The wonderful thing about MIDI is you can try out different sounds on your track, until you find one you like. Digital instruments sound ridiculously close to the real thing, but some free VST pianos have a tinny sound that’s more like a cheap keyboard than a nice acoustic piano. If you’re adding a grand piano track to your song, make sure you find a good quality plugin with an authentic sound. Read on for some tips and tricks on how to make MIDI piano sound more natural. So, what’s the best way for beginner producers to make sure the notes programmed into their DAW piano roll sound like a real piano, not just lines on a screen? Advice on making MIDI notes sound realistic can be applied to other keyboard sounds, not just a grand piano part – from baroque harpsichord to an emotive synth track. Things like tiny subtleties in the timing and how hard fingers press down piano keys make a big difference to the feel of the track.
Whether you’re not fully confident playing a piano keyboard, or don’t have access to hardware like a physical MIDI keyboard to play into your DAW, making your piano part sound natural can be a tricky task. But without careful afterthought the digital result can sound robotic, because a little bit of spontaneous human feel is lost when a physical instrument isn’t being played. Whole albums can be made from clicking or typing MIDI notes into the piano roll of a DAW. In 2021, a computer mouse is a musical instrument. Want a great piano sound? Banish robotic keyboard melodies in your DAW piano roll with these 7 tips on how to make digital piano sound realistic.
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