Roadmap?

Well, actually there are a lot of company's that have a roadmap for their products. (i.e. Microsoft!)
Of course Pianoteq is not Microsoft. But I think it could even attract customers if they can see all the (other) good things that are coming to us.

Maybe I'm too curious.

Hello FJ,

While I am not a representative for Modartt, except through my demos, I can tell you that the Pianoteq engineers improve their products by listening to -- and acting upon -- opinions and comments voiced by their customers.  So, in a way, we are the roadbuilders from which Modartt constructs its maps.

The above paragraph is a "flowery" answer to your question.  Stated more clearly, the good people at Modartt always strive for a sense of realism, both in the playability and in the sound of their products. 

Let me share with you a true story about my own experience with Pianoteq:
When the first version of Pianoteq became available in year 2006, I read about it in 'Virtual Instruments' magazine.  I downloaded the demo of Version 1.0, and played with it for all of less than five minutes, and stayed away for the next two or so years.  As I have daily access to real Steinway Model M and K. Kawai grand pianos (and I tune and regulate them several times per year), I know what real grands sound like, and how they feel and respond to my touch.

Continuing with my experience, since 1990 I have been playing around with various synths and hardware sound modules.  These were the years before virtual instruments became available in the form of sampled and modeled musical instruments.  I have owned various AKAI-formatted pianos, Ivory I and its Italian grand add-on, East-West Bosendorfer, EWQL Pianos and the Bluethner digital Model One (BDMO), and was happy enough with them.  However, with each product, I had to "bow to the software" in terms of making allowances for switches between sample layers, latency, etc.  Ironically, the software "played me" rather than the other way around!

I did not revisit Modartt's website until just as Version 3 became available, on the recommendation of a gentleman from Greece who had earned his PhD from London's Royal Conservatory of Music.  Well sir, the rest is history.  Pianoteq Version 3 was just what I needed and wanted in a virtual piano.  It was not long before I completely uninstalled all of the other piano software from my computer.

The reason for describing the above litany is this:
Pianoteq personnel actually listen to suggestions and comments from its users.  The best part is that they act upon these suggestions. 

While I have no crystal ball into the future roadmap of Pianoteq, you may be assured that any future versions will sound and feel more real to you, the end user.

Enough of my rambling.

Cheers,

Joe