Modartt user forum - Out of tune, tinny, metallic sound all pianos

Re: Out of tune, tinny, metallic sound all pianos

2022-06-18T10:35:14Z

Thanks to everyone who answered. Turns out the problem was Microsoft. My laptop was secretly having an update and tantrum in c flat minor or something. When I turned it on again the next day, it wasted half the day "updating" (!!) then everything worked Ok.

I'm really impressed with Pianoteq. I've got a lot to learn about shaping the piano sound I want though.

My system is:
Roland LX708
Windows 10 laptop 7-core, 3.5gHz, tons of RAM (CPU doesn't even break sweat no matter how many notes I press with the sustain pedal down.)
Headphones (always): DT900 Pro X (expensive and fantastic)
Not interested in loud speakers

Re: Out of tune, tinny, metallic sound all pianos

2022-06-18T10:28:53Z

Chopin87 wrote:

yeq30 wrote:
Hi all. I’m new to Pianoteq.
With the default settings, all pianos sound like Wild West Saloon monsters – out of tune, tinny, metallic, heavy distortion on ff notes. Bass octaves horribly out of tune etc. etc. etc. etc.
I have spent an entire day now reading this forum and playing with all the settings but I can only improve things a little tiny bit. Each time something improves, something else sounds even worse. I am wondering about just giving up and not wasting more time and money.
Is there no standard setup guidance for this newbies ?
Just discovered this page is chopping my messge off half way through so there is more to say but I can't say it. Don't you just love that
You might want to take a look at this page which is more clear than the manual on how to build your own sound from scratch: https://www.modartt.com/pianoteq_workshops

Thanks for this. It was very helpful. Turns out, the problem was Microsoft, my laptop was silently having a major Windows update and tantrum in c flat minor or something. When I turned it on the next morning. It wasted half my day "updating" and then everything worked fine.

Re: Out of tune, tinny, metallic sound all pianos

2022-06-17T18:22:21Z

yeq30 wrote:

Hi all. I’m new to Pianoteq.
With the default settings, all pianos sound like Wild West Saloon monsters – out of tune, tinny, metallic, heavy distortion on ff notes. Bass octaves horribly out of tune etc. etc. etc. etc.

Maybe you could tell us more about your setup :
OS, cpu, sound card, keyboard ?

Re: Out of tune, tinny, metallic sound all pianos

2022-06-17T17:44:59Z

I think you should contact support! they were really fast and helpful to me ... and If you absolutely don't like it after all I think they will refund you!

I also have Kontakt-pianos and VSL ... BUT I'm so satisfied with pianoteq! It is so small compared to a VSL piano and I'm wondering why I even bothered getting me the vienna one...

I'm also wondering about your cut-off post ... hm... I've seen very long comments here and I don't see like a restriction of characters here while I am typing...

good luck and I hope you can solve your problem!

Re: Out of tune, tinny, metallic sound all pianos

2022-06-17T15:56:25Z

Urs Zimmermann wrote:

Sounds to me like unintentionally moving the "Condition" slider towards "Worn"

Yeah, that's what I thought at first - but even with Parameter Freeze it should revert to normal on restarting Pianoteq and selecting a new preset. So maybe there's something wrong with the output settings (sample rate or buffer)?

Re: Out of tune, tinny, metallic sound all pianos

2022-06-17T14:35:39Z

Sounds to me like unintentionally moving the "Condition" slider towards "Worn"

Re: Out of tune, tinny, metallic sound all pianos

2022-06-16T21:42:56Z

Your description sounds beyond merely terrible. More like something has gone seriously wrong in set up, like pitch mod is stuck in the wrong position on a synth action keyboard!

Do you have a hammer action keyboard?

Did you like the demo tracks on the website?

If you play MIDI tracks in the app do those sound terrible to you too?

Re: Out of tune, tinny, metallic sound all pianos

2022-06-16T18:05:52Z

yeq30 wrote:

Hi all. I’m new to Pianoteq.
With the default settings, all pianos sound like Wild West Saloon monsters – out of tune, tinny, metallic, heavy distortion on ff notes. Bass octaves horribly out of tune etc. etc. etc. etc.
I have spent an entire day now reading this forum and playing with all the settings but I can only improve things a little tiny bit. Each time something improves, something else sounds even worse. I am wondering about just giving up and not wasting more time and money.
Is there no standard setup guidance for this newbies ?
Just discovered this page is chopping my messge off half way through so there is more to say but I can't say it. Don't you just love that

You might want to take a look at this page which is more clear than the manual on how to build your own sound from scratch: https://www.modartt.com/pianoteq_workshops

Out of tune, tinny, metallic sound all pianos

2022-06-16T15:58:34Z

Hi all. I’m new to Pianoteq.

With the default settings, all pianos sound like Wild West Saloon monsters – out of tune, tinny, metallic, heavy distortion on ff notes. Bass octaves horribly out of tune etc. etc. etc. etc.

I have spent an entire day now reading this forum and playing with all the settings but I can only improve things a little tiny bit. Each time something improves, something else sounds even worse. I am wondering about just giving up and not wasting more time and money.

Is there no standard setup guidance for this newbies ?

Just discovered this page is chopping my messge off half way through so there is more to say but I can't say it. Don't you just love that