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hinson · Post by **hinson** » Thu Oct 29, 2020 5:50 pm

Someone may say that the sound of the piano is always the same. It can be dark, light, etc.
But, actually, there are many piano sounds. E.g. Grand Piano, Digital Piano, FM Piano, Ballad Piano, Pop piano etc.
I heard so many presets from VST instruments but I couldn't come across one that sounded similar to the one used in this track.
I even downloaded the Children midi file to have the original melodies while checking presets and with no luck.
So what can be the closest piano preset sounds like this one?

AnX · Post by **AnX** » Thu Oct 29, 2020 6:03 pm

korg M1 piano

Etienne1973 · Post by **Etienne1973** » Thu Oct 29, 2020 6:09 pm

Synthmania.com, which identifies the song as being written on a Kurzweil K2000, calls this the "dream house piano" sound, consisting of "standard piano, syn bass and string/pad sounds bathed in delay and reverb".

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children_(composition)

Perhaps there's a Piano patch for NI Kontakt on Robert Miles' own Sampler Library?
Link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B079VGK8RN

dark water · Post by **dark water** » Thu Oct 29, 2020 6:10 pm

A Yamaha Baby Grand Piano, or an imitation of this, with a bit of delay will get you in the right ballpark.
(Nobody is surely going to pick an argument over it??!)

I might be wrong, but I base this on the fact that Robert Miles was a classically-trained pianist and also the fact that some 'Children' covers / Yamaha Baby Grand piano videos on Youtube get the tone pretty much spot on.

EvilDragon · Post by **EvilDragon** » Thu Oct 29, 2020 6:12 pm

AnX wrote: Thu Oct 29, 2020 6:03 pmkorg M1 piano

Actually nope. That's a Kurzweil K2000 there.

AnX · Post by **AnX** » Thu Oct 29, 2020 6:28 pm

I didn't say that's what he used, but you can def get the same sound with the M1, and that's what he's after

vurt · Post by **vurt** » Thu Oct 29, 2020 6:31 pm

joanna?

Etienne1973 · Post by **Etienne1973** » Thu Oct 29, 2020 6:35 pm

My master keyboard is a Kurzweil SP5-8 Stage Piano. Patch 'Standard Piano' included. For use in my DAW I sampled this patch (NI Kontakt Full). Conversion in other formats no problem. I can upload via wetransfer.com if there's no legal issue.

dark water · Post by **dark water** » Thu Oct 29, 2020 6:36 pm

vurt wrote: Thu Oct 29, 2020 6:31 pmjoanna?

Gimme hope...

C-quence · Post by **C-quence** » Fri Oct 30, 2020 9:01 am

Etienne1973 wrote: Thu Oct 29, 2020 6:35 pm My master keyboard is a Kurzweil SP5-8 Stage Piano. Patch 'Standard Piano' included. For use in my DAW I sampled this patch (NI Kontakt Full). Conversion in other formats no problem. I can upload via wetransfer.com if there's no legal issue.

Not aware of legal issues, but that would be great!

Tannaliini · Post by **Tannaliini** » Fri Oct 30, 2020 9:54 am

If you have FL Studio (starts around 1.30):

DJ Warmonger · Post by **DJ Warmonger** » Fri Oct 30, 2020 10:06 am

I once tried to recreate this sound and had some success with FM piano layered over acoustic piano.

Aloysius · Post by **Aloysius** » Fri Oct 30, 2020 10:55 am

Too late. They're not children anymore.

hinson · Post by **hinson** » Fri Oct 30, 2020 10:07 pm

Thanks Tannaliini. This library for Flex is what I'm looking for. The sound of this piano is very satisfying.

dark water · Post by **dark water** » Fri Oct 30, 2020 10:28 pm

And thank you to everyone else here who wasted their time trying to help out this ungrateful, rude OP...

What can be the name of a piano preset similar to Robert Miles Children?