When the lower bass of a decent sized grand is pounded, these notes have an almost "growly" sound. The frequency profile of the bass notes of an acoustic piano changes more noticeably than do the treble notes with increased velocities.
And I've commented adnauseum on this subject myself... but here's one more observation. I feel like the nature of the velocity sensors on all MIDI keyboards is missing the ability to simulate this "pounding". It is much too easy to reach hex value 127 -though this is fine for a lot of playing. But with a real piano action, there is that extra thunder you get when you take it a bit further and get the felt smoking. Accessing that sound/velocity parameter with a standard MIDI keyboard is too easy and you would not want that sound with just standard hard playing (and you wouldn't want to break your controller, either). I think a current/feasible workaround is to have another pedal, like a MIDI controller foot pedal (easily configured with MIDI Solutions and other magic boxes) that would then kick in that extra growl in the upper velocity ranges by altering the Pianoteq model, applying an effect, etc. You still wouldn't hear it all the time or in lower velocities, but it would be there when you hit hard, so long as that pedal was pushed. Does this make sense to anyone else, or should I get back on my medication..?
]]>When the lower bass of a decent sized grand is pounded, these notes have an almost "growly" sound. The frequency profile of the bass notes of an acoustic piano changes more noticeably than do the treble notes with increased velocities.
The Yamaha C5 is a good example (200 cm = 6'-7"). My piano re-builder friend has one in his showroom. His only complaint with the sound of Pianoteq is that these lower notes won't growl when hit hard. If he could get this sound from Pianoteq, I believe that he'd purchase PT in a heartbeat.
]]>Our Christmas gift come a bit later, but came. ;-)
By the way, the original model Walter pianoforte it's still fully functional. What about record both, the original and the pianoteq add-on, to compare the sound?
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It would be great to have full screen size view. This is very helpful when playing on stage.
Greetings
PTC
This. Right here. +10!
I would like this too, and a nice picture of the modelled piano to look at like the nice pictures on the "add-on" site.
Anyway, what I would love to see is MIDI control of the metronome, as metronome speed and metronome start / stop is the only controls I actually need to manipulate when practising. Sometimes I adjust the metronome as often as every few seconds, making it a bit of a hassle always having to reach for the mouse and the computer screen.
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Hans
Also I personally would appreciate a bit more complex reverb.
]]>I sense a tilt toward the classical when it comes to adding new models. I would imagine I'm not the only Pianoteq user coming from the rock/pop school of hammering keys, for whom additional concert grands, or historic instruments would be of limited use. (We got the CP-80, which was a superb addition, but we're still under-represented I think ). For people like me I think electro-mechanical models would be a top priority, like the Rhodes MK I and II and a good ole Wurlitzer. The existing ones from other vendors are not good enough in my opinion, and I'm positive Modartt would blow everything else out of the water if they put their mind to it. Could an admin give us a hint if we should expect this, or is electro-mechanical outside the realm of what Modartt does?
I couldn't think of anything else to improve an outstanding product. Maybe add an option to choose between various costs in terms of CPU hits? (NI does this with some of their more intense software instruments). For those with shiny new Quad cores more CPU-expensive models might be nice to have. Don't know if this is feasible in Pianoteq though. Oh, and a nice upright would be great of course .
]]>On time of key or damper pedal release string start vibrating on different frequences. It's well heard when key is released slowly as on folloing sample
http://www.forum-pianoteq.com/uploads.p...elease.mp3
I really miss this real piano "feature" on PTQ ...
I agree. This is one of those subtle acoustic nuances that would be nice to have. A Frequency Envelope of sorts on the final Release & Decay of the Amplitude Envelope, to put it in synth terms.
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I really miss this real piano "feature" on PTQ ...
]]>(That's one advantage of using splits--you can reduce this setting in the treble and raise it in the bass.)
]]>I guess if I didn't have special fxp files, and just used the presets as they arrived with the software, there wouldn't be a problem. But to me, being able to design your own presets, and I mean LOTS of them, is half the fun!
And if I didn't love this product so much, it souldn't be a problem to me.
By the way: I'm kind of old, so that magnifies the problem, believe me!
]]>....i forgot one wish.
It would be great to have full screen size view. This is very helpful when playing on stage.
Greetings
PTC
This. Right here. +10!
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