Sick of me yet???

Really really nice, thanks again

Since you're a piano teacher, maybe you can give me a little piece of advice: i'm trying to improve my playing of this beautiful song from the movie Forrest Gump, "feather theme" - this one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzHKUY-5KEc

I'm having trouble with the sustain pedal when playing those inverted thirds, for example at 1:05 ... playing at normal tempo, i have to release the keys too quickly for my foot to be able to press back down on the pedal, and it creates a "staccato" sound on those first notes. What should i do?

I came to the same conclusion after looking at the fxp, Rachel did lower the Q-factor, which makes perfect sense with her explanation "to kind of soften the cutoff". Indeed lowering the Q factor attenuates the effect of reducing the cutoff, and does soften the cutoff.

As you say Jake, lowering the Q factor lengthens the decay of the very upper partials, but in combination with the cutoff reduction, there is a mid-frequency range where the decay is still reduced (there where the cutoff reduction "wins" against the Q-factor reduction). The tricky thing about these two parameters is that they work partially in opposite direction.

Ah yes, you guys are right about the Q factor! That's what I meant.

Rohade, I wouldn't be surprised or disappointed if Modartt didn't consider including my presets by default, because they are very personal. I mean, they don't represent the modeling technology too well, per se, because of all the little changes that make the sound more pleasant to me (and you) personally. It is certainly a matter of taste. That's why I'm happy for the FXP corner!

My only wish is that my own students could use my presets with the Stage version. Maybe Modartt would be open to discussing a special volume discount for me so my students could all get Standard licenses at a reduced rate... Hmm...

right but Ameiia "ear" Heart . .    ;p)    I like her presets too.

As a university student that can only afford the stage version of pianoteq, I second the request of being able to use rjpianists preset with stage

Rachel, does each subsequent fxp replace the previous ones or do you feel they are distinct enough to warrant them all being actively used?

One reason I ask is because there are also a lot of fxp from sskuk1, DonSmith, billd, Kysinc, Gilles and Philippe that I would like to try and I just don't have enough time for them all.

Did you decide on getting a VPC-1? Have you played one yet? My VPC-1 and I and family will be flying home from Tokyo to New Jersey a week from this coming Saturday. If you ever want to try mine out, let me know.

Back to the original topic...thanks to all the fxp posters!

You do realize that velocity curve is for her keyboard that starts at around 25, you're supposed to use your own velocity curve for your keyboard

The more recent ones with just a date are a progression towards the sound I am working on. So, the most recent one is the one I'd like people to use and comment on. The only other one that is quite different is "My Steinway", but I'd use the one posted by Philippe that has SR and bass smoothing.

You are very welcome! I've been traveling the last couple of weeks, hence the quiet from me. Just got home today, and very excited to fire up PianoTeq and get back to practicing and preset tweaking.

Very inspiring (I only discovered the presets now after a longer absence from a piano and the forum here). Like others here I tend to think those nice ideas fit well into pianoteq, and surely your contributions will find their way to the factory presets one way or other^^.
As you posted quite a few presets it adds to the fun that we can see what you changed (with the pro version at least) and see what we like about it.

The very good and helpful remarks from Jake and the explanations of Philippe Guilleaume about the Q-factor are precisely what is missing in pianoteq the most - an in-depth manual for people who don't have the time or knowledge of all the factors that shape sound. Reaper has something like this, in a way - a "get started" manual but also an indepth-manual for those interested. Maybe one day, as it would most certainly help a lot of people in finding their own sounds, instead of doing much by "trial and error" (which can be amusing too, of course.) - So a big thanks for those presets! And there are quite some good from other contributors since I last checked.