Topic: Can Pteq sound like this?

Hi,

i like a certain piano sound very much and wonder if it can be reproduced somehow with Pteq Pro.

Here's a short mp3 sample of it::

https://www.forum-pianoteq.com/uploads....20this.mp3

Any ideas or modeling suggestions? Which instrument could be used etc.?

Also, i'd like to be able to play in a style like in the sample (i'm still a beginner, self-taught).

Perhaps some of you guys know a tutorial or the like that could help to achieve this?

Thank you in advance for your help.

Last edited by Pboy (03-09-2019 14:42)
Music was my first love. And it will be my last. Music of the future. And music of the past (John Miles)

Re: Can Pteq sound like this?

I like the sound of this piano, too. The hammer-ons are particularly good. Do I know how to recreate the sound?. Well, no, but I hope we can all experiment to see if we can get close.

Re: Can Pteq sound like this?

Sounds like YC5 could be the closest, add a decent amount of compression and some treble boost EQ, also reduce the Dynamics slider.

Last edited by EvilDragon (04-09-2019 16:17)
Hard work and guts!

Re: Can Pteq sound like this?

I like the sound too.
Do you know what piano it is?

Re: Can Pteq sound like this?

On the YC5, maybe adjust parameters Unison width, Octave stretching, Direct sound duration, Hammer hardness, Spectrum profile, Hammer noise, Strike point, Soundboard, String length, Sympathetic resonance and most importantly —perhaps along with Direct sound durationDuplex scale and Blooming before any equalization is applied.

Otherwise, PIANOTEQ is missing a piano's parameter  —a possible yet unknown or still unperceived factor!

Edit: A delete (post) option is now missing, although!

Last edited by Amen Ptah Ra (04-09-2019 20:02)
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Re: Can Pteq sound like this?

Thanks for all your feedback and help so far.

@MrRoland: i don't know which piano was used in the sample

@EvilDragon, Amen Ptah Ra: Wow, you sure gave me some ideas to tinker with  ...*-)

Unfortunately i don't own the YC5 pack yet.

Until i do, perhaps the Bechstein or the Steinways could be used as a base?

Last edited by Pboy (05-09-2019 09:18)
Music was my first love. And it will be my last. Music of the future. And music of the past (John Miles)

Re: Can Pteq sound like this?

Yeah you can try this on most any piano. Just boost that treble. Can try with timbral EQ but also EQU3 effect as well.

Hard work and guts!

Re: Can Pteq sound like this?

Please, post your results.

Pianoteq 8 Studio Bundle, Pearl malletSTATION EM1, Roland (DRUM SOUND MODULE TD-30, HandSonic 10, AX-1), Akai EWI USB, Yamaha DIGITAL PIANO P-95, M-Audio STUDIOPHILE BX5, Focusrite Saffire PRO 24 DSP.

Re: Can Pteq sound like this?

Wow, following your advice i realized that PTeq offers near endless options to model or create sounds.

Quite easy to get lost or carried away in the process ... especially on a first attempt  ,,,*-)

Anyway, i posted my best shot so far in the FXP corner.

Close but no cigar?

Well perhaps not even really close ...lol

Any feedback?

Perhaps somebody likes to give it a shot too?

Is there a way to loop a midi file during editing / modeling to immediately hear the effect of parameter changes - without having to input notes manually?

Music was my first love. And it will be my last. Music of the future. And music of the past (John Miles)

Re: Can Pteq sound like this?

I see you’ve posted no accompanying mp3 audio.

Anyhow, if ever at a future time you will post your results including the fxp, when you create a link to it inside a thread, it’ll become immediately available as a convenient download within that thread  —and without it requiring anybody actually leaving the thread.  (This is somewhat of a heads-up, possibly, towards your very next effort.)

However, you’ll have regrettably to do it in a DAW a separate application, entirely, if you would like the added convenience of going over a specific section of it repeated to you, automatically, since a loop feature  —though obviously advantageous— remains something unimportant, clearly, to PIANOTEQ standalone development, including the PIANOTEQ PRO copy, purchased by the professionals who like myself indeed got it (but would likely stand to gain a lot more if the loop feature in fact were added to its higher priced interface).

Suffice to say; words aren’t in themselves unkind; although people sometimes are, indeed!

Have I been helpful in answer to any of your questions?

Last edited by Amen Ptah Ra (14-09-2019 20:14)
Pianoteq 8 Studio Bundle, Pearl malletSTATION EM1, Roland (DRUM SOUND MODULE TD-30, HandSonic 10, AX-1), Akai EWI USB, Yamaha DIGITAL PIANO P-95, M-Audio STUDIOPHILE BX5, Focusrite Saffire PRO 24 DSP.

Re: Can Pteq sound like this?

PBoy, you maybe want to experiment with a Pianoteq REVERB, one of the spring reverbs, having a short duration (±0.40 s), minimum Room size (affecting piano body mainly), short Pre-delay (±.001 s), and Tail/Early reflections (+15.3 dB or louder). 

Perhaps to taste —a country flavor— add in some late reflections from a plugin inside your DAW!  That has a loop feature!

Last edited by Amen Ptah Ra (06-04-2020 17:31)
Pianoteq 8 Studio Bundle, Pearl malletSTATION EM1, Roland (DRUM SOUND MODULE TD-30, HandSonic 10, AX-1), Akai EWI USB, Yamaha DIGITAL PIANO P-95, M-Audio STUDIOPHILE BX5, Focusrite Saffire PRO 24 DSP.