Topic: Pianoteq development
As far as expressiveness and consistency, I think Pianoteq has it down. That’s the main reason I enjoy it so much. It really lets me focus on playing and writing, without the distracting idiosyncrasies of many sampled pianos.
But in my opinion Pianoteq tonally just doesn’t have the warmth and body and sense of realism that sampled pianos do. But samples generally sound static by comparison unless the library is huge and very well done, and there’s never been a sample library that has the note to note consistency, at all velocities, that Pianoteq has.
Attaining greater realism is a major hurdle, and maybe physical modeling alone can’t achieve it, maybe a hybrid ‘samples+modelling’ approach is needed. I very much hope that Modartt’s primary focus right now is on making Pianoteq sound more organic and real. Hopefully the future will bring Pianoteq to an entirely new level.
