GarageBand's Piano's are trash. Here's how you can fix them.
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- GarageBand's Piano's are trash. Here's how you can fix them.
There’s no denying that most of GarageBand’s built in sounds are pretty good. The stock steinway piano sound though... not so much.
Luckily, GarageBand has all the tools you need to inject some much needed ‘humanity’ into your stock piano melodies.
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The sustain tip is the best one, in my opinion. However, there’s a fourth tip I would add: the way you play the piano is the most important part (there will be a natural velocity variation and sustain; fx and other artifacts could have been used later). Or, grab the piano midi that’s already played in a natural way, you know...
Another outstanding guide!
Another way to quickly get a more “human” feel on the piano is to use accents....quite simply, some notes are played louder than others
For example, in a recent piano driven piece commissioned in the style of ADELE, my chorus piano was in solid 8th notes/quavers
However, the chords I’d drawn in on my piano roll sounded flat, especially at the slow tempo
To combat this, I highlighted the notes on the + of the 2nd beat, and the 4.
Then I increased the velocity to taste.
Automatically it sounded much more dynamic, excited and human! This is a quite common accent pattern, and we naturally experience the 1 of any 4-to-the-bar beat as emphasised, too!
Any percussionists might recognise it as the 3:2 clave pattern!
Then I also took the bass notes and gave them a quarter/crotchet and quaver feel on Beats 1 and 2.
Often looking at how the bass notes interact with the chords - and you don’t need a lot of music theory to do this - rather than copy-and-pasting the root of the chord an octave down, goes a long way to making the piano professional sounding
Add in your tips, and any of your subscribers will be well on their way to making their electronic Elton John a lot more lively!
Great techniques. Thanks.
I also like to move the midi notes about 1/64 or so off grid either before or after the beat to give it an even more human touch.
Patrick is the best for GarageBand tips! So glad I get his e-mails.
Great tips on getting different pianos sounds.
Great tips, Patrick! Since I do not have a sustain pedal anymore, automation is a great way to do it.
i look for sustain guide for such a long time ,finally i find this ,thanks man
Thanks for watching! 👍
Duuude I’ve been trying to find how to work the sustain on my instruments thank you so much man
Very cool. Thanks Patrick.
Ridiculous how many Google searches I had to go through to find the solution to sustaining a note. Thanks a million!
The title alone was gold, thanks the video dude, awesome
Great tips. Thanks, Patrick!
Glad they helped! Thanks for watching! 👍
Thanks Dude. Its Amazing 🔥
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for Watching!
I love the thumb love thing. So perfect
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Thank you for the sustain tip! I use my digital piano with a sustain pedal to record but for whatever reason my pedal input doesn't get picked up properly so while I'm hearing a nice, clean performance while I play, the MIDI is all mushed and horrible but with this I can now fix it. Thank you!!!
The video and also the comments are pure gold! Thanks for the tip. It's not like a real piano, but it's finally starting to sound decent ❤
My pleasure! Thanks for watching! 👍
Good tips. I appreciate!
Thanks for watching! 👍
Never to old to learn, thanks for the tip Patrick.
Absolutely! Thanks for watching 👍
Brilliant. I love garageband but was disappointed with piano options..(I found FL Studio is better). But your video opened my eyes to what options are possible. Ive now subscribed. Cheers 🏴
Im a classical/jazz pianist composer and GB steinway sounds more AMAZING than i thought it could! i added %50 ambience %60 verb %40 delay (onboard effects).... golden.
Great vid. No piano or keyboard player (certainly not me 🤣) is perfectly in time like GB either. So adjusting timing a tick is another way to humanize not only piano but other tracks too.
I've taken to using automation to control velocity as well. You can swoosh away and play like at the behest of a conductor.
Can’t wait to test this out on the piano covers I’ve created!
Hi Patrick ~ great video 👍 Quick question: will these tips work for the brass section midi files in GB?
thanks for the tips
I have an electric piano that sounds just fine, like a real piano with its own default sound, but when I use it with Garageband as a MIDI controller (has velocity and a sustain pedal), the sounds in Garageband are just awful no matter how I tune the settings :
Awesome tips thank you appreciate it you’re awesome 💯💯💯
My pleasure! Thanks for watching! 👍
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Awrite Patrick nice tips here cheers bud.
Happy to help, thanks for watching!
Great tip for non piano experts like me! Thx!
thanks for the video Allan in stoke on Trent
Thank you 👊🏼
Thanks for watching! 👍
Is this just GarageBand software for Mac or is it avail on IPad ?
Is it possible to play piano chords in GB 6.0.5? GB appears to only allow single notes to be played. Surely it must be possible to play a group of notes (chord) simultaneously. If so....how?
I do lots of synth wave music but since I play everything but the drums I always adjust velocity on keyboard notes. I usually go 'high notes say 100, mid notes 95 and lower notes 90. Makes my synth tracks sound slick ,ok I'm a bit OCD bit hey :)
Great tip! 👍
If you already have a digital piano, don’t overlook recording its native sounds to an Audio track. An audio interface is required if you’re piano doesn’t come with one built-in.
NOTE: Due to current chip shortages, Yamaha had to remove the audio interface from the P-125 and it’s now sold as the New Yamaha P-125a. However, using the 1/4” L & R Out jacks, you can still capture the native sounds with an external audio interface.
Is there is any vst or pluggin that sustain the instruments? For live play ?
Thumb love given! Ooooooer Madame!
Any tips for improving the sound of a really cheap piano? I'm recoding with a Casio-CTK 1200 in stereo while adding some reverb to it. But it still has that cheap, toyish sound that I hate. Would love to know if anyone have any tips for making it sound better!
As a scientific fact I'm leaving a "thumbs up" :D
This is how I used to do it too, I was hoping there would be another way to make the piano sound better and more natural. Thank you for the video*
Thanks Brother! Incredible tutorial! (You should do this for a living....(ha ha))!
Just curious, Patrick. Are you going to give a tutorial on the app Midi for GarageBand on Mac?
MIDI GUITAR for GarageBand for MAC, that is.
Hi Pat, Nice video. On the Sustain tip I couldn't get the orange automation line to show. Im using Garageband version 10.3.5. Perhaps I don't have access to this facility on this older version of Garageband? Would you concur?
You may need to ‘create’ the automation line by clicking in the area where it should be first. Give it a try and let me know if that works
@@TheGaragebandGuide Spot on Patrick - that worked first time - many thanks for your time and help - AGAIN :)
When automating piano sustain by hand, a good way to go about it is to emulate the actions of a real player on a real piano. Sitting at a real piano and using the sustain pedal, the player typically lifts their foot off the pedal on the "and" of the final beat of the measure, and pushes the pedal back down on the "1" of the next measure. So, lift at 3.5 beats of 4, push back down 0.5 beats later.
Doing it this way helps to eliminate resonances from being carried over and sounding through when the next chord is being played. Such resonances are most often dissonant, especially if the interval is only 1 between the two chords.
tl;dr - sticking to the technical fundementals of an instrument = glorious music
Fantastic tip! 👍
great tip, really!
@@Ucci thanks.. 😁
hi there. great channel. how do I make all midi notes the same length - at the same time? I tried option-click- drag but no go
If you press Command + A in the piano roll all your notes will be selected at the same time.
Is this available on IPad?
Gran vídeo
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I had to give up on GB because of the default piano sounds. I got stymied because I can't record my USB Yamaha keyboard on its own, just as a controller for the very limited GB keyboard sounds. I also bought an Akai MPK Mini, and of the three programs it comes with, only one works, with one producing an error message in GB, and the other not even recognized. I bought a ten slot powered USB expander also, and can't seem to get the Mac or GB to recognize more than two inputs.
I screwed around with it for days, and I had to walk away! (and yes, I tried installing the latest drivers and uninstalling and re-installing programs)
Ugh! I just had to vent.
Yup, GarageBand's lack of MIDI input is definitely one of it's biggest weaknesses!
@@TheGaragebandGuide Thanks. I even tried to go headphone out, into my interface, and I get the recording meters to move, but zero sound. That one really stumps me.
@@flybynight1929 you need a USB to MIDI interface. M-Audio makes a few, some of which are pretty inexpensive - especially if you find one used (maybe like $10).
Get an interface, then download some software to handle the exchange. MIDI-Pipe comes to mind..
@@SineEyed Thanks, I have many, but they don't work either. The keyboard isn't recognized, and I think because its older, there are no drivers for the computer anymore. I looked, a lot.
Another question. I am a complete noob, but I want to use Garageband on Ipad with a midi-controler-keyboard, preferably 88 keys. I never in my life played keyboard before, so graded/non graded is not something i know about. Anyway, what midi keyboard controller would be the best choice for use in Garageband?
If you’re dead set on an 88 key controller then the Nektar Impact LX88 is a good choice.
Can someone please tell me the name of the melody he is playing in the beginning? 😊
If my keyboard has weighted keys and sustain pedal does that info come through when recording midi? (don't really want to adjust all this after the fact.)
Yes, that info will be captured.
My Scottish side is digging this channel
Good job. I put my thumb up above?
Cheers and thanks for watching!
Does the Ravenscroft piano plugin sound better than Garage Band’s stock pianos?
Definitely. I also like Pure Piano as it’s a bit more versatile than Ravenscroft.
@@TheGaragebandGuide Awesome!
Will this be good for Piano Covers?
Yes, absolutely!
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“Down below” even!!
I’m finding myself giving you a lot of thumb loving...
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So, it's not the piano itself that sucks. It's the input method. If you are playing on good MIDI keyboard and have a sustain pedal, these problems are non existent then
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I clicked 'like' then went down to my keyboard. I still sounded awful. Money back, please...
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