Topic: Two Feature Requests
I believe these are both feature requests, but I could easily be overlooking something:
1) I would really love it if in the MIDI section under "options" there were a "default" option for the ranges. I've been using several expression pedals to adjust things like "strike point," where I type in the default strike point value for one end of the range, and then 1/2.0 or 1/64.0 for the other end of the range. This way I can use one pedal to go from an extreme strike point back to the default position. However, when I switch to a different instrument, the default strike point is different which means must again enter its specific strike point value into one of the MIDI ranges. It would be fantastic if you could simply type in 'D' for default and have it automatically set that specific end of the range to whatever is the default value for that particular instrument. Seems like that might be simple to program. Or maybe there is another solution?
2) When turning on the "pedal wah-wah" effect, the original sound of the instrument is altered and there is no point within the wah-wah's range where it returns to the original sound. I know this is by design, however I would love to be able to set the wah-wah effect to have the original sound at one extreme end of the pedal's MIDI range. That way you could turn on the wah-wah effect without altering your sound, but still control it with a pedal. I understand this would likely mean changing the concept of what a wah-wah pedal does, but it would be a very useful feature. As it is I haven't been able to find many effects or parameters which allow you to change the sound during sustain (after a note has been struck). The ones I have found tend to not be very dramatic. Perhaps I'm overlooking a better way to get a similar effect?
So you can get an idea of why I'm interested in these things:
I see a huge potential with Pianoteq in creating unreal instruments which unlike traditional synthesizers (and pipe organs for that matter) have a very dynamic response from ppp to fff. Where timbre, changes with intensity, in an organic way. So far Pianoteq is the only software I've come across that can do this in a satisfying way. Amazing program, and this is the reason I purchased it. Anyway, as a classical composer who has only written for acoustic instruments in the past, I've been experimenting with these synthetic instruments and just finished a collection of three pieces specifically for Pianoteq. Here's the latest if anyone's interested (based on the Bluthner):
