Modartt user forum - Sostenuto & Una Corde Demos

Re: Sostenuto & Una Corde Demos

2009-02-26T00:51:32Z

I did a few mistake. The original Sebastien Erard, used in pianoteq, had 2 pedals and not 5 like I said before. I think I confused with another Erard model picture from web.

Re: Sostenuto & Una Corde Demos

2009-02-25T22:10:57Z

And on which controller keyboard do you have inputs for 5 pedals, and how often would you use those extras? I find it redundant in today's times.

"[...]for example, Érard was the first maker in Paris to fit pedals on the piano, and his instrument had several pedals. There was the usual sustaining pedal, an action shift, a celeste, and a bassoon pedal (which put leather against the strings to make them buzz). A knee lever moved the action further than the action-shift pedal, making the hammers strike only one string."

Ok so out of those five, two are standard (sustain and "knee lever" which would be una corda). I have no idea who would like to have a bassoon pedal O_o' And celeste basically "filters out" the harmonics giving a subtle and soft sound. Nothing that Pianoteq can't do already with some tweaking.

Re: Sostenuto & Una Corde Demos

2009-02-25T21:30:13Z

The original Sebastien Erard historic piano had more than 4 pedals. What about add the extra pedal to make Erard add-on more complete, like the original???

Re: Sostenuto & Una Corde Demos

2009-02-25T20:55:48Z

I love the Harmonic Pedal.
But prefer attaching a toggle button from my KS88 to CC69, since it's a trick for runs and won't be used on every tune.
Using the sostenuto pedal to drone the lowest Ocatve of the C3, I can reach up and hit the toggle button assigned to the Harmonic Pedal ( CC69 ), then deactivate it by hitting the button again.
Just a taste of the Sos droning an Octave and and an ascending whole tone scale.
I can't do this on my Upright or any other rompler/library I own.

http://forums.planetz.com/download/file.php?id=4602

Sostenuto & Una Corde Demos

2009-02-25T16:39:46Z

Here's a demo where the Sos & Una are used.
The Una is more prevelant, and the Sostenuto is slightly, but effectively used.

http://forums.planetz.com/download/file.php?id=4601

Here's a demo where the Sostenuto is very obvious and I apologize for the clunkers in both demos, but in a couple of days, I should be back to normal Piano playing using all three pedals.
I shall then start finding areas where I can use all 4 pedals including the uniquely marvellous Harmonic Pedal.

http://forums.planetz.com/download/file.php?id=4597

JAV