Clearing the "muddiness" of Pianoteq

I just posted a different post about using the dynamic slider versus the velocity curve.  This post is also about producing a realistic sound, focusing on clarity of the sound.

Once again, I am trying to use Pianoteq with my Casio keyboard and two monitor speakers behind the keyboard in order to simulate sitting at and playing a real piano.  One thing about the Pianoteq sound that I find troublesome at this time is that from the "A" over middle C on down, the sound is fairly muddied as if I am hearing it through a curtain hung between me and the piano.  From that "A" on up, it is more clear, and more strident ( in a good way).  I have attempted adjusting different settings including hammer sound, as well as hammer tone.  The latter has settings depending upon whether you strike the keys soft, middle, or with force.  Unfortunately, both of these hammer settings appear to adjust the keyboard over its entire range, and not just in the more bass sections where the muddy sound seems to come from.  I don't know if there are other settings in addition to the percussion of the hammers that will make the piano sound less like it is being muffled by a blanket.

I did buy the Pro version of the program while it was on sale for Black Friday, and realize that I could probably find some settings to apply just to a variety of notes and drawing a curve on the note settings graphs, but I feel as if there should be some more general adjustments that I could make to get rid of the muffled muddy sound that I hear.

1 – What suggestions do people have?

2 – Are there particular effects uploaded to the FXP section that are good examples of "clean" pianos as if you are sitting in front of them?

– David