thin sound HELP

Hi jwtulp,

One of the "problems" I have with Pianoteq is, when I switch between the various instruments, the "Reverb" is not set for any particular room size. In Effects the reverb room is set to "Jazz Studio", for example, but if you right click the actual "Reverb" button (just above the keyboard) there is no room size selected.

The Pianoteq instrument sounds, as you say, a tad thin and uninteresting.

Once I select a room size in "Reverb" then my instrument has its presence and fullness of body back.

Just running a few quick comparisons, I think it is a function of the "Jazz Studio" setting to sound thin and clean. My preference is to go with a larger room with way more overtones and reflections and tweak from there.  Playing a "fado" on the Pianoteq Classical Guitar sounds so much better, to my ears, if you are sitting in a corner of a virtual cathedral in Andalusia listening to the notes play catch as catch can around the arches.

Not sure if this helps

Michael

I've been tweaking NYSD regularly over the past few months on Pro.

1. PianoTeq (8 Standard) -- IMO, unfortunately, this is missing important features for professional applications. Factory defaults successfully mask most issues, but is it pro level? I would say, perhaps yes, but only in limited ways

2. thin sound vs full -- short audio samples might be helpful here. edit: I see a link now-- but as below, this can be a complicated thing.

3. too many overtones --  this is a complex thing - Spectrum profile note edit  can address this, but so can mic placement, eq (3 band, many band main and res), ASIO settings, hammer hardness, various effects, anything listed under Design, various output settings, and to some extent volume.

4. a high overtone kind of sounds sustained for some time -- I think this is sort of unique to NYSD default -- impedance for a single high note. Could be other things. Not 100%

You may want or need a corrected preset, but its also possible you have enough in standard's toolbox: e.g. volume note edit plus the layering feature, or some other things could address this.

IMO, the best solution for a tweaker would be to upgrade. For a professional/semi-professional non-tweaker, you might try hiring someone to make a preset for you. I could try to work with you if you want that.

Hi all,

ever since I have PianoTeq (8 Standard) I don't think I have been able to get the full sound I hear in demos and YouTube videos. For instance, in this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgOQ5imqPrU , the Steinway Classical New York, first piano, default presets sounds more realistic and fuller than what I have.

I have obviously played around with various settings and velocity curves, but I keep getting this thin sound, and I don't know where to look.

I have a Focusrite MIDI interface, and when I got that it had both the left and right channel panned to the center which kind of cancelled out the sound a bit, and so I had to pan left to left and right to right. My Pianoteq sound reminds me a bit of this, as if left and right are both panned to the center.

I also hear, at least to my taste as I cannot verify, too many overtones. I know I can adjust that with the settings, but maybe that's also part of the problem? I recorded this quickly: https://soundcloud.com/jan-willem-tulp/...q-overtone I just hit some notes, and then when I release, you hear a high overtone kind of sounds sustained for some time. Is this normal?

I have a Nord Grand as keyboard, and the pianos of my Nord also sound fuller than the Pianoteq sounds.

Anyway, I don't know where to look, so if you have any suggestions as to what it may be, that would be very helpful.

Thank you in advance!