After your last, I was looking into some plugins, and reading my Cantabile pdf manual more carefully. Amazing what these seemingly simple VST hosts can do.

AND I probably need a new pair of eyeglasses...

Oh yeah, when are we getting that free mouse?

For the piano instruments (where use 2 or 3 strings for most of the notes), it is called "unison detune".

For instruments with only one string or tine per note (clavinet, rhody, wurli, etc), it is renamed "chorus"

It's not just "probably doable" in a VST host, it's completely trivial!
Honestly, you might as well say Modartt should also supply a mouse, in case your computer doesn't already have one
Well, it's not *quite* as trivial as that, but it's surely getting there?

I thought I was going nuts looking for it - there IS no chorus slider in PTeq.

While it's probably doable in a VST host, why complicate things? IMO chorus should be part of a complete Electric Piano program. I think it's a lot more useful than a wah-wah (except on a Clavinet) or a compressor.

This thread seems to be more about having a Clavinet D6, and it seems as though a wish has been granted..

Surely it's trivial in a "live" situation to use Pianoteq in a light-weight VST host (or even a DAW) and add whatever other VST effects you want?
It is easy to automate these into total recall of whatever you want.

I've tried detuning the unisons, but that effect isn't the same. If there were some way of changing the phasing of one of two stereo microphones, that might provide a workable alternative, I'm not sure.

However, it could be something that's relatively easy for the developers to implement. As far as I know, all the other major electric piano software includes a chorus effect.

Having said that, I too would prefer that major development efforts remain focussed on acoustic pianos.

http://www.gersic.com/plugins/index.php?daCat=3

I've used both NI Elektrik Piano and Lounge Lizard, and except for their having chorusing, I'd go with Pianoteq's EP's.

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One personal request about the CP80: I'd love to see it among "electric pianos" with the ability of simulating the behaviours of the pickups and amplifier, that is to overdrive the volume (it sounds similar to an electric guitar), to preamp and EQ the sound like on the real CP80, add tremolo...as I pointed some time ago, the model is real good, though , being it an electroacoustic instrument, it looks like the "electro" part of it is somehow lacking imo.....

The thing is, there already dozens of good VST amp-simulators out there.
So whilst I agree that a good amp is a HUGELY important part of the sound of an electromechanical keyboard, it is probably not the best use of Modartt's resources to spend time modelling one - you can already get them elsewhere.

......(obviously not organs or synths or anything like that.....

Pipe-organs are instruments which also produce sound by vibration and more specific: vibration in air. Is consists of a standing wave which is constantly supplied with external energy: a flow of air (as long as the key is depressed). Adding ADSR-functionality and some wah-wah (since yesterday) and other audio-post-processing things such as compressors and phaseshifters one could also derive some synthetical sounds....

...there are to a certain extent posibillities ;-)

Your best bet would be taking a day off and hitting Random button on a Rhodes model =

On a side note, how about Pianoteq modelling the DX7 Rhodes patch? I know it's not moving parts and currently all the Pianoteq keyboard instruments are mechanical in some form - but it would be great for Pianoteq to become a one stop shop for all keys based sounds (obviously not organs or synths or anything like that). But the DX7 Rhodes is a bit of a legendary patch. Of course ,if it has to stay mechanical, I'd love to see Glockenspiel, Celestas, Marimbas etc. all with extended ranges given the modelling technology!

I remember I once use PrittStick to glue aluminium cooking foil around the inside of the lid in a useless attempt to shield it from picking up mains hum lol
It didn't work at all, and in fact just added a strange echoey resonance to the sound. ( I took the foil off again!)

modelling a refurbished clavinet with new strings and hammer tips would sound very different from one with strings and hammer tips from 1971!