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RADICAL PIANO

OPERATION MANUAL

Summary of Contents for RADICAL PIANO

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Page 2: ...e License Agreement No part of this publication may be copied reproduced or otherwise transmitted or recorded for any purpose without prior written permission by Propellerhead Software AB 2012 Propellerhead Software and its licensors All specifications subject to change without notice Reason Reason Essentials and Rack Extension are trademarks of Propellerhead Software All other commercial symbols ...

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Page 4: ...pathetic resonance which means that any undamped strings will ring along with the played notes strings just like on acoustic pianos This makes Radical Piano sound extremely realistic and alive There are also a number of other controls for further shaping the sound the way you want it As a bonus we also included an audio input so you can route external audio and process it in Radical Piano The pian...

Page 5: ...sed a vintage tube microphone Ambience Two microphones in AB configuration placed quite far away from the piano to capture the room ambience Floor Two pressure zone microphones that lay flat on the floor just behind the front legs of the grand piano and behind the upright piano They add depth and richness to the sound and are best used as a complement to the other mics Jazz Two microphones in AB c...

Page 6: ...ur own custom piano sound The piano sound sets can be selected in the Piano Select section The Piano Select section 1 Select desired piano sound set s by clicking the corresponding LED button s You can select one sound set to the left of the Blend knob and one to the right 2 Set the mix between the sound sets with the Blend Microphones knob If you only want to use a single sound set for your sound...

Page 7: ...t the timbre for the lowest velocity With the Low knob set to zero marked with an S playing really soft won t play back any sound at all This can be useful if you for example want to hold down a chord and then play other keys to introduce the sympathetic resonance effect see Resonance With the Curve knob you set the shape of the velocity curve from exponential via linear to logarithmic Set this pa...

Page 8: ...havior The Sustain parameter can be controlled either from the Pedal LED strip control on the front panel or from a Sustain pedal connected to the Sustain Pedal input of your MIDI master keyboard When you use a standard switch type sustain pedal connected to a standard sustain pedal input on your MIDI keyboard this will control the Sustain function in Radical Piano as either Off 0 or On 127 You co...

Page 9: ...nd Level D Set the amount of overall sympathetic resonance in your sound Release Time D Set the time it should take for the sympathetic resonance to fade to silence Envelope Radical Piano features a special type of envelope generator which is used for shaping the character of the piano sound Attack D Set the attack time for the piano sound from immediate to unnaturally slow The range is 0 200 ms D...

Page 10: ... the keys are released and the hammers and dampers return to their initial positions At the 12 o clock position the noise level is natural Above the 12 o clock position the noise is louder and below the 12 o clock position the noise is quieter Pedal Pedal controls the level of the noise that occurs when you press and release the sustain pedal At the 12 o clock position the noise level is natural A...

Page 11: ...s in a large room Hall This simulates the acoustic reflections in a medium size hall Theater This simulates the acoustic reflections in a large hall theater Output Width This lets you set the stereo width of the piano sound Note that the Width control does not have any effect on the sound if you use only the Vintage Mono piano sound set s see Selecting piano sound sets Compression This controls th...

Page 12: ... octave Note that 1 octave is the maximum range a piano sound can be pitch shifted in Radical Piano This as sumes that no Pitch Bend performance controller is used see Pitch Bend and that the Character knob is set to Natural see Character Master Volume Audio In Route an external audio signal to this input to process it with the Resonance EQ Ambience and Compression effects in Radical Piano q Routi...

Page 13: ...te that the Character setting see Character as well as any Pitch CV modulation see Pitch can reduce the Pitch Bend range Sustain Pedal If you have a standard switch type sustain pedal connected to a standard Sustain Pedal input of your MIDI master keyboard this can be used for controlling Sustain On Off You can then edit the Sustain values in your note clips in the sequencer afterwards and set con...

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