustic Piano 2 (found in the EXs-1 set) is the Bosendorfer.

regards,

Jerry

Charlie · Post by **Charlie** » Thu Jun 18, 2009 1:24 pm

Now I'll have to look up the Bösendorfer. I wasn't aware of that one yet!
(And I was pretty sure, that there's no Bösendorfer amongst the original Korg samples - the piano programs I'm aware of sound to bright for that ...

)

Post by **Sharp** » Thu Jun 18, 2009 4:52 pm

Hi Charlie.

If your after a darker sound and since KORG did use a Bösendorfer, it might be worth while pulling the Program apart and having a look at the EQ and filtering used. You might find what your looking for with a few tweaks.

Also check out the Cutoff values. I find KORG use them to great effect and a little adjustment there alone could be all your after.

Kind Regards.
Sharp.

jg:: · Post by **jg::** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 9:35 am

Factory Program E16 is the "Boesy". It is, in fact, a little darker than the others. And there's quite a bit of high-end EQ in the program, so adjusting that, and adjusting the filter as Sharp suggests, would produce a different character again.

jg::

Charlie · Post by **Charlie** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 10:39 am

Sharp , thanx for your tipps.

I'm not after "darker sounds", but I thought that the origin of the Korg samples will not be Boesi, as they sounded too bright for that.

However, in the meanwhile I found the Boesi sound too, and as expected a sounds a bit darker. I'm still proud to know my piano!

In real life I think the Boesi has the more powerfull bass, too (that is compared to Steinway). I play lots of bass-octaves on my Boesi at home - and my family keeps running away, because even in a large living room it's simply too much - esp. when opening up the piano.

I found it quite interesting to compare the different piano-sounds via the Karo library. It's a pity you cannot load more than one to compare between 2 - you have to record it to compare. And as Sharp wrote: the sound-programming still makes a huge difference (well, guess that's what you have synth-workstation for

).