Morphing piano.

Well, I'm not sure if pianoteq can change from one model to another, like from Bechstein to YC5, without noticeable interferences ou gaps.  But change from one setting of a Bechstein to a another setting of the Bechstein' is more plausible.
Maybe the morphing could be sellective, like do not alter the keys that you still hold, or maybe neither the keys that it's still "singing" significantly.

This idea came when I was imagining a way to use pianoteq to achive something that would never be possible with any real grand piano.
All composers, when working for a sigle piano music, have to work with the limitation that the piano sound characteristics cannot be altered along the performance.

Let's imagine Beethoven's Pastoral for example, as this composition varies along, in terms of moments of very different feelings. A pianist can't adjust a real grand piano a soft smooth quality when the music sounds lyric, and readjust to a hard and deep tone when the music feelings get violent and angry.  He is limited by to the playing technics.

Like said Philippe: "Pianoteq makes everything possible"
Ok..., let's put those "impossible things" to work.    :-)

Maybe switch between three different sets of piano adjustments can be possible with just one progressive pedal. As the pedal is not pressed we would have one setting, while a very slight pressing would give a second setting, and a complete pressing a third setting.

Who knows... maybe soneone work in a composition that only pianoteq can get it right.

For the future, I imagine pianoteq simulating a violin, and the player could change the violing form vibrato to stacato and others characteristic, while playing.  VST Symphonic Orchestra do not allow such things, but is often in real violing as it depends of playing technics.

Hi Michael,

To answer your first post ;-) Yes it's is possible to run multiple instances of Pianoteq (both stand alone as VST) at the same time. I did it on my computer. Running it within a VST host gives you more control though.

Cheers,
Herman

Two instances of pianoteq could be interesting, but it's not able to be like a real morphing piano, cause would be separated pianos, separated ressonances.

I bet if you would do it you wouldn't notice THAT big a difference. It's all just crossfading. One is crossfading parameters directly, the other is crossfading sound globally. It's nonetheless very usable.

I suspect there would be times, while crossfading, or morphing, when nearly twice the processing power would be needed, but when playing one instrument and not the other, the CPU meter for one would be at 0% unless I'm mistaken.

Not really, it should take higher CPU load only when the crossfade is happening. When only one or the other piano sound plays, CPU load should return to normal. It can be made that way.

I'm not using it myself (not enough time) but there are other threads in the forum mentioning automation, and maybe you can get help from users here.

Beto-music:

Well, the latest Cantabile Lite (free) does allow morphing (and randomization), but I can't see any way to attach it to a cc. I'm not sure how it's controlled or timed. But it apparently lets you morph either a specific slider or several, and lets you set the exact start and end points for the change, or morph to an entirely different preset.

To access the morphing settings, open the interface for the vst instrument and, at the top, click on Edit\Morph tools.

(If you download the Cantabile lite program, be aware that the big Download button at the top of their main download page downloads the 32 bit version. To get the 64 bit version, which is needed if you use the 64 bit version of PT, scroll down and look to the right side of the screen.)