"A good idea to wait" for Pianoteq 4?

Something tells me I'm destined to send Modartt more money.. (my 1 year is long expired)

At least it's cheaper than a new piano, which I'm also considering in the next year or two.

Hello,
My First post here, I am not sure how the versions are numbered ;
I saw the pt4 update policy of E29 for pre Jan 2011 purchases and free for after that, which looks very fair.
So then I tried to buy pt3 on line.
Sweetwater say they no longer carry it and didn't know if or when they would carry it in the future - and Amazon said it is no longer available (words to that effects, though I didn't copy the exact messages).

I don't know how to interpret this;  maybe modartt has stopped selling through them ?, maybe they have sold out V3 and are not going to re-order until V4 is available ?,  maybe something else ???

I will wait a few weeks to see if it comes back into stock, or if V4 appears.

While waiting I will read the forum - ALL of it ? perhaps not  :-D

I am in USA.
The US $ is "at some disadvantage" against the Euro.
Discount web order houses, such as B&H, sweetwater and amazon help recover some of the exchange rate disadvantage :-D

At this time that is the most polite way I can find to describe things.

Thanks for the pointers.
I think I may be looking for the PLUS version, but have to pour through more of this forum before deciding.
Too many "knobs and switches" to fiddle with might distract me, the almost endless pursuit of perfection, etc.
There again, having ANY knobs and switches is a distraction, since physical pianos don't have any and a nice C7 is still a nice C7.
I had better stop here.
 
Some stores pop into my head when I "shop", others pop in when I merely "talk about" shopping.
Some days I am in a Bach mood, other days a Chopin mood, etc. :-D

Back to all the other threads/topics...

They will.

My (limited) understanding is that VSTi instruments are Windows DLL's, but there are compatibility layers (related to the WINE project maybe?) that allow Linux hosts to use them. Am I correct?

Also, PT is indeed a virtual instrument, but the standalone program (Standard/Pro) gives you decent control over the acoustic properties of the virtual room. Nothing too elaborate - basic reverb and echo; microphone placement, levels, and delays; and lid position, etc.

You could certainly use PT as a plug-in and render your acoustics through the host, but I would bet that in that case, the Pianoteq piano becomes a point sound source. In the standalone interface, the the piano has actual dimensional volume, and mics can be placed inside or underneath the piano. I can't imagine this being possible outside of the standalone.

Jerry,

The plug-in version has exactly the same functionality as the stand-alone version with regard to spatialization of the sound. I *always* use Pianoteq as a plug-in, always. (AudioUnit in Logic.)

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Yes, I know that the host gets the channels from Pianoteq according to what preset you're using, but if you're trying to render fancy spatial acoustics outside of Pianoteq, you're still getting point sources and not a full 3-D piano. I guess you can spatialize the channels, but you're still "hearing" through the microphones positioned inside Pianoteq.

That was my only point - all the "fancy" spatial acoustics relating to the virtual piano (ie. having mics close to the strings or underneath) have to be done within Pianoteq.