It's May! Getting closer to Pianoteq 5!

Hey, let the guys work.

I'm imagining what they could do in Chopin time, if a pianist tried to play too much fast, as fast as he could, and end up with a complicated tendinites.

yes, that's what I mean.

With each major PT version there seems to be more converts.   At the same time complete acceptance of anything is rare.   I am eager to hear the revision to the soundboard (mentioned in the video).

I am looking forward to some new word on the next version.   I check here each day hoping for a trickle of information; or a sample (hint).

Isn't it ironic that the term bell-like is described as a good thing ... when, in fact, bell-like overtones are the result of inharmonicity on a piano, whose strings are not long enough!!!

Cheers,

Joe

Well, I think the way to convince those people is to first tell them to pick out piano recordings that they really like a lot, and then have Pianoteq reproduce that tone, and then give them a blindfold test. If they can't tell them apart, or can't say with statistical significance which one they prefer, that might go a long way to having them embrace Pianoteq. (but even then, when they start using Pianoteq more, they'll still find deficiencies, either real or perceived ;^)

Greg.

I have followed PTQ since version 1.
This is a fascinating project, the scientific achievment, the personnality of the creator and his history, everything is appealing in this project.

However PTQ 1 was quite unbearable. When you downloaded the demo and tryed it, despite the terrible sound there was a quite immediate fun playing it. However, listening to the demo was a not so good experience, at the point i was thinking "how can people buy a 250€ product for such a result".

PTQ2 made some improvement, but you could still recognize with the first or second note that it was pianoteq.

PTQ3 was again better, but not to the point to make me bite. However, i was often playing the demo, and when you are acustomized to the imperfect sound and forget it, it's very enjoyable.

Then came the stage version which convinced me to buy it.

PTQ4 was better but quite not there yet, and a nice commecial tactic by Modartt (releasing the stage version after the standard one) made me upgrade to standard.

For me, the Bluthner is quite an achievment, but there is still something missing.

I'm still not 100% convinced by the sound, however i don't play anymore the sampled libraries and i guess modeling is the (only ?) future.

Someone said someday that we are remembering the artefacts from the old versions and are "trained" to recognize them in the new versions, i guess he is not far from truth, but i guess in a blind listening test i could be able to make the difference quite easily (depends on the velocity an octaves played, there are some notes that i still find easy to spot). The comparison posted in the other thread is very interesting and it's not always obvious to find Pianoteq, however the preset is so flooded under "deep cave" reverb, that you don't really hear the sound anymore.

I'm very enthusiastic with the new Version 5 and i hope i won't be dissapointed, however the developers needs to keep listening for the critical voices since the 100% supporters who find it perfect do not help the project to advance.  When you are playing Pianoteq 100% of the time you tend to don't hear its problems anymore.

I find it interesting that someone posts an unverified (at least as far as I know) rumor about a release at the end of May and with no official response from Pianoteq there is this entire thread with excitement about that soon-to-be-released version 5.

I also find it interesting that Studiocat (the original author of this rumor) has made no further post within this thread.

And there is this post too:  http://www.forum-pianoteq.com/viewtopic...37#p931137

"Regarding news, we only post news when we have something new to tell... smile I can promise that we will post something next month..."

  I meant no harm!    I was only expressing my excitement regarding an "official" comment that Pianoteq 5 had a possible realease time near the end of May.  Look for Philippe's post in the "Pianoteq 5" thread.
   -Perry-  ( studiocat )

We hope to be ready next week. Thanks for your patience!

Sweet!  I will begin chilling the cervesa!   

What a marvelous news! Can't wait

Philippe, one question: for example, if i buy upgruade for PT5 and want to have both of them (4v and 5v) on the same computer, shall I use 2 activations or only one?

The path will be the same as the current path from previous versions (1 to 3) to version 4: same conditions (in particular, free upgrade for licences purchased during the past 12 months) and same price.

Yes.

I hope Moedartt take their time with all the patience that is need, without be influenced by pressure.

I have observed than most of Pianoteq releases happen on a Wednesday, so i know when to press F5 repeatedly