Hello,
On the new model B, when I play some chords including bass notes, I hear something in the vibration that I can describe as a "flanger" effect.
I have not the occasion to play often on a grand piano, only in my teacher's house, every 2 weeks.
I can't say if I like that or not.
Is that sensation often present on grand pianos?
Thanks,
SK
Can you post a short MIDI file and let us know what preset you've used?
I also hear a flanging effect but it looks quite natural to my taste. It is because of a slightly detune of the unison strings, as far as I can understand it. I think it is the most present on the bass notes with a double strings. Since the pitch is slightly different the phases of each string do some kind of cancellation of each other vibrations.
Can you post a short MIDI file and let us know what preset you've used?
Here is a small midi file, I have the flanger sensation when I play E and D chords.
The preset is the original Model B player, for example,
The effect seems more pronounced with the headphones.
http://www.4shared.com/file/GsY3wTy7ce/...anger.html
I also find it sometimes flanger effect on the note F4
https://soundcloud.com/bgwoxxxjmwom/flanger-effect-f4
At a certain setting "condition" I found some oddities .. zz ..
https://soundcloud.com/bgwoxxxjmwom/zzz
presets and MIDI file:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/siasj5rt0o4r8...F.mid?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/lmxwxmm4on84t...F.fxp?dl=0
That's expected for the "Condition" slider. It introduces random variances in the model. Not all positions of "Condition" slider are going to sound great. You can change random seed and see what you get (right click the slider).
Could you clarify, ED? Obviously one cannot expect an out-of-condition piano to sound "great", but are you actually saying that the degradation that this control introduces operates randomly over its parameters? That is, degradations are arbitrary, rather than following what happens in real pianos when they go progressively out of condition over time (eg tuning first... hammer felt much later...)?
Yeah, they're random, otherwise there wouldn't be a "random seed" parameter. Now, what exactly is randomized is up to Modartt's discretion - I don't know if it follows deterioration exactly as it happens on a real piano. I guess it would make sense to do so...
All I know is that I always set Condition slider somewhere between 0.30 and 0.60 as I find it makes everything sound livelier and more vibrant.
Yeah, they're random, otherwise there wouldn't be a "random seed" parameter. Now, what exactly is randomized is up to Modartt's discretion - I don't know if it follows deterioration exactly as it happens on a real piano. I guess it would make sense to do so...
All I know is that I always set Condition slider somewhere between 0.30 and 0.60 as I find it makes everything sound livelier and more vibrant.
I think it would be appropriate for the degradation to follow what wooden pianos do as their natural progression.
The random factor could apply to which notes and by how much the parameters drift, some recovering with humidity changes, others progressing from bad to worst.
It might be nice if the degradation happened at a rate similar to that of wood pianos, i.e. as a function of time for some things, as a function of played hours for others.
Not that subtleties are relevant to MY level of playing
Since the release of the model B, I only played on it. This, as I can tell, exciting) These oddities, which I wrote above, is not seen anymore. flanger effect disappeared after I used a setting suggested Tuner Entropy. A strange tingling in the continuation of the sound (ZZZ ..) is also not found and thought that the reason was to adjust the microphone. Is it possible that the "delay" in the microphone settings can cause a slight shift in a heartbeat and cause overtones "strangeness" in the sound (metallicity or digital)? Now I placed the microphone close at 3 strings, as some records Chilly Gonzales). I have not used any of the settings "delay" for the microphones and instrument sounds delicious! I like the richness of the nuances of the range of PP-P-MF and FF shine. But even I heard some strange thing: when playing fast chromatic octaves parallel to fortissimo appears that something similar to the interference of sound waves .. I can not understand, it is a problem of my headphones (or sound card) or is it a feature of the model? This oddity does not depend on the settings of the audio output is amplified with amplification of sympathetic resonance, similar to the response of a small room .. .. In this little "snarling" strangeness can even recognize the sound tone ..
https://soundcloud.com/bgwoxxxjmwom/0b6hthwepczf
Pianoteq for breakfast, lunch and dinner .. still it does not allow to sleep)