A tip to make Pianoteq sound better

Heya, sorry I don't quite follow - do you mean change the incoming velocity value, or pianoteq's response curve value (ie. the horizontal or vertical value on the velocity curve)?

For me the default note-off pianoteq value is a flat 127 for each incoming midi velocity value, not 57 - and my incoming velocity is 64 (not that it matters because all values are getting mapped back to 127). If I change the flat level to 62, I find that the key and damper noises are sounding slightly later and the damping duration is increased.

I'm not sure that the later noise components are an improvement because they no longer match the key/damper returns timings of my (acoustic grand) action - but I guess that depends on what I'm playing. The change in damping duration I can appreciate as a change of the sound design, but why not just change the damping duration slider directly?

FWIW my guess is that the intended "default" duration is what you hear at a 127 velocity... because why else would they make that the default value?

Or maybe I completely misunderstand the tweak so please enlighten me