Recording and Post Processing

I often use a little bit EQ, lowering around 1k, and often compressor. Sometime I use logics reverb... I use Logic Pro and on the master-channel I use a setting with a Apple-designed mastering plugin chain (I think it is some limiter, multiband compressor and some more...). But I am not a sound engineer....

I think in general the key is to get the source material as close to how you want it as possible and use post-processing to fix things / help them sit together in a mix etc. So with Pianoteq you should be able to tweak the raw signal to be as you want it.

To that end, it makes sense to record as midi so that you can still tweak the source sound at your leisure.

For example, it might be better to tweak the velocity response rather than apply a compressor in post. I'm not saying that compression is bad necessarily, but it is a rather unnatural process and if you just want a good pure piano sound that may be undesirable. It depends as well on the expected listening environment etc; if you want to make something that will come across clearly on a car stereo then you might have different needs than if it is meant only for a relatively controlled hifi type listening environment.

Thank you all for your comments.  I have been having fun playing around with Pianoteq.   Clearly the more I tweak the different settings and experiment, the more close I will get to the sound I desire.

Right now finding a suitable velocity curve will be a task.  I have a Yamaha P-155.  I am not convinced the calibrated curve is as good as some others I have tried; work in progress.