THAT Cinematic Piano Sound With 4 Plugins 🎹

Howdy doody, Buckaroonies! Today I wanted to share how I make cinematic pianos in only 4 steps. And the best part is: you can even do it with free/stock plugins!

Recommended Cheap/Free Piano Plugins:
Spitfire LABS Soft Piano (FREE)
Imagiro Piano ($20)
Spitfire Originals Firewood Piano ($30)
Pianobook Claustrophobic Piano (FREE)
Sinefactory Spindle (FREE)
Sinefactory Ratio (FREE)
Soundpaint 1928 Vintage Grand (FREE)

Pianobook has a ton of other amazing free pianos as well - browse around!

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Gear In This Video:

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0:00 Existence Is A Nightmare
1:23 Let's Have A Breakdown Together
2:07 Finding A Suitable Piano
4:16 Some Extra Piano Sound Tips
5:10 Piano Sound Step 2
6:23 Piano Sound Step 3
8:14 Piano Sound Step 4
9:09 How To Make It Sound Right
11:56 Get Off The Grid
13:39 It's About What You Don't Play
16:02 Adding Some Textures
18:01 Closing Thoughts

Stay classy!

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[VenusTheory]

Also yes: I did stab the hell out of myself on those thorns for that intro shot. 😅

[aviralxdd]

Here’s a tip for those pads, sidechained reverb on the drones (also a good amount of pre-delay) with some mild distortion to make them crispier. Flangy super saw drones are quite nice for this.

[DoubleHouse]

"I should have ordered with bacon"

I've already been locing your stuff, but that was the exact moment you became my absolute favorite YT channel. You're too awesome, man. Keep it up!

[BeniRoseMusic]

Ends up being able to play the piano really well is key to making GORGEOUS Cinematic Pianos.

[BrofUJu]

Spitfire Labs piano is great for free, and I bought the Waves piano years ago at 29 bucks, and it sounds fantastic and I use it all the time. Sometimes it can be nice to blend two piano sounds, too.

[cheesecakelyfe]

I find going with a lower mix on reverb and taking an even lower (-50ish db) comp means you don't have to miss out on attack or body. A little reverb after the fact helps hide the comp artifacts.

For a super fun tip, try shifting the reverb signal up a couple of octaves for a cool shimmer effect, and using a multiband comp to flatten out the low-mids makes sure it doesn't get too muddy down there with all the rolled off reverbs!

[sound.silence]

Bro. That opener. I bow to you. F’ng exquisite!! I was toasting a bagel by the way.

[Gainn]

Ancient free plugin 'RubyTube' V1..
Adds a delicious texture to piano.

[_mickmccarthy]

Obviously the sounds you produce, and the teaching of the theory behind what you're playing are awesome and I'm sure will keep me engaged until (and likely long after!) you stop producing content. But man your intros get me every time, they're utterly amazing.

Keep up the great work!

[Bartolomeusable]

That velocity trick did it for me already!!

[bricelory]

One of my favorite pianos in pianobook is The Gaffer, which can be quite intimate but also very bright and uniquiely plucky

[BackSlashJvb]

You have no idea how much i needed this video, i was searching as to how to make a piano soun cinematic and with what effects but i coulnt find none videos that helped xD. This is honestly like a god send GIFT

[nicerperson]

I was feeling a bit down but the first 100 or so seconds really cheered me up, thank you 💖

[alainterieur]

My favorite free piano is Room Piano v3, it's super light on the CPU and barely takes any hard drive space (it's less than 60 MB) plus it sounds great.

[horizontalblanking]

Loved the “Werner Herzog” opening of this video! Going to try this technique today.

[profet]

You're a very good teacher, and a relatable and fun person, and you dig into how mind works with music and feelings. Thank you

[hannesbengsch]

That intro poem kicked the urge in me to sample it and turn it into "deep ... meaningfull" house/techno music, but with your atmosheric pads underneath it, shimmering into the clearer second thought. I realized that this would be on the not so cool side of music production. And also way to easy, cause most of the epic stuff is kind of already there.

[degenhardt_v_A]

How is your channel not one of the biggest on youtube!?
Your voice alone makes watching worthwhile!

[pianosongbook]

I´m still looking for a nice decent piano sound... so, thx for your inspirations!

[brandonallen]

Dude, your content is so rich man! Not only the musical aspects, but the juxtaposition of deep philosophical questioning, and humor is so delightful man! Love it, keep it coming bro!