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Topic: Great feature request : option for adding bolts between the strings

this would be a great option, adding bolts, screws, rubbers etc. between the strings we'd want. In order to play music for prepared piano.

I like to play sometimes John Cage music, but don't want to add bolts in my Grand Piano.
It's something impossible to do with Pianoteq now, with the possibility to choose :
- the material (small or big bolt, steel or bronze, rubber, etc)
- which strings
- the distance from the pins (or from the bridge)

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Re: Great feature request : option for adding bolts between the strings

it's possible to do note edit to simulate the effect of prepared piano, but you will likely need the pro version. Spectrum edit, unison width, impedance, sympathetic resonance strength, Q factor etc. You can make some presets and put them in the morph, and use assign midi cc to macro control the process. There are already some prepared piano presets like steinway D prepared to start with

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Re: Great feature request : option for adding bolts between the strings

Thanks, but I have Standard version, not the Pro.
Even if I had Pro, I'd prefer a simpler way : choice of bolt or rubber, dimension, distance from pins, than trying to work with the many parameters already there.

Also there are prepared piano presets, we can't choose the material, the distance, and the strings

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Re: Great feature request : option for adding bolts between the strings

Just came here searching for this idea.  I would gladly buy a "prepared piano" and it seems like it should be exactly the type of thing Pianoteq could do really well.

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Re: Great feature request : option for adding bolts between the strings

It existe this software https://www.uvi.net/fr/pianos-keyboards...ano-2.html from IRCAM (serious!...).
I haven't tried it.

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Re: Great feature request : option for adding bolts between the strings

YvesTh wrote:

It existe this software https://www.uvi.net/fr/pianos-keyboards...ano-2.html from IRCAM (serious!...).
I haven't tried it.

Thanks, it sounds interesting but too pricey for me.  I'm still hoping Pianoteq considers it.

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Re: Great feature request : option for adding bolts between the strings

I'm not sure how the Rattle pedal is implemented (if it's part of the physical sim or the DSP resonator model), but if it's the former, providing options for different materials and thicknesses could be a way to cover most "prepared piano" usecases

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Re: Great feature request : option for adding bolts between the strings

YvesTh wrote:

It existe this software https://www.uvi.net/fr/pianos-keyboards...ano-2.html from IRCAM (serious!...).
I haven't tried it.

merci beaucoup compatriote pour cette trouvaille, c'est exactement ce qu'il me faut !

Great, this software I wasn't aware of will be perfect for me !
I've just watched the demo : you can choose the materials you want for each key independently (and many more settings)