Syngular (Page 2 of 2)

I have purchased Syngular and registered it. My account says that Pianoteq 9 already contains Syngular, but I cannot find it in PIANOTEQ itself. I read in a prior post that Syngular shows up under Electric Pianos, but it isn't there. I have closed PIANOTEQ and reopened it, but still no success. What am I missing here?
MArkk

Thanks for both comments. I was commenting on the fact that there is not literally a waveform setting (so don't look for it). It's essentially waveform creation via additive synthesis. Not unlike Hammond drawbars.

Install the latest Pianoteq (9), take care of any license messages you may see, and then you should see Syngular under the Electric Pianos.

Syngular is simply gorgeous and the best part is, nobody saw it coming. The more sounds the merrier in Pianoteq.

There are not filters per se in Syngular (none that I could find). I can't speak for the developers, but I would guess that's because of the model being "a string that gets hit" - and in that model there is nothing that would correspond to a filter.  Any changes in timbre over time seems to be controlled by two settings:

<Decay> (which has two settings: cutoff and slope).  This different from the "decay" in ADR.  <Decay> controls decay of upper harmonics over time.

<Blooming>.This is the only thing I found which allows for upper harmonics to INCREASE over time (which you can easily achieve with a filter).  Try increasing the energy, and with some inertia you can start to hear an auto-wah effect (unless the attack is slow, in which case you might miss it). 

Why no sustain?  From the manual (14.6. Tutorial 6: Syngular envelope control):

"Syngular does not offer a direct Sustain parameter. This is because different frequencies decay at different rates based on Pianoteq's physical model of coupled strings, resulting in a more organic sound"

With regard to oscillators.  Again, the model is that a string is oscillating (after being hit by something).  In the Pianoteq model there seem to be 4 things that affect the initial timbre of the string:

1. Plucking brightness (ths is turned way down in the Sine wave preset).   That seems analogous to hammer hardness on a piano. 
2. Spectrum profile (e.g. turn down all the harmonics except the fundamental (#1) and you get a sine wave).
3. Strike point (i.e. where the hammer hits the string). When I compared the saw vs. square patches, this was the main difference (to the far left for saw; to the far right for the square).
4. Harmonicity (the lower, the more "out of tune" bell-like harmonics you get).  This can interact in strange ways with the spectrum profile (maybe that's why this is "experimental").

Also from the manual:

"Unison Width introduces natural beating between the virtual strings, much like what happens in real piano tuning. As a secondary effect, when you choose a narrow unison, Direct sound duration lets you determine the strength of the initial part of the decay."

"the Smear parameter adjusts the soundwaves to soften or sharpen the attack’s timbre."

Since it appears that Syngular will not be included for licensed Pianoteq 9 Studio users, I've hidden the demo from the instruments list.

So, I've been playing around with Syngular on and off throughout the weekend, and I think it has a lot of potential.  I feel like I've just barely scratched the surface of what it can do.  I really like the pads that it can make, but of course it can do so much more than that.  I was actually able to make a pretty good aaccordion sound, and even a halfway decent techno-type saw sound, and I know there's sounds this thing can make, that nobody's ever heard before!
Pianoteq is a really awesome program, and Syngular makes it even better.  To me, it's a fresh take on the synthesizer.  The ability to hear parameter changes in real time is so cool, just one of the many great things about Pianoteq, and now Syngular.  Combined with my hardware synths, Surge, and of course all of the other pianoteq sounds, the sky is truly the limit!

Once again, congratulations to Modartt for another amazing instrument!

Hey DEZ, you seem to know your way around conventional synths so I'm interested in your take: Does Syngular sound like a typical synth to your ears (just with a different parameter abstraction and a built in resonance FX) or does it do something new?

To get a sine wave you have to use another hidden filter - the Plucking brightness ...

https://youtu.be/5d5z2rzYnzM

One thing I will say is that once a sound has started, it seems you cannot change it - so no evolving textures at present unless someone knows better ???

Yes I think it's best to think of it that way - an easy access built-in synth layer/s option, mostly for those using the standalone as a performance instrument, at keys/foot pedals level only. They aren't shooting this one at U-HE customers.

I haven't spent a lot of time on it, it looks like a curious creature, maybe a nice option for folks used to Pianoteq that have only a passing interest in adding an obvious synthesizer sound or two to mainly blend in pads or strings within a tool they are relatively familiar with.
Obviously if you want an accurate model of specific analogue hardware synth Modartt haven't even attempted this - and shouldn't obviously within Pianoteq anyway.

Exactly! If one wants a traditional synth,then buys a traditional synth. This is different, and frankly I applaud Modartt for it. Just another choice in our sound palette, which you can use if you wish.

I'm looking forward to all the user made FXPs!