Topic: PtqSpecProf - a Java tool for generating Spectrum Profile Note Edit
Using the very powerful note edit facility to modify the spectrum profile of a preset is difficult by ear only, so I set out to write a Java program to do FFT analysis of a source (pianoteq) and target (any) instrument to automatically generate the spectrum profile text string that can be directly pasted in the panel.
With this software, it takes less than 15 minutes to completely redefine the tone color of all the notes, by analyzing two .wav files created using a provided midi chromatic scale.
This software is for the Pro version users only but the results should be heard with the standard version as well.
Here are four fxp examples created using the software, two Steinways and two Bösendorfers:
http://www.forum-pianoteq.com/uploads.p...127%29.fxp
http://www.forum-pianoteq.com/uploads.p...127%29.fxp
http://www.forum-pianoteq.com/uploads.p...127%29.fxp
http://www.forum-pianoteq.com/uploads.p...127%29.fxp
Only the spectrum profile and string length have been changed as compared to the stock preset.
This program cannot change the global behaviour of pianoteq of course, it just alters the tone color so as to bring it closer to another instrument. The effect is most obvious in the lower register where more harmonics are present.
Please read first the short PDF documentation available here :
https://sites.google.com/site/ptqspecprof/software
along with the .jar executable and examples.
I cannot guarantee it will run on all systems, but it does under Windows XP and 7. It requires the latest version of the Java runtime (JRE6).
I will be happy to get any feedback, good or bad, as well as trying out posted fxp files created with this software!