I am an "early intermediate player" at the age of 53. Hence, I feel that my "mechanical learning abilities" are somewhat limited. One limitation appears when playing fast staccato runs. After some notes, they tend to turn more into legato. This appears particularly if the fifth finger is involved. Maybe this problem is not relevant for more advanced or younger players. So I am looking for your comments.

Although I now that this problem could be also handled using external tools in your midi chain, I would like to see a "staccato pedaling" functionality directly inside Pianoteq. Pianoteq already has a beautiful set of pedals of which some are not available in traditional pianos. The additional pedal could support fast staccato/staccatissimo runs. The functionality could be implemented as follows:

When this pedal is pressed down, Pianoteq automatically generates “note off” events for each pressed key (i.e. according to each "note on") after a definable number of milliseconds. For keeping longer notes/chords in the left (or right) hand while rushing through staccato notes with the other hand, there should be a definable split point above (or below) of which the function is active. It would be nice, if the number of milliseconds could be also “humanized”. It would be even better, if there could be a defined range of milliseconds in case this function is assigned to an “analog” pedal, so the length of the note depends on the way the pedal is being pressed (i.e. if the used hardware pedal sends not only a pressed/released signal but also a value). To make it perfect, there could be an additional parameter which defines the note off value for this automated release, so the release could be more less "hard".

I would like to have this feature for "cheating" in some classical material, where the result would be staccato while I really play some sluggish legato...

Would that be useful for anyone else, or is it just me?

Best regards,

   Pete