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Is it possible to simulate damper pedal or sustain pedal by manipulating reverb and tempo and other basic dynamics or effects (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by [email protected] to c/musicproduction

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Not looking for a specific special plugin, just trying to reason thru if its possible or how best to create a similar effect to someone holding the piano sustain pedal throughout

Closest I can think of is increasing the reverb decay times for both low and high notes but I'm just going off the parameters I can see that are adjustable, maybe add a low-pass filter for added blurriness/hazy-ness

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[–] allo 3 points 1 week ago

i've done it with reverb to notes that end too abruptly, but it felt awkward and imperfect. Basically automationclipping so the start of a note has no extra decaytime reverb and slope it up so the end of the note has tons. Occasionally makes a passable version of what you say.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I believe standard reverb would be fine, and a convolution reverb would probably be the best type.

Maybe a compressor/expander before the reverb could help you stretch out the sustain a bit more. You would likely have to automate the gain a hair. (Just automating the gain would be tricky, while using expansion would level out the signal better.)

For a damper, I would also leverage a compressor with a super fast attack to muddy the transient. I would automate a filter and levels to cut the decay short.

If I remember my piano correctly, dampers cut the hell out of the high end and limit harmonics substantially. Other than a filter, I can't think of simple step to cut out harmonics. (Maybe a well designed comb filter? I dunno.)