Hello,
I've try the celesta on the demo of pianoteq and I love his sound but, (my ears are maybe bad) the first octave ( I mean the lowest one) seem really out of tune to me, in fact very out of tune. Am I wrong?
Try to compare with the same octave on the vibraphone, it's very observable. Try also to play some high melody in C then play the lowest F inside of it, doesn't it out of tune?
Need to check it.
But I can say pianoteq try to emulate all characteristic of vintage instruments, even the small imperfections. The pianofortes for example have just a slight out tune notes here and there.
Sylvain, even with real acoustic instruments, the first octave of the celesta has always been a problem (a google search with [celesta lower octave] provides several references mentioning this problem). This is due to the higher partials that do not match any "regular" overtone. The virtual copy has the same problem as the original instrument. Of course we could have adjusted the overtones in such a way that it sounds less “false”, but then it wouldn’t have been a celesta anymore. Note that in Pianoteq standard or pro, you have the possibility to tune the notes one by one by clicking on the “diapason” menu and selecting “Detune notes”.
I'm just a poor pianoteq play owner, but maybe one day I will upragade to standart.
I love the sound of the M3 hybrid, but I would like to have more dynamics in the lower notes. Is the standart version of pianoteq allow me to set the volume of each note? I've set the dynamics at max value, and it helps but if it's possible to set every note like I want it will maybe make me change for the standart one.
Another question, maybe a dedicated post will be better but, Is pianoteq run on the V-Machine?
Is the standart version of pianoteq allow me to set the volume of each note?
Yes. You can test it by downloading the Pianoteq standard trial version. Access the volume Note Edit by double clicking on the volume slider.
Another question, maybe a dedicated post will be better but, Is pianoteq run on the V-Machine?
No, it has not enough CPU (unless you severely reduce the internal Pianoteq sample rate and polyphony.)