TONE slider

I suppose parametric EQ could work per-note if the panel functioned like the spectrum profile editor.

Thanks! I have PRO.

I will play around with everything you are mentioning. But, still, having a per-note tone feature would be what I'm looking for.

In fact there is a 3-band parametric EQ in the effect section, but it's tied to the Amp effect...I was not very fond of that effect, but, listening to an old fxp of mine, I found a setting that might just do the trick for you. It gives a darker tone to D4, getting the sound closer to a NY Steinway without adding too much bad coloring.

I uploaded a modified version of your fxp (modified by Philippe) where there is only the addition of the Amp effect along with a corresponding reduction of volume. This amp has a color of its own, and surprisingly, it sounds best when mixing it full volume...

This also reduces the metallic resonances in the bass that you talked about in the other thread.

I uploaded as demo the beginning of Brahm's sonata no 3 in F minor. With this fxp, it recalls the sound of a CD of this piece by André Laplante, who seems to prefer NY Steinways with a large, ample sound.

http://www.forum-pianoteq.com/uploads.php?id=1981
http://www.forum-pianoteq.com/uploads.p..._Minor.mp3

Just another suggestion for experimenting...   it's endless with pianoteq...

EDIT: The demo doesn't play! I seem to recall there is a problem with long names for mp3 files...Stay tuned while I rename it...

EDIT2: I replaced the demo, but something should be done about this, it's very easy to make mistakes that you can't correct in the link between Fxp Corner and Other Files! For instance I can't delete the file whose too long name was truncated (get a File not found error). I can't attach the demo to the fxp without re-uploading it (I had already uploaded it to the Other Files section and would get a naming error if trying that)...needs more validation I think...

It has its own predefined "sound", since Amp models an amplifier, it has that cabinet filtered sound already, even if all EQ controls are dead center. It's for shaping the distortion, not for shaping the overall sound. Hence, a proper 3-band EQ is a must (and a PHASER, too! But that's a different story ).

It's not so simple . . .

A normal EQ works on frequency bands _in the final AF output_.   And you can "darken" or "brighten" the overall tone of the piano with it.

What Rachel is asking for is an EQ which works differently _on each note_, but doesn't have to be _specified_ for each note.   So the EQ applied to a bottom-octave note (for example) would have some extra low-frequency gain, and the EQ applied to notes in the  top two octaves would have some extra high-frequency gain.   And notes in between would have EQ that was interpolated between those extremes.

It's a way to "warp" the whole tonal response of the piano sound.   Very powerful, and maybe with only a few parameters needed.  Intriguing . . .

But more complex -- way more complex -- than a parametric EQ applied to the sum of _all_ the notes being played at any time.

.              Charles