In Reply to: I have a question: why is it so difficult to record piano? posted by Joel_Waterman on March 10, 2007 at 16:06:34:
A piano is probably the most difficult instrument to reproduce in a recording. The sound is extremely complex, and its tonal quality relies on many factors that aren't yet fully understood. There are many aspects to the tone that we haven't yet figured out to measure. If you can't measure it, it's hard to develop a methodology to record it.I have heard VERY few digital recordings that come close to accurately reproducing the timbre of a real piano. My opinion is that the few recordings that do come close got there pretty much by trial-and-error or accident.
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