(1) A higher-contrast display of which keys are being pressed/played by the file (perhaps showing the active keys as some color), or at least the option of some sort of "red key" display.  One piece that I'm currently working on uses a lot of the black keys -- often simultaneously -- and it's nearly impossible to figure out which keys are being pressed before the file steps ahead to the next notes.

(2) When replaying a MIDI file, would it be possible to continue to display which keys are being played when I hit the Pause (ll) button?  Right now, when I hit pause it clears the keyboard display.

Thanks, and keep up the fantastic work!

Pianoteq can be run on Atom, but I'm not sure it allows for full 256 notes polyphony.

I tried it on my Atom (1.66GHz N450) based netbook some time ago and whilst it was usable, it indeed did not reach 256 voices - I got about 24 voices.  24 might seem very low, but it still sounded good.

Greg.

  I've seen fanless i5 systems, but they probably run pretty hot

I'm using a fanless i7. Quite a performance; only running warm, not hot.

http://www.minipc.eu/passive-ivy-v3-configureren

is in dutch though.

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I've daydreamed about transplanting my RaspberryPi into my piano to do a more energy efficient job of the MIDI side (the piano burns about 47watts I think for no good reason), but I don't think it RPi has the requisite horsepower for Pianoteq.

bebop603 wrote:

(Multi-core ARM chips are starting to get powerful enough?)

Pianoteq doesn't work on ARM chips, I think (because of SSE2/AVX extensions Pianoteq is most likely already using to squeeze out more computational juice from the CPU), it would need to be recoded from scratch. You need an Intel or AMD (preferably Intel) CPU to get the most out of Pianoteq.

Hmm...partly written in assembly..interesting.  I guess there are plenty of options for a fanless intel/AMD chip or multi-core Atom (which I think Pianoteq can run on).  I've seen fanless i5 systems, but they probably run pretty hot:

http://www.silentpcreview.com/aleutia-h3r

(Multi-core ARM chips are starting to get powerful enough?)

Pianoteq doesn't work on ARM chips, I think (because of SSE2/AVX extensions Pianoteq is most likely already using to squeeze out more computational juice from the CPU), it would need to be recoded from scratch. You need an Intel or AMD (preferably Intel) CPU to get the most out of Pianoteq.

yes .... and a real grand piano action inside .....

My wish list would be:

Fanless CPU (Multi-core ARM chips are starting to get powerful enough?)
Minimalist LCD (that just shows preset instrument) and knobs
Interface to the Full Pianoteq Interface through Remote Laptop connection (ie through ethernet/wifi like Muse Receptor)
Wood top (CNC'd out of ash etc)  and aluminum bottom that can also serve as a heatsink
High Quality audio chipset and powerful Headphone amp to power 300/600 ohm headphones
Wooden keys (like the wooden Fatar action if necessary)

<= 27 kg if possible