First track, very medieval amazing arrangement with the voice and violin. The other two piano tracks are pretty but in terms of mix I think you can bring everything to the front, they felt low in volumes. You can probalby use 2 pianos one that is kind of dry and the other doing the same thing but distant and reverb to create some sort of a room effect without losing the close up sound of the piano. Well done !
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What's the difference between just setting the dry output to a percentage and actually duplicating a dry track? Just trying to think logically - I've seen this advice before and your track is mixed very well, so I'm truly asking this question to gain in understanding.
I guess on the other side of it, the piano VST I'm using isn't the absolute top of the line either, and the reverb getting a little more distant compensates a little for the piano's color characteristics.
I'll probably cave in and get i-Lok so I can actually buy one of the Vienna Symphonic Library pianos, or their whole bundle. One of these days.
That said, since I make instruments I could probably just tweak the reverbs and EQs to really pull more apparent tone and color out of the drier piano sound.
Thank you for the feedback!
You probably first have to play with EQ on the piano you chose, you can work with some free pianos too, labs and foundations avec great stuff. I used Keyscape but only one presets and I EQ to boost some of the highs on one, panned the high notes on the right side between 30 to 60% and low notes on the left (like someone is playing left hand) and add a second layer of a piano with way more reverb but pretty low in volumes with that I have a good stereo balance and a little more upfront, if I have too I add a compressor to make it pop a little more.