Adding more resonance to PianoTEQ w/ sample. What do you think?

Yeah, perhaps I should have made the amplitude for both samples the same, but I added something to the second sample. Also no compression or limiting was used. In fact, no EQ (in the strictest sense) was used either.

Well then, I'll just tell you guys what I did. No big deal, but interesting I think. I mixed PianoTEQ via a send to an aux track loaded with a convolution reverb. I used an IR from the inside of a piano (soundboard and cabinet mainly - not so much strings). Then I edited the IR quite a bit. I shortened the reverb length so that the sound just added some resonance and not any "reverb" so to speak.

The reverb was still form PianoTEQ. I hear a lot more natural "woody" cabinet sound, and of course it's completely adjustable. The D now sounds more like a D IMHO.

If anyone wants the IR and instructions on how I tweaked it, let me know.

I still may go back and mess with the reverb's EQ a bit, and maybe some other parameters.

Sure. First you should know that I used Waves IR1 (convolution reverb), which has some unique editing options that some others may or may not have. So the best I can do is give you the initial IR, and show you the preset settings.

It should be too hard to copy, because I didn't mess with the EQ, which I plan on doing, but mainly just the reverb times, size, density and resonance. nothing tricky.

Download the IR file and the image of my reverb setting's here... (ask me about the IR file if you want)

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/gqrfo40v5qxfy34/We2YH_3dZ4

These are the setting for the verb (again, mainly just adjusting the pre-delay, length, and size. You don't want any reverb trail. You just want it to blend with the attack. Put the reverb on an aux track and turn the send way up. Mix the two channels arrordingly. A very slight bit of multi-band compression might help smooth out PianoTEQ's bell-like lows, and too-open and bright highs. Easy to do.

Let me know how it goes. Try to make it better!

I've been trying your method of adding some cabinet resonance and settled on using your Piano-Resonance-2.wav with the Pianoteq convolution reverb with mix set around 0, and envelope to around -30 db. I've decided that envelope controls the length of the reverb even though the units are db which does not make sense.   This adds just a little "bounce" or "punch" which makes the piano sound more realistic especially for live play.   The  effect is subtle but noticable, and I think an improvement.   I decided I prefer to add this effect to PT directly since such a resonance would be part of the piano sound.  I can add room reverb with an external IR program if I feel like it.  Anyway, I think this approach is an improvement, though sometimes I wonder if I'm fooling myself.   (one has to be careful, since if you increase the volume, you may think it sounds "better", etc).