@David-Healey I was really over complicating it in my head by trying to manage separate sampler modules I’m heading over to your channel right now to find those multi-mic tutorials. Thanks a ton for pointing me in the right direction.

Hi everyone!

I’ve been silently reading and learning a lot from this amazing community for a while. Now, I’ve finally gathered the courage to start my first serious commercial project: Petrof Piano (I haven't come up with a name yet :/).

I wanted to share my development journey with you all, rather than just waiting until the finish line.

Instead of going the physical modeling route, I am building a heavily sample based, grand piano based on a Petrof. For close mic recording, I use 2X Neumann KM184 Cardioid Condenser. For preamp I use SSL AWS 900+

Current Progress:

• Main Audio Engine: Ready and fully functional.
• Close Microphone: Fully mapped and completed with 6 Velocity Layers (from delicate pp to aggressive ff) to capture the true dynamic range and timbre shift of the wood. (Room and Far mics are in the works).

Systems Already Implemented (as seen in the WIP GUI):

• Tone Shaping (Dark/Bright & Tonal Shift)
• Perspective & Space (Lid Position & Player/Audience controls)
• Envelope & Dynamics (Attack, Release, Dynamic response)
• Resonance Engine
• Dedicated Reverb Module (Scoring Stage, etc. with Dry/Wet)
• Pitch Control (Transpose)
• Full Pedal Support (UnaCorda, Sostenuto, Sustain)
  -Chord analyzer (extra)

What's Next:
The only major thing left to implement is the Mechanical Sounds layer (key release, pedal action, wood creaks) to make the instrument feel 100% organic.

If you'd like to hear how it sounds, I'm leaving an unlisted YouTube link below. It's just a quick
https://youtu.be/VHhs1g4Cwcs

Since this is my first time handling such a massive sample pool (6 velocity layers across 88 keys with 3 mics + upcoming mechanical layers), I have a question for the veterans here:

Do you have any golden rules or specific settings in HISE for RAM optimization and voice management when dealing with very large, multi-mic sample maps? I want to make sure my foundation is absolutely bulletproof before I map the remaining microphones.

I will keep updating this thread as the beast comes alive. Cheers!