Modartt Wish List 2025 (Page 1 of 2)

MPE, poly AT, Midi 2.0.
More useful full screen mode rather than just stretched.
Yam CFX, Bos. 290.
Perhaps more individual Rhodes piano models.
Souped up FX modelling.
Perhaps more prepared piano modes.
More sophisticated three-dimensional rendering of the microphone positioning.
The electric pianos reworked to compete with the best (they sound great, but they could sound even more realistic).
Perhaps an offline rendering mode with a model of greater complexity.

With Bosendorfer and Kawai added to the list, I am honestly out of major grand pianos brands I desire. Perhaps a Fazioli, but one that is well done, would tickle my interest but to be perfectly honest I think there are some areas that deserve more exploration: smaller baby grands particularly older ones (a more modern Pleyel before they completely disappear, an older Bluethner which had slightly different tone than their modern line-up), upright pianos (anything from more modern to even vintage ones, just not another Yamaha with their unmistakable tone), EPs (still waiting on a nice Mark V)... All of these would definitely would automatically go higher on the list that yet another grand, at least for me.

Hi,

A midi script feature :

For example my Yamaha P525, send a poly Aftertouch at  value18 when the damper is near string just before fixed note off velocity at value 64 :

In pianoteq i just want to convert the poly Aftertouch value to a NOTE OFF velocity value to simulate damper smooth release.

And in midi options : just mono aftertouch . it's sad.

Please.

And yamaha use Controller 19 value to Key acceleration in P525 with the note on Key value : i want to make a script in Pianoteq with the note on key position and value and the value controller 19 condition to optimize the simulation of Grand expression like the P525 internal sound

Regards,

Olivier F.

Hi,

A real full screen interface
Better gestion of favorite presets
More realistic microphones settings
Output equalizer (independent of presets)
Tuning for each string when double or triple

And why not ! a Fazioli F308...

+1 to many of these suggestions, especially from Key Fumbler (more authentic Prepared Piano options would be great), Chopin87, nahnou, and YvesTh.
I'd like to see more studio grands and uprights, and improvements to the mic settings. If it was possible to develop some sort of 'mic wizard' to help with locating sweet spots for mic arrays (varied according to the instrument) that would be fantastic.

Good idea and when it's too out of tune, you have to call in a modartt tuner (Modartt could make money by charging for tuning !...) Just kidding!
And an over-stressed string that breaks could also be a fun option...

Some of the best musical ideas happens by chance ....

While we are at it, Modartt could use geolocation to work out the atmospheric pressure and humidity in your location and adjust the model accordingly ....

But seriously, it shouldn't be too difficult to add a 'Condition' parameter to the list available in Note Edit and degrade that parameter either manually or automatically, dependent on velocity level and frequency of use of that key.

I wonder if people get bored of sampled libraries because it is the same piano every time you play. Which is totally unlike the experience of owning an acoustic piano. Every time you sit down it is a different instrument. The tuning is different from the last time you played, never mind the effect of heat and humidity on the wood, strings, action etc.

A modelled piano gets around the worst aspects of sameyness of samples (especially the attack problem) because each note is created afresh, but even so, I do find after a while I get bored of a model and have to change.

So yes, I would welcome more randomness, more realistic degradation every time you fire up Pianoteq.

I wish for MIDI pass through so using Pianoteq with other applications (Piano Marvel) that need to have access to the MIDI input is much easier.

My wish is that Modartt keeps developing percussion side as well.

I am a vibraphone player as much I am a keyboard player. I can say that PTQs percussion is good, probably better than almost all sample alternatives. But in terms of realism there’s still room for improvement. I know I am minority here, most of us use mainly pianos. Percussion is just a nice curiosity to most I believe. That’s why it’s very hard to find a good percussion sounds from any digital intruments. Even flagship models tend to have horrible outdated vibes or marimba which quality you woud never accept as a piano.

A bit of backround:
To really feel those percussion instruments - vibes, marimba, xylo, pans etc. - you need a percussion midi controller. I am lucky to own Wernick Xylosynth. For real life comparison I have two acoustic vibraphones, Musser and Malletech. In general I think digital mallet instruments are much farther away from their acoustic counterparts than e.pianos are from ac.pianos. And I am talking about player-instrument-sound -relationship which is so much more primitive than it’s with piano. Latter is more like a machine where human is just a starter of a chain of mechanical events. In mallet instrument there’s just player hitting a bar with a mallet. There are so many things you can do with mallet (on purpose or not) which affect the sound. One is a spot where player hits a bar which obviously affetcts the sound. In fact I was one to suggest humanizing this in PTQ percussion and we got this feature to PTQ perc. So in general as much as I would hope Modartt to develope percussion I would also like percussion controllers to develope in a way that catch more nuances of these special instruments.

Anyway Happy New Year to all of you!

"Alors, qu’espérez-vous de Modartt pour la nouvelle année ?"

la version 9,  avec un violoncelle, tout simplement.

1/ Yamaha’s Grand Expression full compatibility
1.2/ or at least poly-aftertouch compatibility to dampen the sound before note-off event
2/ better simulation of real « release samples » equivalent, in particular :
  - staccato playing : shorten even more the release sound
  - pitch up some release sounds, as it is for real string model (generally from  0 to a quarter of a tone or scarcely half of a tone up)
3/ add a low-pass and high-pass filter for the hammer sound, to help adjusting the hammer sound independently from the main tone
4/ improve the overall behavior in staccato playing: when playing quick and soft (low velocity) it generally means the key doesn’t hit the keybed. Thus the sound of the key hitting the keybed is not propagated to nor amplified by the soundboard. The result is a thinner sound + very short release because the damper is barely lifted from the string.

Thanks Modartt !

There is one thing that I really miss in pianoteq, and that is a Sub oscillator. Native instruments has this for the piano noire and claire, it adds a lot of body to the lower end of the piano, I would love to see the same implementation in Pianoteq for all the models.

Scarbee Ep88s was a remarkable labour of love and it shows. It's my current favourite electric despite being sampled.

I tried the sampled Rhodes 8 I wasn't tempted - it wasn't bad, but I wasn't drawn to it like the EP88s.
Maybe it can be improved in a virtual version through physical modeling?

More useful "skins" to the interface which will make PianoTeq GUI like that of any other program, with regular menus and buttons, rather than functionality hidden behind pretty graphics.

I guess with the JSON functionality this is possible today for people to do it one their own (and in fact some people have already), but it would be nice to have something fully functional and fully supported by Modartt.

I would like a multi track midi recorder, or at least overdub capability. I know you can do this by running Pianoteq within a DAW, but many users (including myself) use Pianoteq mostly as standalone, for the sheer simplicity, elegance and practicality of it. Specially, when I play my MIDIfied grand with Pianoteq running on iPad, I don't want to be bothered with another device (computer) and another software.

Also, a new model for electric guitar within a revamped Guitar model combining acoustic and electric. That being said, it is already possible to get impressive distorted guitar sounds using the effects within the existing Acoustic guitar model which hints at how amazing it could get with further development.

I agree and I’ve said the same countless times: PTQ Rhodes isn’t the level that it could be. I use probably one of the best sampled Rhodes all the time: Nords EP9 ”Stockholm”. Compared to it, PTQ Rhodes feels dull, lacking depth and expressivity. To be fair I haven’t yet played a good modelled Rhodes so far. For comparison I also have AAS Lounge Lizard which is kind of nice to play but very far from real world. (With LL I don’t even expect realism and that’s why it doesn’t bother me that much).

So is the Rhodes modelling somehow particularly difficult if we don’t have a good models? I refuse to accept that. I believe it’s much easier than a acoustic piano. It’s like mallet intsrument (see my comment above), it’s just about resourses put elsewhere.

P.S. One interesting physical model of EP comes from hardware world: Crumar (Seven). There are lot of people appraising it. I haven’t had chance to test it…

Happy New Year all and thanks to Modartt for my favorite piano plugin.

In 2025 and beyond, I would like to see:

1.  MIDI 2.0
2.  MPE support
3.  Piano models - Astin Weight, Klavins Una Corda and 450i
3.  Electric Guitar
4.  Upright Bass
5.  Electric Bass (including fretless bass)

Thanks.

+1 for the opposite reason actually, as there are novel instruments with four string scaling, plus the ability to change the break points between scalings would be so welcome--especially for those of us trying to recreate very specific historical instruments!  I'd also love greater control of the string width (here's looking at you triple-coiled Baldwins) and string material.  And, I'd also welcome greater nuance in controlling the unison width--as in tuning per sub-string, as opposed to the method currently when the unison weight/centering and width are kinda juggled independently in a way I've always found a little awkward, which if the number of strings changes would likely need to change as well.

Will we be seeing anything during Namm 2025 I wonder? (Je me demande si Namm 2025 intéresse Mo D'art.)

Chords as notes. It already shows chords as text, take it a little farther and show the notes too (if you find a place for it). Would be helpful in many ways.

I have a little Tool "chordie App". It was either free ot cheap, but is very usefull.
It does show notes on a score, tells the notes name and for block chords the name of the chord.
It displays the keys pressed and (if you want) the fretboard of a guitar with finger positions. Absolutely usefull.
Goes well with Pianoteq.

It wouldn't get the imprimatur of Yamaha, but I would buy a CFX if it was offered as an instrument.

One workaround would be to use AUM  and load Pianoteq and Tonality.

I like to use a midi controller to play with the settings during play, I have automatic recording enabled.

i'd like to see the following feature implemented in pianoteq:

Have pianoteq save the fxp file of the current settings at the start of every recording next to the midi file...
Have the midi recorder save midi-cc's into the midi file that i send to automate settings..

This way i can reconstruct entire performances, I have the prepared piano that i use saved, and the automation recorded...