Unfortunately I do not have a keyboard that transmits release velocity. Given this, I am reducing the Damping Duration so that the release sounds aren't exaggerated in the bass notes.

The reason I have this problem may be that my controller (Kawai MP9000) transmits zero velocity note-offs. I read somewhere that the standard is to transmit velocity 64 if the controller does not implement release velocity, so it appears to me that my controller's lack of compliance has caused this (very minor) issue.

Greg.

Luc Henrion wrote:

benjamind: I just love the Bösendorfer Imperial, but I don't know about any MIDI controller that has  more than 88 keys, do you???

Those are all custom made, expensive and rare.

Which is a perfect excuse to simply _transpose_ the 61-, 73-, or 88-key MIDI controllers we all use.  (As I said before, I rarely use that uppermost octave, anyway -- I'd rather have the big bottom end than the super-tinkly top.  8^)

benjamind: I just love the Bösendorfer Imperial, but I don't know about any MIDI controller that has  more than 88 keys, do you???

Those are all custom made, expensive and rare.

I appreciated the inclusion to adjust the speed of files in the MIDI files section.

I still would have liked a larger screen for the velocity panel. Also some way of turning on and off individual pianos, rather than turning off all the 'Factory', or all of the 'My Presets' settings. Not essential issues, but it would have been nice.

Good work, when is the next upgrade?

Very much so like Cockos Reaper guys. 3 guys, great support. Awesome DAW.

Lo and behold, I was thinking that Reaper was Windows-only (all I see/hear is Reaper this, Reaper that from you PC guys...), but I just went to the website and downloaded the OSX beta.  I'll be taking it for a test-drive presently.  :^)

(Talk about "coming up roses" -- first Pianoteq Pro, and now Reaper.  8-)

I totally agree about the "in touch with customers" thing. Modartt are a model company in this regard. Long may it continue!

The gentlemen behind Pianoteq are very much "in touch" with their customers

Very much so like Cockos Reaper guys. 3 guys, great support. Awesome DAW.

...There is no telling that one day they will give the pro version a more advanced sound engine to encourage people upgrading. I am very against this.

Can the Modartt team promise to keep the differences between pro and standard on note-based editing?

I would imagine that the key differences between the two versions will remain limited to the extended note-edit features.  On one hand, you have users who simply want good piano sounds "out of the box," and then you have users like myself who are "mad scientists" wanting to tweak every parameter in existence.  (More, more, MORE!!!)  The easier (read:  limited in a friendly way) nature of the "standard" version definitely has its appeal -- you don't have to spend as much money, and you could always upgrade later, but the "standard" features are pretty extensive, too!  Implementing the added features required some hard work and polishing, so I think the upgrade price is quite fair.

Of course, I would have gone straight to the "Pro" version, if both had been available when I made my first purchase.  ;^)   

More importantly, we must remember that the gentlemen behind Pianoteq are very much "in touch" with their customers -- which is a 180-degree difference from companies like Avid, Native Instruments, and Waves (am I forgetting anyone?), who, IMHumO, are _very_ much "out-of-touch" with their vast customer bases.  All three companies have turned into true businesses-for-business'-sake, and I would fully expect _them_ to employ the type of shenanigans you describe.  Thankfully, I would not name MODARTT in the same sentence with them -- therefore, I have _not_ done so.  ;^)

(And, as Philippe said, the act of making such a difference between versions would be pure "nonsense."  They surely have visions of doing _better_ things dancing in their heads.  Life's too short...)

Having different sound engines in both versions would be contrary to our philosophy (and also a lot of nonsense additional work). For us, the Pro version makes sense in its additional editing feature that allows to construct new presets and share them with the other users, including users of the standard version.

But I have some misgiving about the splitting into pro and standard versions.

I for one do not like the idea of splitting into pro and standard versions. Just the idea that what you got is a watered down version bugs me. Right now, I respect Modartt's decision of keeping the sound engines the same in both versions, but there is no telling that one day they will give the pro version a more advanced sound engine to encourage people upgrading. I am very against this.

Can the Modartt team promise to keep the differences between pro and standard on note-based editing?

3) That sympth resonance works regardless of the order or notes being played ....

etc...

thanks!!!

Changing the damper values can only be done in the Pro version?

Nope, you can do it in Standard as well. Check the Action section.

PS2: I'm still looking for continuous pedals but nobody seems to make 3 or 4 on 1 pedal-board.

No such thing exists. CME's GPP3 doesn't count because it's a malfunctioning POS with zero customer support. Fatar's VFP3-D is a year-old tease, and I wouldn't hold my breath.

Just get 3 separate pedals, a 1/4" thick slab of wood, rubber feet and velcro. A lot of guitarists make their own pedal boards that way.