If we're being completely honest, we'll admit that some minor alarm bells rang out when we heard that Modartt's software is modelled rather than sample-based.īut pleasingly, Pianoteq comes pretty close to living up to its billing as an expressive, dynamic instrument. SoundsĪll of which is great, but what you're really dying to know is how Pianoteq sounds.
You can also configure Pianoteq's output (stereo, mono or headphones) and optimise it for your computer. These include an EQ/velocity curve window, four pedals and a reverb unit with a selection of presets. The lower section of Pianoteq contains what Modartt refer to as its standard controls. If you want to roll the sonic dice, you can have all the Tuning, Voicing and Design parameters set to random values at the click of a button.īut given how unpredictable the results you get from this can be, you may choose to press the Undo button shortly afterwards. This can be used to change the size of your piano and adjust its soundboard characteristics. To the right of the Voicing section is the Design area.
The intriguing spectrum profile window can be found here too - this lets you adjust the intensities of the eight overtones that form a large part of the piano's sound. To the right of this is the Voicing section you can set the hardness of your hammers at piano, mezzo and forte velocities (soft, medium and hard) and also add or remove hammer noise. If you want to go honky tonk, for example, this is the place to come to. You also get four miscellaneous instruments (including a marimba) that provide evidence of Pianoteq's ability to generate sounds that are outside of its core remit.īelow the presets menu is the Tuning section - here you can make the kind of adjustments a piano tuner would. The two original grands that are included (C1 and M1) are based on mathematical analysis of several real pianos and the presets do a fair job of showing off what they can do. The first area of interest is the preset menu and you won't be finding any straight emulations of real pianos here. Opening the plug-in - there's no standalone version, sadly - reveals an interface that's functional but certainly couldn't be described as over-designed.
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Pianoteq is a download-only purchase and its small size means that you can buy, install and authorise the software in a matter of minutes.
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