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	"title": "#InspiredBySound - Exploring the Different Microphone Positions of the Embertone Walker 1955 Piano",
	"description": "In this video, I'll take you through the six different microphone positions of Embertone's rather stunning Walker 1955 Steinway Piano for Kontakt.\nWeighing in at just over 200 GB (according to my Mac) or 190 GB (according to Windows) this will set you back quite a fair chunk of disk space.\nYou will *not* want to run this beast off of a mechanical drive if you can at all help it.\n\nThis piano is versatile, huge both in sound and size, and extremely impressive. Once you hear this video I hope you'll agree.\nFor this video I loaded the 'Default' preset for each of the six mic positions, as I'd tried to load 'Max Memory' but it took my machine down to the ground and it behaved very erratically.\nSome info about the microphones taken from the website:\n\n----------\n\n  Main (Default)\nMics: AKG C414 XLS, ORTF Stereo\nPosition: 2 ft off the side lip at the curve of the piano.\nQualities: Balanced piano\/room tone with a beautiful twinkly high register and tamed low end. Vibrant and hearty with enough air space to breathe.\n\n  Close\nMics: Neumann U87, A\/B Stereo (Omni)\nPosition: 6 in off the strings\nQualities: Extremely intimate and warm with very little room ambience. Rich with string reverberance while capturing all the subtle mechanical sounds.\n\n  Hammer\nMics: Superlux S241\/U3, X\/Y Stereo\nPosition: 1 ft above pointed directly at the hammers.\nQualities: Punchy and percussive dynamics, great for pop\/rock music.\n\n  Room\nMics: Schoeps CMC 6, A\/B Stereo (Cardioid)\nPosition: 6 ft away 8ft high, pointing towards the inside of the lid from the audience perspective.\nQualities: More room ambience and reverb coloration while allowing the piano to fully resonate into the room. Great for achieving a traditional\/classical sound in a concert hall or recital setting.\n\n  Wide Perspective\nMics: Modified Oktava Mk012, A\/B Stereo (Omni)\nPosition: 1 ft from the piano at the playerís perspective, spaced at the full width of the keyboard.\nQualities: An experimental mic pair capturing an ultra-wide stereo image with a unique and enveloping character.\n\n  Binaural Perspective (Bruce!)\nMics: Stereo binaural dummy head (affectionately named Bruce)\nPosition: 2ft from the keyboard at the playerís perspective.\nQualities: Realistic spatialization, especially when listening through headphones.\n\n----------\n\nFind out more about the @Embertone Walker 1955 Piano here: https:\/\/www.embertone.com\/instruments\/concertD.php\n\n\n\n--------------------\n\n\nIf you like what you're hearing\/watching, please consider subscribing: https:\/\/youtube.com\/user\/TheOnjLouis?sub_confirmation=1\n\nCheck out my Music:\n\niTunes: https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/gb\/artist\/andre-louis\/id331037172\nSpotify: Https:\/\/play.spotify.com\/artist\/2yOknhozWTvJ91A1pDsPoI?play=true&utm_source=open.spotify.com&utm_medium=open\nMy Free Library of short tracks: http:\/\/www.andrelouis.com\/shorts\n\nI distribute my music through DistroKid. If you want to start selling music as well, click this link and you can do so at a discount: https:\/\/distrokid.com\/vip\/seven\/550542\n\nSocialMedia:\n\nDiscord: https:\/\/discord.gg\/WcTeB76\nTwitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/OnjMusic\nInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/freakyfwoof\/\nFacebook: https:\/\/facebook.com\/Andre.Louis\n\nSupporting the channel:\n\nPatreon: https:\/\/patreon.com\/OnjMusic\nPayPal: https:\/\/www.paypal.me\/AndreLouis\nMonzo: https:\/\/monzo.me\/andrepeterlouis",
	"channel_title": "Andre Louis",
	"channel_url": "https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCqtMRZeGSGWMAy0AX31K0MQ",
	"upload_date": "2020-07-18",
	"view_count": "966",
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