A feature that would be fun for a next upgrade

It is just for the fun, but I was thinking that it would be cool to have an option that detunes the piano a little every day, like a real one, in a future update.

If Modarrt create a algorithm to detune a piano a bit everyday, people will ask for controls do simulate many aspects on the piano aging, like moisture, temperature, sea air, seismic activity, and a option to connect pianoteq to the website from weather prediction.

Yes,
Ok, I am laughing reading the answers,
But now, seriously, what do you think? It is totally crazy but it would be the ultimate experience, to play on a virtual piano that has the same reactions as a real one in that aspect.

Well, it would be fun.

But the detuning it's also related to more aspects, liek the most used kays, the Keys striked with more energy.

And would be very fun to have a virtual tuning tool, to be placed on each string pin, rotating to get the tone manually string by string.

It would work almost like a training for tune real pianos

stamkorg wrote:

Beto-Music wrote:

If Modarrt create a algorithm to detune a piano a bit everyday, people will ask for controls do simulate many aspects on the piano aging, like moisture, temperature, sea air, seismic activity, and a option to connect pianoteq to the website from weather prediction.

Yes,
Ok, I am laughing reading the answers,
But now, seriously, what do you think? It is totally crazy but it would be the ultimate experience, to play on a virtual piano that has the same reactions as a real one in that aspect.

A virtual piano tuner? Why not then a virtual Michelle Pfeiffer? Modartt has the pianos. The forum has the pianists (and the audience). Everything is almost there for the ultimate virtual simulation of... The Fabulous Baker Boys (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097322/). 

stamkorg wrote:

Hello,

It is just for the fun, but I was thinking that it would be cool to have an option that detunes the piano a little every day, like a real one, in a future update.
When activated, the sound could lose a minimal amount of its normal tuning every day. And after 6 or 8 months the result woud be a really bad tuned piano. Then you could retune it to a normal tuning with a click on a button. I know it is a little crazy and it is just for fun but I said that because the regularity and precision of the sound is somewhere a boring factor on DP and software pianos.

Ok, it is just an idea...

Thanks to all the Pianoteq team for the last release

So, I'm wondering; does it only detune when it's used every day?  What if you don't use it for a month - a real piano would still suffer some detuning without being used.  How does the model account for this?

One of the better features of PT is that is doesn't go out of tune.

The "natural evolution" of a piano becoming detuned is generally corrected by a technician.

I've never understood why anyone would want to emulate a piano that's out of tune.

Honky-tonk pianos shouldn't be revered, they should be destroyed. WINK.

How long would you tolerate a singer that was always off key?

stamkorg wrote:

Hello,

It is just for the fun, but I was thinking that it would be cool to have an option that detunes the piano a little every day, like a real one, in a future update.
When activated, the sound could lose a minimal amount of its normal tuning every day. And after 6 or 8 months the result woud be a really bad tuned piano. Then you could retune it to a normal tuning with a click on a button. I know it is a little crazy and it is just for fun but I said that because the regularity and precision of the sound is somewhere a boring factor on DP and software pianos.

Ok, it is just an idea...

Thanks to all the Pianoteq team for the last release

So, I'm wondering; does it only detune when it's used every day?  What if you don't use it for a month - a real piano would still suffer some detuning without being used.  How does the model account for this?

One of the better features of PT is that is doesn't go out of tune.

Beto-Music wrote:

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But the detuning it's also related to more aspects, like the most used keys, the Keys striked [sic] with more energy.

And would be very fun to have a virtual tuning tool, to be placed on each string pin, rotating to get the tone manually string by string.

. . .

Hello Beto-Music,

As a professional piano tuner, I used to "age" my own presets of Pianoteq PRO (then Version 4.0 and 4.5) by slightly increasing and randomizing the three levels of hammer hardness in the middle three octaves, and similarly raising and randomizing the unison width, corresponding to those areas of the keyboard that would receive the most play.  In addition, I used to create an audible "break" that corresponded to the changes in keyboard scaling from uni- to bi- to tri-chords (strings per note).  To this day, my personal presets have slightly randomized key strike positions, and I tend to increase the damper decay time for the lowest notes, whose heavily wound strings contain the most vibrating momentum by way of their increased masses.

Actually, by setting the "condition" slider to a moderate amount (no more than 25% of full scale) accomplishes much of what I've set out to do.  The main difference is that I tend to age my own presets to represent those middle octaves of the keyboard that receive the most use and abuse.

Hopefully you find this information to be helpful.

Cheers,

Joe

P.S.  For your information, the demos I have provided to Modartt do NOT use these aged presets.

As a professional piano tuner, I used to "age" my own presets of Pianoteq PRO (then Version 4.0 and 4.5) by slightly increasing and randomizing the three levels of hammer hardness in the middle three octaves, and similarly raising and randomizing the unison width, corresponding to those areas of the keyboard that would receive the most play.  In addition, I used to create an audible "break" that corresponded to the changes in keyboard scaling from uni- to bi- to tri-chords (strings per note).  To this day, my personal presets have slightly randomized key strike positions, and I tend to increase the damper decay time for the lowest notes, whose heavily wound strings contain the most vibrating momentum by way of their increased masses.

Le problème avec ce post c'est qu'il est assez rapidement parti sur le ton de l'ironie alors que la question de départ, à savoir l'évolution du son sur une échelle temporelle de quelques mois, a le mérite d'avoir été posée et ce de manière sérieuse.