With the ability to convert Midi to audio easily, this became my go-to for recording and on much better pianos than the generic Roland instrument. The fact that there can be multiple takes without needing to ensure that the audio-in cable is plugged into the soundcard, makes this extremely convenient.

At the moment I'm working on a memorial music program in memory of my late mother who passed away in December 2018. Here's two of the pieces I've recorded. This program has taken me a lot longer to work on due to many reasons, but when it's completed, I hope it's the best it can be. Here's a couple of the completed works both played on the C. Bechstein digital grand, I modified a bit.

Alexandre Goria (1823-1860) Caprice-Nocturne Op. 6  in A-flat
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ddtm7lqs8f8hh...t.wav?dl=0

Louis Gottschalk (1829 - 1869) Morte!! She's dead!
https://www.dropbox.com/s/yw4hi5vi9n01p...1.wav?dl=0

Recently I got involved in a project with some friends using Pianoteq and Noteperformer to recreate orchestral and chamber music digitally. My use of Pianoteq Standard and later Pro lead to two music-friends upgrading and purchasing the program as well. For all of us this is a whole new world for us with digital music that's both fascinating and frustrating at the same time.

All in all, Pianoteq is part of my life daily due to its versatility even though I own other acoustic keyboard instruments including a grand piano, clavichord, and harpsichord.

FranceWise wrote:

Gilles wrote:

Welcome to the forum! Nice wordplay on your name, I was sure that's was it was when I saw it pass...

I thought it would go unnoticed. I'm not sure I'm always quite wise.
Thank you for welcoming me!

Hehe, excellent, I hadn't noticed it

It's because of the underlying Québecois accent: Françoaïse instead of Françoaase.

Gilles wrote:

FranceWise wrote:

My first post!
I play jazz piano for fun n my living room with a Yamaha CP-33 as controller.
On linux and windows. Pianoteq is the only piano app I know that supports linux.
On Windows, I use Kontakt upright bass and Cubase Groove Agent Simon Phillips library as a drummer.
I'm more a guitar and sax player than a pianist.

Francoise

Welcome to the forum! Nice wordplay on your name, I was sure that's was it was when I saw it pass...

I thought it would go unnoticed. I'm not sure I'm always quite wise.
Thank you for welcoming me!

Hehe, excellent, I hadn't noticed it

FranceWise wrote:

My first post!
I play jazz piano for fun n my living room with a Yamaha CP-33 as controller.
On linux and windows. Pianoteq is the only piano app I know that supports linux.
On Windows, I use Kontakt upright bass and Cubase Groove Agent Simon Phillips library as a drummer.
I'm more a guitar and sax player than a pianist.

Francoise

Welcome to the forum! Nice wordplay on your name, I was sure that's was it was when I saw it pass...

I thought it would go unnoticed. But since you're from Quebec city... I'm not sure I'm always quite wise.
Thank you for welcoming me, Gilles!

My first post!
I play jazz piano for fun n my living room with a Yamaha CP-33 as controller.
On linux and windows. Pianoteq is the only piano app I know that supports linux.
On Windows, I use Kontakt upright bass and Cubase Groove Agent Simon Phillips library as a drummer.
I'm more a guitar and sax player than a pianist.

Francoise

Welcome to the forum! Nice wordplay on your name, I was sure that's was it was when I saw it pass...

Francoise

I just play pianoteq live at home !
standalone, or in a host just with a added Reverb and probably a delay too,
Or: i create wild FX setups in a host, using gig Performer3 now as my new discovery,
......and using Pianoteq as my sound-base to create from there very synthetic and electronic sounding , ...well, Synth-Sounds, haha.

i use mostly the K2 model since it has a enhanced Keyboardrange, and i used to reprogramm some things for my (electronic/wilder) uses.

if your looking for host porgramms:
H-AU is a freeware host for mac, its perfect for simple things and some midi CC programming.
Gig Performer then is a living dream becoming true. ( check plugin alliance for sales / right now is still one going on i belive )
For example do i create a Piano main Audio path, but create also a second audio path dedicated to go thru delays and reverbs,
and would add there a tiny bit of EP sound ( pianoteq too) plus a even more tiny bit of a syhth sound, beside the main Piano also been mixed to the FX path.
i can create sounds that would outperform any of todays Hardware this way. Mainly in direction Ambients, Piano Ambients, soundscapes,
or just playing Piano that has the "soundscape" as a very subtle underlying "soundambience" present.

for off screen playing: i just shut down my 40" screen, donne !

Hi MeDorian - with the best will in the world, I hope you're wrong ;-) and the MOTU M4 makes some difference, although looking at the specs for the Zoom USB 3 it does look very similar in its capabilities (ulp!).  I already use ASIO4All and have followed the advice of Molten Music on YouTube to reduce the latency by making sure the Surface Pro is doing all it can to help.  Fingers crossed!!

MeDorian wrote:

BTMASS, just a thought but I would think latency should be ok with your setup. Asio4All (free to download) set to 128 samples gives low latency.

I found no improved performance with a Zoom USB 3 audio interface so I use Asio4All without question.

If 48khz is set in Pianoteq with 128 samples with Asio4All, then 2.4 ms latency (top of my head, long time since I looked). This is my preference to avoid jitter, 64 samples is possible though.

My HP Omen PC has an i5.

Also I use Hi Fi in preference to powered speakers and an audio interface is really not required for me, stereo from PC to 2x amps plus a powered sub. Although multi channel outputs with Pianoteq would be interesting, the Zoom was only two channels.

I have a feeling there might be some setup issue if latency is detected with 128 samples? I'm not great on computers but someone on this forum will have more knowledge to help I'm sure.

Keep me posted, Nick

Edit: Quick thought! Do you have latency through headphones? Also make sure no audio effects are activated on your laptop.

Another issue could be if you are using an AV amplifier (especially the more modern ones). If it's an AV then try to find a setting like '2 Channel Audio'. This, on a Yamaha AV I had recently was the only setting on the amp that would bypass the effects processor, all other settings had latency. Some earlier AV amps, like my very old Yamaha only process the surround speaker outputs and doesn't have the latency problems.