Hello,
https://studio.youtube.com/video/E7j7IDKYkPo/edit
https://studio.youtube.com/video/eoSzNqYUp2A/edit

Readers of the forum wont be able to see those videos. Do you have them posted to public YouTube as well?

I entered the recent Pianoteq "competition" to show my specific use of Pianoteq.
I have been composing neo-classical music for the past ten years, which I plan to release on YouTube.
My entry in the contest is "Gigue", from "Suite Bourguignonne".
https://studio.youtube.com/video/E7j7IDKYkPo/edit
It is not the most showy piece, and I know that the first part of it sounds "archaic", but it's on purpose (more on this in another post, maybe).
The point here is not on the merits (or lack of) of my music, but how Pianoteq is so useful in my context, and, potentially for other apprentice composers.
Aside the posting of my piece, generated from Finale through Pianoteq (Steinway D 3 mics), I have posted on YouTube a recording of the same piece that I did record in a professional studio near Paris, on a recent Steinway D, with a professional pianist.
https://studio.youtube.com/video/eoSzNqYUp2A/edit
This was not a cheap endeavour I have to say, and I have no regret for the experience, but this taught me a useful lesson.
(Germany made) Steinways concert pianos are amazing at their best, but can also be very disappointing (or let's say temperamental).
In my case the Steinway D was a recent one (2012), but I did not want to spend an additional €150 for a tuning pre-recording, on top of the other costs, considering that it was a high-end recording studio working with the top 3 houses for Classical piano recordings (no names).
I am not really satisfied with the pianist tempo (too fast and lacking of regularity), which I think kills the character of the piece, but I was mostly let down by the piano, in the high register.
I might be pompous and over-sensitive ( I have Tinnitus syndrome), but this was close to painful.
I am much happier with the "recording" mixing Finale and Pianoteq, which I have posted for you to compare.
But don't get me wrong, I shall never advocate machine sound producing against human playing (music is for humans to communicate with other humans).
To prove it, I plan to do a new recording experiment on a Bosendorfer (which I have always had a preference for) and another pianist.
The point here (and the advice) is: Don't waste money on recording studios, unless you are willing to be very thorough in your due diligence and be a control freak.
Instead do it with the best VST on the market (and a good pianist..., so don't ask for my help).
Even simply using a score editor like Finale and linking it to Pianoteq will give you a good and clear rendition of your music.
Enough to decide if it will be worth throwing more money at it...(yes, I have seen you smiling).
M.