sergio Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 This is actually a song my older brother wrote many years ago. He actually wrote two songs; this is one of them. His birthday is coming up so I was just playing around this morning and recorded it for him. It has errors in it, so it was just early morning playing around... Si Volviera a Ser Todo Como Antes.mp3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsquare Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 May I ask how you create your mp3? Your piano sounds very nice and rich. My approach is, I take the audio recording (.wav) from my PX560 and convert it to mp3 with Audacity. But I always have to manually increase the amplification of the wav file in Audacity since it imports in without enough volume (decibels). Not sure this is the best way to get optimal results. Any recording tips would be greatly appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sergio Posted October 18, 2018 Author Share Posted October 18, 2018 That's exactly what I do, Tsquare. I record on the PX-780's "Song Recorder", because it's easy to re-record when you want to start over. Once I have a recording I want to listen to or upload, I transfer it to my USB memory stick, and I process the WAV file with Audacity to convert it to MP3. I'm not an Audacity expert, but I use the "fade in" and "fade out" features to bracket a song, and I use it to do edits, etc. I know you can do a lot with Audacity but I just haven't played with it too much. I tried to adjust the volume in a song, that for some reason came out in lower volume than usual, and I couldn't do a good job so I left it alone. I find that in most cases, the recording volume is a function of how hard I play and (I guess) the actual volume knob. I use the Grand Piano setting, but I adjusted the sound a bit to make it a bit less bright. That's my regular piano, and lately I've been transposing a semitone or two down to better fit my sense of the song. I find that very helpful and I like the somewhat "changed" sound that happens once I lower the key. Also, sometimes I've layered on (subtle) some strings... they add some depth and a different feeling... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sergio Posted October 18, 2018 Author Share Posted October 18, 2018 BTW, I only play in the key of C (I play by ear), so the "transpose" feature of my PX-780 is extremely useful... I hear some of my songs (before I learned how to use this feature) that are definitely too high in pitch... Now I can lower it. Also, for some reason, I think it changes the sound a bit... I don't know is it's my imagination or whether it happens in other models. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m10538 Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 Ooo, that Sergio smoothness! Only marred slightly by a couple of tiny errors. Your family is pretty musical eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sergio Posted October 18, 2018 Author Share Posted October 18, 2018 Mostly on my mother's side... My dad also loved music, but did not play an instrument. My brother played the piano by ear since childhood, but my mom did not want to teach him. Instead, she taught my sister, who excelled at the Conservatory. But not me... I was the bottom of the totem pole. I lucked out with the guitar lessons, and when my mom bought a beat-up piano in NYC, I transposed the knowledge to the piano. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m10538 Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 I'm the youngest too, always last in line! I can't think of anybody in my family that plays any instrument though. I had an aunt that had a player piano and that's about it. Us kids weren't allowed to touch it either, I wanted to so bad! 😭 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sergio Posted October 18, 2018 Author Share Posted October 18, 2018 Sorry, m10538... Player pianos don't count!!! 🤩 Almost as bad as auto-rhythm, right? Actually, auto-rhythms are fine, but I need to use them judiciously and also adjust the various parameters that can be changed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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