Modartt user forum - Playing the piano without my laptop

Re: Playing the piano without my laptop

2018-05-03T14:51:39Z

Very good idea, in Windows 10 it is quite easy.
You can copy the Pianoteq shorcut to your startup folder (press the Windows Logo Key + R, type shell:startup, and then select OK) and it will start with Windows. Of course you have to set up windows not to ask for the user and password.
If you want to start pianoteq in headless mode, can create a .bat archive for instance pianoteq.bat
Edit it with notepad and type the following:

cd "C:\Program Files\Modartt\Pianoteq 6\"
"Pianoteq 6.exe" --headless

Here the "" are necessary only if your folders or files have spaces or more than 8 characters in their names. Of course the names/localization of files may vary.
Then create an shorcut to the .bat file, and copy it to the startup folder.
Notice that Pianoteq will start with the last preferences used.
In the forum there are more preferences like --multicore max which you can add to the file.
In linux the process is similar, but I don't have any pc with linux right now to test.

Re: Playing the piano without my laptop

2018-05-02T22:17:18Z

It sounds like you might want to use e.g. a compute stick or similar. Have a look at this post and this one and search the forum for more related topics.

Haven't tried this myself, but in essence you set up the compute stick to boot and automatically start Pianoteq (in what is called "headless mode" on the command line options).

You'll need a device with an audio output feed on it, of course.

Re: Playing the piano without my laptop

2018-05-02T21:15:43Z

There were some Italian guys (if my memory is not failing) that used to make a digital piano with a computer inside, but I can´t find them at google now. You have the very expensive alpha piano.
Another option could be to set up the PC to run Pianoteq on startup, a good laptop with SSD boots up in 8 -10s.

Playing the piano without my laptop

2018-05-02T17:12:45Z

Hi,
I have been using the Pianoteq 6 with a few piano modules installed, with my laptop, bluetooth head phones and a ICON 88x keyboard. It all works well.
My wife would also like to play, but she is not so computer literal. She only wants to go to a keyboard, and push the on/off switch.
Is there any keyboard with a built in PC, that I can load once the Pianoteq into the memory, and then its available to her when she turns it on?