James Blake Overgrown Piano (dark, deep, vintage sound)

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  1. mewoingtons

    mewoingtons Producer

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    Can anyone point me towards a vintage sounding, deep, and somewhat dark piano similar to the one James Blake has used in this track? Preferably a kontakt library.

    I realize the tone has a lot to do with velocity, voicing, and chord selection, but I feel like having the right piano to start out with will compliment these elements better.

    Thanks.

     
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  3. spyfx

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    @mewoingtons hi my friend :bow: :
    this is just a suggestion & nothing more : try perhaps Addictive keys (VHS Infomercial preset as a starting point) with a bit of Valhalla vintage verb & some low pass filtering ? : i did this really fast so i know it is not the exact sound :wink:

     
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    Sounds pretty good already to be honest. Thinking maybe some subtle pitch modulations to get it out of tune just slightly, some lo-fi processing, lower velocity, etc. I'll try it out for sure, thanks.
     
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    Lower velocity for sure, there´s a Kontakt library out there called Death Piano from Production Voices and of course the old Tonehammer Emotional Piano V1. Both can sound very close in my opinion.
     
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    Recently got death piano, been loving that as well.
     
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    Pretty sure that's an upright.
     
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