A slow, lyrical jazz ballad unfolds through flowing melodies and warm, lingering chords, giving voice to feelings that need no words.

https://youtu.be/XWaojaXoxCE

Piano: Bösendorfer

Ken

My old Yamaha Clavinova handled Strings always like this:
- key still down = infinite sound
- key up but pedal still down = slow fade out
- key up and pedal up = quick fade out

For instance if I make a strings-like background sound in Syngular. I would like the chords to slowly fade out after pressing them (and holding the pedals), but I would like the melody to keep sounding as long as I keep the key down.

Otherwise, perhaps a nice (optional) feature for a future update? (Do the developers read this forum?)

Here is my argument. The total cost of the various components of my Organteq setup was about €4,000, while the sound system cost approximately €2,000. Of course, one also has to take into account the time and work involved in putting everything together. But that was part of the fun!

Here is a photo with the result:
https://www.icloud.com/sharedalbum/fr-f...4CCA41B594

So, for around €6,000, our church now has an organ that:

1. will never play a wrong note;
2. can provide 50 different organ presets;
3. can be upgraded easily and at relatively low cost in the future.

And when I say “upgraded,” I mean both the software and the sound system. Both can benefit from rapid technological progress.

What is happening to pipe organs in France?

French Catholic churches have some old, powerful and beautiful pipe organs. However, these instruments require regular maintenance and, in some cases, major restoration.

And this brings me to my main point: Catholic churches in France that were built before 1905 receive substantial financial support from public authorities, including municipalities and the Ministry of Culture. As is often the case, the availability of public funding has a significant impact on prices.

The very small number of organ-building companies that have survived in the business can charge very high prices. Sometimes, their estimates include structural modifications that are not strictly necessary but nevertheless increase the overall cost. I also hear about fierce competition between the major players, each trying to strengthen its position and become dominant.

A Google search shows that a complete restoration of a large pipe organ in France can cost anywhere from €200,000 to more than €1 million. And even after such a restoration, annual maintenance is still required.

Meanwhile, congregations are becoming smaller, older and poorer.

In my opinion, this situation is not sustainable.

I believe that the solution for the future - for both struggling congregations and lovers of organ music - is to build digital organs based on high-quality, continuously evolving software, connected to powerful, high-quality sound systems that can also be upgraded over time.

Best regards,
Andrei

J'utilise Pianoteq depuis longtemps avec une carte son ROLAND U1-AG (cf.paramètres ci-dessous). Je souhaiterais savoir si avec une carte plus récente (par exemple MOTU M2)  j'entendrai une amélioration du rendu sonore, moins de latence ou si la différence ne serait pas perceptible (cela ne sert à rien de changer si l'amélioration n'est pas importante).

Christophe

Hello,

I have been using Pianoteq for a long time with a Roland U1-AG audio interface (see settings below). I would like to know if switching to a more modern interface (such as the MOTU M2) would result in better sound quality or lower latency, or if the difference would be imperceptible (there is no point in upgrading if the improvement isn't significant).

An imagenary journey/Outer Space District.   Steinway B Dreamy + effect

What is in outer space? In my imagination I made a trip to the outer space district, there, and found many strange unclear things but also things that exist on our earth but almost everything was indistinctly strange and foggy…it was like  a weird dream…therefore the movie got a bit blurry..... 
......so don't go there 

Notice. Got idea for background sound from Hans Zimmers way to use music in films and Interstellar and Rolands JV synt sounds.

https://youtu.be/tAC7SgJ8PcI

All the best, everyone

Stig

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVNVhnFZXqY

Piano: U4 upright

Ken

https://youtu.be/RVGRpREoqR0

Does anybody know how to interpret the values of the room dimension slider in the reverberation settings ?

Values range from 5 - 50 meters

Length ? Width ? Height ?

What follows is a short demo of a famous traditional tune played on the usual Equal Temperament (12-TET)

https://forum.modartt.com/uploads.php?file=12-TET.mp3

Now the 3rd note of the major scale is tuned to give a perfect interval - hear the difference...

https://forum.modartt.com/uploads.php?f...%205-4.mp3

Finally the 3rd and 5th are tuned to perfect intervals - this results in a stretching of the octave as you can see in the image below

https://forum.modartt.com/uploads.php?f...%203-2.mp3

How is all this so easily possible ???

I'm trying out PitchGrid - an innovative approach to tuning. It doesn't just stop at 12-semitone temperaments as I've demonstrated above; there's a lot more to delight and discover - you can check it out here: https://pitchgrid.io/

Let your music take on a whole new flavour - change it through the piece; the world of tonality has just got more colourful !!!

PS - I haven't been paid to bring this exciting plugin to your musical ears. I just think it's a product well worth looking at and when (I say WHEN) MTS-ESP comes to Organteq I'm going to have a part of my own ... though I won't be drinking Champagne or any alcohol - I don't like the taste, or the effect (but that's another story - though not as exciting as this one - CHEERS PITCHGRID and MODARTT !!!).

Steinway D (HB) Live Recording
- 4 Mic preset, 2 close 2 room.
- Changed Delay, a little EQ, and totally changed reverb.
- Don't know what I did with the spectrum profile, but just played around with it untill it sounded natural enough to me.
- Change velocity curve to what you want. This is only used for the demo file.

Demos:
Chopin Ballade No2, Op.38
Scriabin Etude Op 8 No 12
Rachmaninoff Moment's Musicaux Op. 16 No. 4
Tchaikovsky - Pas de Deux
More available on the shared files page.

Unfortunately, the middle to upper register of the piano still soua snds synthetic and a little on the plastic side (atleast to my ears).
Any input would be well appreciated. Getting the tone right was almost purely by hearing, which took me hours on end to get to get right, so don't expect something thats immediately perfect the first time you try it. I'll update this mulltiple times, probably to the point where each update takes weeks to improve something.

(yes I know its a steinway, I don't have other references for other instruments. might do later)

https://youtu.be/GsrAw_O1_6M

Piano: Steinway Model B

Ken

I would need some hints on how to make the Electric Pianos of Pianoteq to sound similarly to Yamaha DX7 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Xsw7Gm3dXg
Every hints and tips are highly appreciated.

Best regards,
Adrian