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Topic: double manual harspsichord?

I've just upgraded from my trusty old Roland A-88 to a Kawai VPC-1, but it occurs to me that i perhaps don't want to put the Roland out to pasture just yet...
my question is: would it possible to simultaneously run two keyboards from a single stand-alone instance of Pianoteq and, using the Ruckers, direct one to the lower 8' and the other to the upper 8'?  I realize that this could probably be done in a DAW with two instances of Pianoteq running (though 'am not sure about how to handle the two keyboards bit), but I'm hoping there's a (perhaps more elegant?) native solution allowed for by the program on its own?  any tips or suggestions would be most welcome!
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Re: double manual harspsichord?

You'd need to use two instances of Pianoteq for that.

Hard work and guts!

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Re: double manual harspsichord?

It's actually not that bad setting this up in a DAW. I use Reaper for this (two Pianoteq tracks, one for each keyboard/manual):

https://youtu.be/kQ9uceuOn7M

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Re: double manual harspsichord?

"It's actually not that bad setting this up in a DAW. I use Reaper for this (two Pianoteq tracks, one for each keyboard/manual):"

it's the same for me but with Cubase

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Re: double manual harspsichord?

Thanks for the responses all!
I had been hoping to avoid using a DAW for this, so perhaps having multiple keyboard channels native for the Ruckers now becomes a feature request...
but I guess then that the Roland will have to sit in its case for now and get hauled out and setup under a DAW (Ableton for me) when I actively have more harpsichord repertoire going on, though I have to say that having the Roland sitting on top of the VPC-1 is mighty unsightly, and I have no idea how it's all going to work once my dedicated transducer fortepiano arrangement gets built (using the VPC-1 as the encased controller)...
In any event, thanks again & cheers,
dj

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Re: double manual harspsichord?

You don't need a DAW for this, it's no problem to directly run multiple instances of Pianoteq, all with different MIDI etc. settings.

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Re: double manual harspsichord?

Arkanda wrote:

You don't need a DAW for this, it's no problem to directly run multiple instances of Pianoteq, all with different MIDI etc. settings.

oohhhh!
well that sure makes life simpler! 
thanks, Arkanda.
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Re: double manual harspsichord?

Except having it in a DAW makes it simpler to recall the setup...

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Re: double manual harspsichord?

And record.

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Re: double manual harspsichord?

NathanShirley wrote:

And record.

Yes, it's OK for live playing, as I have found out for blending different Pianoteq pianos - not very convincingly - but I think you need a DAW to be able to record each version of Pianoteq.