Modartt user forum - Export to WAV and Audio Interface Quality

Re: Export to WAV and Audio Interface Quality

null@example.com (skip) — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 14:14:57 +0000

JerryKnight wrote:

But I bet they didn't render it in anything close to real-time.

I bet it WAS rendered in real time - reading the text on the back of the CD, we can see that they used the Bosendorfer 290SE Reproducing Piano, which is a player piano. This is also why it sounds "convincing" - it's a proper piano!

Greg.

Re: Export to WAV and Audio Interface Quality

null@example.com (JerryKnight) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 22:53:00 +0000

Right, my CD of Rachmaninoff playing various pieces (recorded on paper roll pianos and digitized) uses a very convincing piano simulation, and it was released in 1998.

http://www.amazon.com/Window-Time-Rachm...amp;sr=8-1

But I bet they didn't render it in anything close to real-time.

Re: Export to WAV and Audio Interface Quality

null@example.com (EvilDragon) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:58:19 +0000

Nah, it won't lower the quality. It's just offline rendering, not realtime, nothing especially new, it's been used for years already.

Re: Export to WAV and Audio Interface Quality

null@example.com (ejr) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:58:39 +0000

EvilDragon wrote:

Audio interface has nothing to do with rendering to WAV. It has only to do with playback.

Thanks for the clarification.

I read through the manual lunchtime. In section 2.7 when exporting to WAV it asks for 'CPU overload detection' to be disabled. I've never spotted this before.

When Exporting to WAV it wizzes through very quickly, perhaps this setting may be an issue and potentially reduce sound quality? I'll check this out later.

Re: Export to WAV and Audio Interface Quality

null@example.com (EvilDragon) — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:13:40 +0000

Audio interface has nothing to do with rendering to WAV. It has only to do with playback.

Export to WAV and Audio Interface Quality

null@example.com (ejr) — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:34:34 +0000

Hi,

I'm currently using Pianoteq 3.0 on my laptop using its onboard sound with ASIO4All drivers.

I wonder: Is the Export to WAV function fully independant of the hardware Audio Interface? That is, if I get a better quality Audio interface will it improve the quality of the WAV file or is this function completely software driven by the Pianoteq application itself?