I have not used Pianoteq since it first launched years ago. I'm amazed at how far the program has matured... just fantastic! During the early 70s', I was employed by Herr Hans Moeller, owner and operator of The Bechstein House in Toronto, On. I learned so much from Hans. He had worked many years in the Bechstein factory, starting at chipping and eventually becoming a Tonemeister. If I could have told him then of the impact the personal computer would have on his world, he would have said I was crazy!!!I don't claim to know it all but I know how to spot a desirable piano sound. I am simply awestruck by the detail and beauty of all the models within the Pianoteq VSTi and standalone. Coupled this with the mind-boggling list of control parameters, there is nothing like it.
As I dabbled with the Payel, I could not help wonder if the exquisite and truly inspirational sound of the instrument itself, may have had an impact on Chopins compositional uniqueness.
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