AKM wrote:Thank you very much for the reply.
1) I saw on some of their videos the software interface showing the continuous movements of all the keys. I try to guess, the MIDI protocol does not sent continuous data about the notes, just note on, note off and the velocity. How the software decides where is the "checkpoints" to measure the velocity in between, I guess you can set them manually?
2) Can you set several "checkpoints"?
3) And, can you share a pdf manual about the software?
4) And, do you believe PNOscan is the most hi-end solution for the ultimate piano controller? Sorry for so many questions, got really very excited about it.
Hi again , so many questions, ok here we go :
1) it's working with optical sensor. so the unit calculate all the time the speed of the press and depress of the key while you play like on a midi keyboard, so yes it's Midi Note On and OFf and velocity.
the pedal are sending continuous controller !!! like a FC3 ! but very few DAW / sound are compatible with this feature. so i don't use it.
yes, everything can be set manually but be aware that it can take a lot of time and patience if you want to do that !
i never did it because of my disability and the fact that i had no use in the past of a stop rail (for blocking the acoustic piano sound and hearing only the virtual sound.), something who is really needed to program properly the unit. my way was always to use the real acoustic piano sound while recording. so it never bothered me. on my new piano, for the first time, i'll install a stop rail once the midi will be ready.
2) what do you mean by checkpoints ? i suggest you to contact QRS and ask them these questions, because as said, i'm not an expert of the programming software. until now, i was using his basic features and was using the velocity curves preset in my piano sound and the velocity curve script in kontakt or pianoteq.
3) contact me in private and i'll send it to you or write to QRS. not sure i have the last version of the manual.
4) well, for me, as a pianist, a Midi interface in a piano is the ultimate controller for recordin Piano yes !
i owned a Yamaha S80, a Yamaha Motif, and the relationship is not the same between a machine and a real piano. some of my videos have been recorded with the Motif. the last ones, with the PNOscan and well, the experience is clearly not the same.
i love playing on a real piano , even if it's a bad one. until now, my videos have been done on a very bad piano, tuned at 332hz (lol) a hupdfeld carmen from 1983.
i have now a Yamaha U1 since 2 weeks, and it's a completly other world (in term of piano), and i'm impatient to be ready again to record new tunes .
but even with this cra* piano i had since 30 years, it was by far the best midi controller for recording piano for me. i can't speak for other instruments, as i didn't used it yet for controlling other instruments. i tried it for rhodes, and it's great too. well, it's certainly great for any keyboard instrument. but playing drums or bass on it ? no idea . i only did Piano solo recording with it so far.
sometimes during the recording, a few midi error can happens, like a note who has been recorded with a higher velocity, or the light of the room you are in included some very low velocity notes during the recording, due to the fact it's using optical sensor. but it's very very easy to fix in a DAW/Sequencer.
i check each of my recording once (they are all done in one take) and usually i have 3 or 4 notes to correct on the whole recording.
as said before to avoid that, a proper install is needed.
there are different brand on the market. i can't speak for them. but the "pro" of the PNOscan, is that the unit works well. can be installed by yourself, the QRS one is among the best, can be upgraded to a PNOmation unit in the future.
if you change of piano, well, you remove the unit and install it again in the new one.
the Midi interface in the yamaha or other piano ones are certainly the best because they are factory installed, but i never had the chance to try them, so i can't speak for "them".
but from my point of view, the pro of yamaha or other factory installed midi interface
it's factory installed and perfectly installed.
the cons : if you change of piano, well ... you loose the midi interface with it.
if you want to upgrade the Midi part, well, ... you must change the piano with it
it's very expensive, as you must buy the piano with it and not the reverse.
depending of which version of piano/Midi you buy, you have something not as good as a PNOscan.
for example the SG2 unit at yamaha have No velocity curve programmed except one for their sounds in their sound module. and ... and there is no software to change anything in it if you want to do it.
May the music be with you !