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Topic: Multichannel microphones, how to?

Hi everyone, I just bought Pianoteq 4 standard version, I still need to play a little bit with it to get familiarize with all the settings and create my own piano; although, one of the reasons I bought it -besides the reasons of being the best piano plugin- is because you can set Pianoteq to be a Multichannel output, you can choose between 5 multichannel mono, 3 stereo ouputs and more, given that you can use up to 5 microphones. I use Logic to record my music, and I want to set say 3 microphones and each one with a different ouput, but I cant figure out how to set the output, I mean, from logic when you insert Pianoteq in the Input It gives you the option of Multichannel 5x, mono, stereo, stereo 3x and something else. I want to have the option to set 3 microphones and send each one to an AUX track, just like you do in other plugins with that option.... I have read the manual and check around in this forum but I cant find the answer, I tried to click in the output and in the microphones with the hope that it would show me where i want to send the signal but I still cant find how to do it...is something to do with Logic or is there a way the set pianoteq as a Multichannel instruments that i Dont know yet?perhaps in the output section?....I would love to have the option to pick up to 5 microphones and send each signal to an aux track, because if I am not wrong, this is one -among others- of the beauties of having Pianoteq.....thanks a lot for the help!!

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Re: Multichannel microphones, how to?

I don't know Logic, so I may be misunderstanding, but in PianoTeq:

1.  Go to the Sound Recording page.
2. In the bottom half of the page, there is a grid that displays the mics as the x-axis and the available outputs as the Y axis. (Is the correct number of outputs showing there? If not, see below.)
3. Below each mic in the grid lie two columns. The left-most of these two columns controls amplitude. The column at the right controls delay. If there are no stacked bars in the left-most column below each mic, the mic is turned off. (Thus one can have the mics and outputs assigned, but not hear them. You can also turn a mic off or on by clicking on the mic image at the top of these columns. But turning it on this way will not help if the stacked bars are reduced to 0.) 
4. Press your left mouse button and drag the stacked bars, or drag upwards in the column amplitude cell if there are no stacked bars, to raise or lower the amplitudes of each mic. Or right-click on the stacked bars to type in a decibel level. Note that the mics are not ganged. If you want to turn on mic 1 and have it assigned to both output 4 and 5, for example, you must drag the bars under mic 4 and mic 5 separately. (The layout is logical and clean, but I must admit that I sometimes still make mistakes in the grid, too, forgetting to drag the bars to change one output when I want a mic to go to two speakers, etc. )

But if the problem is that you are not seeing your outputs on the mic page:

1. Obviously, in your sequencer\Logic, be sure that you have outputs assigned to the track and the outputs are active.
2. I'm not sure if this is necessary in Logic, but you may want, in PianoTeq, to click on Options\Devices. Be sure that in the list beside the text "Active output channels:," all of the outputs you want are selected. 

If there are still problems, and you are not sure if the problem is with Pianoteq or how PianoTeq is connected with Logic, I would suggest running the Standalone version of Pianoteq first and getting the mics set up and working there and saving an fxp for the setup. Then try it in Logic. Ye old process of elimination when working with a sequencer. Wish I could help with Logic.

I hope I haven't misunderstood and explained what you already knew.  If this explanation doesn't help, just post again. I'm sure that someone here knows Logic.

Last edited by Jake Johnson (08-08-2012 19:08)