7 Ways to Humanize Boring MIDI Pianos 🎹

Producers often draw in their own chords, which leads them to sound lifeless and boring. So let's spice up your pianos with these tips!

0:00 Intro
0:58 Tip 1: Note Offset ➡️
4:40 Tip 2: Velocity Randomization 📊
6:43 Tip 3: Think Physically 🎹
8:32 Tip 4: Rhythmify 🎶
10:08 Tip 5: Convolution Reverb 🏛️🔊
12:30 Tip 6: Start With A Piano Sample 💿
15:05 Tip 7: Play Something In! 🎹
16:41 Anything I missed?

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[lykepaws]

Thank you! I've found this quite inspiring.

[tjw]

Just some constructive criticism...you say early on that people will need to have some knowledge of basic music theory. It sounded condescending and, as somebody with a lot of experience but no knowledge of theory, it was really quite off-putting very early on in the video. Secondly, your tip to manually move each note off the grid is insane...Use a basic groove from the groove pool, set everything to 0% and then dial the random up. That will give you randomly generated timings in seconds.