Pianoteq 7 (Page 1 of 3)

Golly gumdrops, what a turn-up!

Wow, I think Modartt have been incredibly generous in bundling the NY model with the existing Steinway D!

How much is the upgrade?

Just updated to v7 (Stage) from v6. All seems fine, except it won't load the KIViR.ptq file. Dragged the file to the interface, as instructed, gives a message that new presets available but the don't show up. Anybody else found this?

PS this is in latest Logic 10.5.1 in latest Catalina

PPS They DO show up, but only as DEMO instruments?

Maybe a little early but...

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I just upgraded from 6 -> 7 Stage and they don't show up for me either. They worked fine in 6. I also downloaded a new version of it, but that doesn't work in 6 or 7 (both latest versions).

Impulse buy of the year. Just upgraded stage to 7 standard. That NY Steinway is tasty

High! The upright piano began to flirt with me .. and Blüthner ..
Oh, I can now record the orchestra on one layer and accompany on the other! And no other apps needed! I'm getting high!

In standalone use the general freeze parameters are not memorized after a stop and start.

Version 7.01 .The trouble seems to be solved with studio one too. Tank you

Hello.

I'm a little confused with how v7 deals with frozen parameters.

In v6 I had a "freeze toggle" button which I used all the time... sometimes I wanted to browse through presets exactly as they were conceived, other times I wanted to browse through presets keeping some parameters locked... now I can't find a way to do that (except manually checking/unchecking each parameter on the list everytime, instead of having a global freeze/unfreeze button)

Besides that, v6 had a "save as default" option for frozen parameters, so they were saved everytime I loaded Pianoteq.
In v7 I can't seem to find this option and everytime I load Pianoteq the list of frozen parameters gets reset.

Yes: when you load a previous preset in Pianoteq 7, the parameters from this preset are applied to the new instrument ("under the hood"). Hence the difference in sound will be exactly the difference between the old and the new version of the base instrument, difference due to:
1) the new physical modelling,
2) the revoicing that was done on that instrument.

There is now a much more convenient copy/paste feature, I encourage you to try it.
However you can still access the previous freeze feature via ctrl+F (see Options > General > Edit keyboard shortcuts).

Also right-clicking the paste button brings up the global freeze panel.

Just upgraded !!

Thank you Mr. Guillaume

I can see the new copy/paste feature being extremely useful on many occasions, but just to further explain my earlier point:

I have 2 ways of loading presets depending on what I'm doing, and I guess it could be the same for many other Pianoteq users:
A: with some specific parameters locked, to keep consistency on some key elements of the sound ===> old "toggle freeze" checked
B: without any parameter locked, to simply hear how presets were actually fully programmed =======> old "toggle freeze" un-checked

I tend to swap between A and B very frequently, with a single click of a button (toggle freeze).

Summing it up, what in v6 was simply a matter of clicking the "toggle freeze" button, in v7 requires one of these 2 repetitive options:

1. checking and unchecking individual parameters from the "global freeze list" every-single-time there's a need to swap between A and B, and if it's like 15 parameters to check/uncheck every time, in the absence of a global button, it can become quite painful.

2. keeping the "global freeze list" always fully un-checked (for "B"), and using the new copy/paste feature to paste the copied parameters every-single-time a new preset is loaded (for "A"), which is also far from great.

The other issue was the list of frozen parameters currently not being recalled/remembered when v7 is newly loaded, meanwhile in v6 it happened through the "save as default" button. Meanwhile I noticed the "copy list" currently gets saved and recalled, which is a good thing.

I'm 100% sure adding "copy/paste" was a step forward, but I'm not as sure that getting rid of "toggle freeze" is also a step forward, since the two functions can overlap on some duties, but on other instances one can be much better suited and faster than the other.

Overal, the update brings very interesting and powerful new features. Thank you

Hi all. At pianoteq 7 every time I change instrument it loses my velocity curve!!!

YES Indeed!!

You go to VELOCITY where you can now select Global velocity curves (applied to ALL presets).

While on a default preset if you check mark Enable global velocity curves and afterwards load your custom curve, your curve should appear on any subsequent preset you load.

Added to a row of Calibration and Reset buttons is a G button.  That you use to engage and disengage your global calibration (VELOCITY) on any current preset.

Upgrading from Stage to Standard so I can layer...

Magic - all of it. Great to see the energy of release day comments

Layering is going to be awesome for recording - even less reason to go open a DAW.

I'm using same piano, different mics with layer 1 close (player bubble), layer 2 further back (audience bubble) and layer 3 distant mic and high mix (reverb). Just mixing those variants' volume around can get incredibly good sonic possibilities without bothering with my old DAW templates for reverbs etc.

That's not even scratching the surface - for player bubble, adding hammer noise and bass thump and that kind of aesthetic.. adding or removing related things in audience bubble - and you can treat the reverb layer in so many ways (compress - make it extra wide within the mics panel).. utterly endless now. Feels like thousands of ideas to try out.

Adding some "Amp" grit (even very low 1 or 2%) on one of those layers can add a nice analog recording desk feel (seems better than in past running it just on the only layer).

All other improvements and morphing - ah. It will take a long time to get all the ideas in mind for new piano combinations and split instrument setups.. overlapping in layers.. or.. lots to work with.

On top of it all though, the new improvements to the engine itself bringing so much more vitality to the pianos. Pianoteq stuns with its improved realism.

Philippe is a complete genius and everyone at Modartt should be feeling incredibly proud today.

Absolutely!

The promotional video for pianoteq 7 and the new features, it's very good, nice look, with quality CGI.

Well done Modartt !

THANK YOU!!!!