Reverb / compression/ ?? 'effect'

Hi, I've been trying to create a particular sound but so far without success, so any tips would be gratefully received !
I'm using Ivory plug-in solo piano and am aiming for
1) a soft, very clear piano sound
2) the feeling that the piano is right in front of the listener- not far away on a concert stage
3) a dreaminess-sense of otherworldliness - to the overall sound (which I thought a reverb of say, 4 secs would suggest- but it blurs the sound too much)
4) NO glittering, metallic hard tones
I started with a clean Ivory sound (no reverb), added a very clear reverb (VSL Convolution Reverb) and then routed this to another bus where I have tried out SD reverbs of about 3-4 secs.
But the result wasn't what I want.
I added compression, but the piano sounded stunted.
Would love to hear any ideas from you ................ Kay.

SeaDream wrote:
Thank you thirdparis.
May I ask exactly which settings/controls you mean by 'dynamics' ? - which can be used in quite a wide sense.
There is literally a knob in the Ivory plug in interface called 'dynamic range', or at least there used to be. I had an older version of Ivory at the studio but don't have it on my laptop. Find that knob and turn it down. Then turn the 'timbre' knob down low too, and the 'gain' as well, quite low. Then boost the 'key noise' quite high, and make sure the sustain resonance sample set is also activated (the soundboard) - try a few different ones and boost the level of it too, until you get as much of an exaggerated soundboard sound as you like. Also make sure the release and soft pedal samples are on too. Set the 'stereo perspective' setting to 'performer' as opposed to 'audience'. You can also try narrowing the stereo width a little too, I find it's better less wide when you are using the piano in a mix, or more wide if your piece is piano only. All of these settings will exaggerate the 'intimate' sound of closer miking, because (especially with judicious amounts of key noise and resonance) you get to hear all of the wood and mechanics of the piano like you would when you're up close and personal, as opposed to just the strident piano tones of a grand piano coming through. IMO, Ivory is the best of all the piano plug ins for this particular kind of intimate sound, precisely because of these key noise and resonance samples. Also, but making the timbre quite dark, the gain quite low and the dynamic range low, you can easily play a very soft performance with that intimate sound, without having sudden too loud, too bright notes cutting through and ruining the mood. If the sound is too woolly like this, correct for it with some quality EQ (or try the treble setting in Ivory itself). I find that a Pultec EQ with some bright air (8k or 10k) can really work, but be careful because it can also reveal some warbling artefacts in the Ivory samples which is a bit of an unfortunate fault of this plug in.
I have some music I've written with these kinds of settings in Ivory, I can send you an mp3 if you want to hear it and see if it's the kind of sound you're looking for, let me know.

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