Hi Woody, I just watched your excellent Pianoteq 8 video - it was the first I'd heard about the new version, and as I'm a huge fan of Pianoteq it was an instant upgrade from version 7 (Pro) to version 8. So thanks for the heads-up! I also wanted to share with you the surprise moment when my ears instantly pricked up at the 9.36 point in the video, when you played Black Man Ray. I played all the keyboards on China Crisis's 'Flaunt The Imperfection' album - it was a joyful experience I'll always treasure. I was initially terrified by the prospect being produced by the great Walter Becker, but he turned out to be the nicest chap I've had the pleasure of working with. Endlessly encouraging, and always appreciative of my input, however daft it might have been! So I just wanted to say thanks for that entirely unexpected trip down memory lane - which, incidentally was the first time I've ever heard anything I played on popping up in a KZread demonstration! 😊

@WoodyPianoShack

Жыл бұрын

this is such a fantastic comment and very humbling to know that real artists watch my videos. i get a lot of love when i play CC so hope my viewers find this comment. thanks for a wonderful album, played a part inf my life.

@eamonnkarran

Жыл бұрын

What a legend!!, The keyboards on China Crisis songs were incredible, brings back great memories of my teenage years during the 80s, I remember trying to recreate your sounds on my home set up ,albeit not very successfully 😅. Must delve back into my collection this evening and listen to those melodies

@Nick.Magnus

Жыл бұрын

@@eamonnkarran Thank you for the kind responses Eamonn and Woody, very much appreciated! 😉

I am proud Pianoteq user for about a decade and I hadn't change my opinion: Modartt should be awarded the Nobel prize in physics for Pianoteq. Creating mathematical models of pianos being exact to originals is bizarre achievement! It's not a mass on a pendulum or anything so trivial. It's exact, functioning model of reality. Finesse and sophisticated reality.

@TheUnderscore_

9 ай бұрын

Ha, funny opinion. I'm a huge advocate for physical modeling, but this isn't exactly revolutionary. I'm not sure if you have any level of credibility to say something like this. I am sure, though, that if a full team of audio engineers and physicists were to properly dedicate themselves to physical modeling, I doubt it would take more than a year for indistinguishable-from-reality sounds of most standard instruments to be created.

@laffikdcaps

9 ай бұрын

@@TheUnderscore_ don't speak to me by buts...

@TheUnderscore_

9 ай бұрын

@@laffikdcaps No idea what your problem is, but I'm fine if this is my last message to you then lmfao

probably the best piano plugin in the world

@DarkSideofSynth

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely

@estebanod

Жыл бұрын

Not anywhere near the top 10.. VSL CFX, Garritan CFX, VSL D-274, Ravenscroft, NI Noire, etc.. they all destroy this plugin blindfolded

@pranitrath4029

11 ай бұрын

Are they free?

@TheUnderscore_

9 ай бұрын

@@estebanodHow? This plugin is physical modeled and completely customizable. What do those plugins have to this?

@dancingclair

9 ай бұрын

@@estebanodVSL CFX indeed. So good. There’s something odd in the sustained notes of pianoteq that I can’t get over.

You say you're not as proficient but for someone like me who plays guitar and is just learning to play piano, I'd be happy being able to play as well as you do. Another wonderful video. Thanks Woody. Keep up the good work you do.

@WoodyPianoShack

Жыл бұрын

thank you, appreciate the encouragement! we all look up to players that are better than ourselves, and that's a good thing.

Woody, I had to stop by after my livestream, and so appreciate you stopping by, that means a lot. I enjoyed checking out your perspective earlier and have to say what a game changing update this is for Pianoteq, and I do not use that term lightly or to generate hype, you feel it when you play it and that speaks for itself. All the best to you my friend and look forward to catching up again soon. Joyfully!

@WoodyPianoShack

Жыл бұрын

hi simeon, well said my friend. I hope people find this comment and watch your demo to really hear what it is capable of, as well as a most enjoyable hangout!

Wow, pianos are sounding fantastic in this version.

I rolled my eyes when I saw they have included a guitar but after listening to what you've performed I am very impressed...it sounds incredible! 👍

@WoodyPianoShack

Жыл бұрын

i'm not sure i really did it justice, needs some time to adjust. there are lots of other presets too apparently, 12 string guitars, electrics so not just nylon..

@nickwallette6201

Жыл бұрын

Yeah ... guitar is difficult to simulate with a keyboard, because it's played so differently. The modes here that try to allocate "strings" are pretty clever. I know this has been a thing for a while, but the potential granted with simulated strings (rather than samples) is huge. I can't help but say this everytime I talk about modeled instruments, but this is the future. The level of expressiveness possible with dynamic alterations to a model would require literally an infinite number of samples. It's very exciting to see this take shape so nicely.

@DavidConnors

Жыл бұрын

@@nickwallette6201 It opens up so much for people who are not multi instrumentalists. I would love to play guitar and piano and everything else but realistically I am an adult piano learner so there is no time to barely learn the piano let alone anything else. If I want to add some guitar to the backing of a piano track then this is now a possibility for me which it would not have been otherwise. SWAM modelled strings sound amazing as well.

@martifingers

Жыл бұрын

@@WoodyPianoShack I have to say that the guitar doesn't really convince me somehow (I speak as a guitarist). At least the solo sound doesn't really sound realistic although in a mix it might work. Much will depend on the piece I suppose. Nonetheless a very useful and well presented demo overall - Pianoteq is a very capable instrument.

Woody, absolutely brilliant presentation and demo of the Pianoteq👏 Beside the wonderful piano sounds, the classic guitar and harp modelers truly sound real and beautiful✨

Love listening to you play! Thank you!

@WoodyPianoShack

Жыл бұрын

thank you per!

Thank you, Woody, great stuff, really enjoyed, cheers.

Thanks for the tour! You can let them know I just upgraded from v.6 to v.8 because you brought this to my attention.😊

@WoodyPianoShack

Жыл бұрын

let's hope they read the comments!

There was a piano tuner who advertised Pianteq 7 and said that Pianoteq has too much 'Wet' in the reverb mix and it's best to lower it. I tried it and found that it makes all models sound clearer and more defined. I also find that taking the lid off the grands and the upright adds more sparkle to the sounds.

@studiosnch

Жыл бұрын

I personally use a different reverb plugin, makes it easier to tame that effect. As with the characteristics, I sometimes put the cover on just to get a more "warm" sound.

Hi Woody, thanks for once again an enjoyable demo of an exceptional synthesizer. Your enthousiasm is nice to watch. I wish I could play piano as well as you do. It is indeed as you say: we all look up to players better than ourselves. I wish you all the best!

This Pianoteq 8 is really fantastic. Thanks for this video, Woody! ;)

Pianoteq is the cadilac of modelled pianos. Just sounds awesome. Nice video.

Great demonstration. I upgraded from v7 immediately. Loving all the updates. The Classical Guitar in particular was an amazing surprise. Most people are aware that Pianoteq is great for emulating the feel of a real piano, but I feel this guitar modelling is very underrated by some other demonstrators so far. Like you said, it will take a bit of practice to master, but the sound is pretty legit! 🙂

@WoodyPianoShack

Жыл бұрын

congrats on the upgrade, you've probably already played it more than me, i just got my hands on it right before making the vid!

Very nice review! You're playing quite well though if I may say so! As always a joy to see you playing and reviewing Woody.

@WoodyPianoShack

Жыл бұрын

oooh, blushing now. thanks.

Trumpton - Fantastic! Loved all the song choices (and recognised them). Great demo, thanks, Woody! 😎

@WoodyPianoShack

Жыл бұрын

must be doing something right then! ;)

Lovely playing, Woody. I'm a huge PianoTeq fan and have used it for years. Now, you've got me trying to think of how I'm going to find the coin to upgrade! It really is a fine instrument. Cheers, Cliff

@WoodyPianoShack

Жыл бұрын

hi cliff, yeah go for it if reasonable price, black friday coming soon too... old versions still pretty great also!

Hi Woody, Thanks for the video I had not see a new version had been released, I have used PianoTeq since version 5 and I own a lot of sampled pianos but I always use PianoTeq over all of them, so when I saw your demo I immediately grabbed the upgrade, sounds awesome.

@WoodyPianoShack

Жыл бұрын

congrats on your upgrade, have a blast!

Thank you for your review - and your wonderful playing!

@WoodyPianoShack

Жыл бұрын

very kind of you to say so, thanks

Pianoteq8 sounds beautiful. Nice demo.

Beatufiul demo. Among many, 2 things I've always liked about Pianoteq: the pleasure it gives you playing, and that i runs natively on Linux ;)

@DarkSideofSynth

Жыл бұрын

I've just upgrade to 8 Pro. Why not ;)

@tomdroidtube

Жыл бұрын

Also on Steam Deck 😊

I had the pianoteq 6 and didnt update to 7, after watching your video I upgraded to 8, and loved the felt presets. just beautiful

@WoodyPianoShack

Жыл бұрын

Great to hear! congrats on the upgrade have fun!

Woody’s back in full form!

@WoodyPianoShack

Жыл бұрын

have always been :D :p

@RicHollandUK

Жыл бұрын

@@WoodyPianoShack … but you’ve been away, hardly here, building the house, yes?

the guitar sounds nice and i like your little demo tune ;)

Very good demo, Mr W.

@WoodyPianoShack

Жыл бұрын

cheers, appreciated! :)

Thanks for this review; a good example of what it can sound like when played by someone with more talent than myself. I've had Pianoteq for almost a year, and over the past few months I've found myself using it more and more, whereas my other VSTs only get loaded up occasionally. I don't have access to a real grand (nor a real Rhodes), and unless I unexpectedly become a millionaire that's not going to change soon, but I'm more than happy with the sounds I get from this VST.

@WoodyPianoShack

Жыл бұрын

same situation as me then, thanks for the comment!

16:00 Oh man... the more you 🙀 up that piano, the better it sounds.... 🥰 ... and AGGHH!! Crockett's Theme!! * fan-girling *

Woody, great playing and video. I’ve been a Pianoteq user for the last 9 years. When I started with the early versions, I loved its responsiveness but the tone didn’t compare with several sampled libraries I owned. It was decent at the higher registers, but lacked much in the lower registers. After several years of buying new sampled libraries, I finally realized that I could not tolerate the latency in the sampled libraries. Even though I have hearing problems, my hearing can pick up minor differences in latency and tone. It drove me nuts. So I finally started using Pianoteq for all my work. It got steadily better with new versions. With PT8, it meets ALL of my expectations. All of the old benefits are still there and now a great sound throughout. Best, Dan

@WoodyPianoShack

Жыл бұрын

thanks for your insights, cheers!

Thanks for the great overview. I just upgraded to version 8 today myself. My use is a bit different, I am using Pianoteq as a player piano. I have many piano rolls that have been converted to Midi files. Lots of fun!

@WoodyPianoShack

Жыл бұрын

wow, you should make a youtube video about that, fascinating!

@tomdroidtube

Жыл бұрын

Could you please Link the midi-file Source?

There must be some brilliant people behind the software, both technical and musical

@WoodyPianoShack

Жыл бұрын

hello! i totally agree, i wouldn't know where to begin!

From "Trumpton" to "Black Man Ray". Really enjoyed this video 👍

@WoodyPianoShack

Жыл бұрын

haha, nobody can accuse me of lack of variety!

each iteration gets better

Great video, Woody!! 🧡 P.S. On that 'harp', I WILL reverse that sustain pedal in a millisecond. I do not intend to learn harp but I love the sound. 😊

@WoodyPianoShack

Жыл бұрын

that's funny, same thing occurred to me after making the video!

Nice

Great review! It’s amazing how good modeling is now. It’s kind of funny though because the nylon guitar in ST8 is better than the modeled nylon in Applied Acoustics Strum GS-2.

Woody, I am from 70s 😁 thanks for memories, I didn't expect 😉 I have to upgrade to v8, your demo is brilliant! 🙂

@WoodyPianoShack

Жыл бұрын

very nice of you to say so, cheers

Great demo. Sounds pretty good. I may have to check it out. I purchased the Garritan CFX sampled piano - but had some problems with it: the samples are so big I get the occasional click and pop when the processor does background tasks. Also, being individually sampled, some particular notes have issues (eg. some samples are quieter than the rest so I had to go to great lengths to correct this via midi velocity. A modelled piano gets round all these imperfections.

@WoodyPianoShack

Жыл бұрын

yes, it should, try the demo version, see how it works out for you.

“Back in the High Life”👍

Nice to remember when the first one first came out. And that the company is still going

On 7:48 you switched to diatonic mode. It is meant to be used with the harp. Only the white keys produce a sound. As in a real concert harp, the key signature is specified by seven pedals, from left to right D, C, B, E, F, G, A, each pedal being controlled by a group of three black keys.

@WoodyPianoShack

Жыл бұрын

interesting, thanks for posting, had no idea that harps worked like that, would love to play one for real! thanks

@marvinkmooneyoz

Жыл бұрын

@@WoodyPianoShack the pedals will sharpen or flatten all strings of that letter note.

Just bought Pianoteq 8 Stage last night. Picked up the Steinway D and EP piano packs. I’m just a beginner on piano but I am blown away by the response of Pianoteq compared to the samples on my Roland FP 60x. That said, I would like to get more instrument packs, but $50 a pop is pricy. It’s a fair price, but it would just add up quick getting more than one or two. I think I want the Hohner pack, but other than that, I would love a sampler pack that offered a little of this and a little of that.

@WoodyPianoShack

Жыл бұрын

glad you're enjoying it, congrats!

16:02 Now this! sounds more realistic than any piano plugin I have ever heard. Very skew, yet acoustical.

There's those free FXP packs too... You can get all sorts of weird stuff from bells to an old Yamaha CP70 electro acoustic piano.

@skythemusic

Жыл бұрын

Where are these available?

@lundsweden

Жыл бұрын

@@skythemusic It's on the Pianoteq website somewhere. I particularly liked the Yamaha CP70 and Church bell models, but there's heaps available.

Hi Woody, thanks for the great demo and playing. I don't remember you mentioning it any of you previous videos, and I apologise if it's a personal question, but why don't you play a weighted keyboard anymore?

@WoodyPianoShack

Жыл бұрын

hi, it's a good question, i'm in a compact space and most of gear is in storage. the only weighted i have is the p121, which I may upgrade to a more premium action in the future. so, making do with the 61 synth action, not ideal for this, but ok.

Hello Sir, have you noticed much difference between v7 and v8 in terms of better piano tones? I'm not sure whether to upgrade or not. Thanks

I wish that they spent more time on the piano sound and didn't add the guitar. I'll though I do love playing pianoteq, version 8 still has the signature sound in the midrange.

@AlbertWeijers

Жыл бұрын

I suppose the pianoteq enigneers hear just what they want to hear in a piano, as am I. If they heared what you are hearing they would have changed it already.

@IrminZ

Жыл бұрын

@@AlbertWeijers I own 7.5 std. I do enjoy playing it. You can swing it anyway you want. Play a chord on pianoteq using any piano, play the same chord on Garritan CFX and then on a real and decent grand piano. Do the same playing a melody in the midrange. Pianoteq is wonderfully playable, the garritan not so much. But garritan sounds like the real deal, pianoteq has obvious artifacts. The engineers probably can't improve on these because of the algorithm used, or because of the computation requirements.

@AlbertWeijers

Жыл бұрын

@@IrminZ You are probably right, but I think I won't hear the difference. I had to play with less sounding piano's all my life, like Roland XP50, yamaha motif ES, so the level of realism is mind boggling to me.

I many piano plugins but with Pisanoteq 7.5 and notice the sound quality are a bit unclear. Like a blanket over the speakers. I’ve tried EQ but they didn’t fix it. Is the sound quality in pianoteq 8 more clear?

i apologize if I missed it, did you demonstrate the morphing at all? Pianoteq allows one to morph between different instruments, say, steel drums and acoustic grand piano, in real time.

@WoodyPianoShack

Жыл бұрын

hi christine, sorry, completely overlooked that, it was a P7 feature that i wasn't aware of. morphs, plus layers, and presumablke splits. could be fun though!

Hello Woody ! I hope you will see this : what's the song on the celtic harp you played (12:38) ?

Thank you, i orderd the STD-Version with Steinway D & Petrof. For Traveling i have a 61 Keystation. Do you know nice modern Songs for a limited Keybed?

@WoodyPianoShack

Жыл бұрын

congrats! i think you can adapt and play anything (except some strict classical pieces) on a 61, have fun!

I heard that iOS version on the way,is that true?if it’s true then how long?

I’m sure between piano Tech and my Nautilis I could get some good sounds. By the way, Woody, when you get a chance to, if you still have it, get your Nautilis out of storage when you get into your new place, you should upgrade to the latest firmware and try some of the new features. There are all kinds of other sound packs. You can download now and, they have added some more features to it. I am planning on getting it for my M1 MacBook. That way I can run both piano tech and my Nautilis sounds through the same way due to the audio over USB plus midi over USB and all of that. I think the whole piano condition thing is overlooked. I do think it does add more realism to the sound and I don’t always want a pristinely tuned classical grand or upright when I am looking for a piano sound. Sometimes I am looking for that studio piano type of sound.

@WoodyPianoShack

Жыл бұрын

thanks for the heads-up, i was not aware of that, but have been eyeing up some expansions on the korg store.

@colbywalsh4610

Жыл бұрын

@@WoodyPianoShack the version 1.2 of the software for the Nautilis gives you a whole Nother 20 banks of 128 programs and more combination program slots as well.

Amazing... It's so hard to get anything like this in a performance keyboard... Or si it? I think for live playing, we can only rely on keyboards with good samples, right?

@WoodyPianoShack

Жыл бұрын

roland v-piano is the only one i can think of, but that uses samples and modelling, also some high-end DPs do the same.

@firebirdn30

Жыл бұрын

No reason not to use Pianoteq for live work, any keyboard with midi (that's most of them) in conjunction with a good interface such as Gig Performer (the best imo) and you have a versatile setup with instant sound selection from Pianoteq combined with any other vst you desire.

What do you recommend 3 instruments for standard pack of PianoTeq?

@WoodyPianoShack

Жыл бұрын

that's a great question, i haven't played them enough to know, i reckon you should ask that question on pianoteq forums, or just try out the demos, all instrument packs are included in demo.

How does it compare with other products from Native Instruments or Spectrasonics?

@WoodyPianoShack

Жыл бұрын

hi luis, maybe a good topic for a future video, but with so many pianos, each with so many settings, there is infinite combinations of sounds so unsure how to tackle it.

How to retune it for microtonality.. Please help

Hi, can you or anyone else tell me in how far the basic acoustic piano sound here differs in quality depending on whether you purchase STAGE or STANDARD version ? I have no interest in addtional key instrument, guitar etc. just a very good basic acoustic piano hence my question. appreciate any answers, including from folks using the 7 versions.... cheers

thanks for the overview! I would be interested in your devices, keyboard, amplifier and speaker if you will! thanks for any further infos.

@WoodyPianoShack

Жыл бұрын

the keyboard is a controller from NI, i'm monitoring with headphones and focusrite audio interface

@back-seat-driver1355

Жыл бұрын

@@WoodyPianoShack Thank you! Especially the controller i am interested in. Are there any further infos: Are you satisfied with this one Piano like keys, Hammer mechanics etc

I upgraded from 7.5 to 8. What I can see is the same interface with a dark scheme some little cosmetic changes such as the pedals, change of pictures with the presets, but the buttons and general user interface looks 100% identical at first glance. I have tried the guitar , it sounds to me like a piano playing a guitar sound but sounds very remote to a true classical guitar most probably because of the different attack . On a guitar , the finger manages the attack directly with no intermediary and is in contact with the strings at all time whereby on a grand piano the fingers only depresses the keys in order to give a certain speed to the hammer. When the hammer hit the strings, it is not anymore in contact with the key and the finger because when the finger has passed the escapement point, the hammer is in free flight to hit the strings on its own. Therefore I am struggling to understand how you can manage different attacks throughout the same guitar with a midi keyboard without adjusting the parameters on the interface constantly. The only viable use of such modelling looks like post editing rather than live playing , at least this is why my intuition tells me.

@WoodyPianoShack

Жыл бұрын

great points, thanks for sharing your insights!

What keybood did you use in the video?　Can you inform the model?

@WoodyPianoShack

Жыл бұрын

this would be the ni s61 mk2 i believe (without watching the vid, but it's what i had at the time)

18:30 Jan Hammer from Miami Vice? What Song?

I love the modeling technology, but I dislike the close-mic sound. I like a more true-to-life centered sound... any suggestions?

Is the guitar included with the upgrade price, or is at £50 extra? Not clear from the Modartt website…

@WoodyPianoShack

Жыл бұрын

oh gosh, i haven't even studied the site, but safe to assume it depends on which version you buy. checkthe modartt forums perhaps.

@firebirdn30

Жыл бұрын

The guitar is an extra cost same as the piano modules.

@slowcatto

Жыл бұрын

@@WoodyPianoShack …would be a nice bonus, I guess. I wouldn't upgrade my version 7 standard just for that - if the pianos really do sound better, that would be a reason. Having checked the site again, they do mention that version 8 has the new acoustic guitar modelling, but don't specifically say “included”. On the instruments page, since the £50 guitar add-in requires version 8, that would imply it's of no use to older version owners, and needs to be bought in addition to upgrading. I'll probably just upgrade anyway.

You mentioned that Pianoteq is available on iPad. What is the name of the app ? Seems like it is not Pianoteq...

@WoodyPianoShack

Жыл бұрын

no idea, check their website... or maybe they haven't released it yet?

Is that The Midnight's "The Comeback Kid" played at 14:16?

@WoodyPianoShack

Жыл бұрын

🎹🎹🎹❤️

Thks very much for making a comprehensive review . I have been a long time user of pianoteq but I cannot tell you how much I am disappointed Version 8 and I hope Moddart will read it . Here is my list of complaints : (1) user interface. Current interface is really 20 years old and cumbersome . The version 8 brings a dark scheme to make it look better , but nothing has changed . It’s a cheap marketing trick . (2) version 8 doesn’t seem to come up with any new features , only new instruments and maybe presets . Modelling has still a long way to go and it is disappointing to see that the company has diverted engineering effort to produce a guitar modelling that nobody will use . Fair to say that 99.99% of pianoteq user base are pianists . Any acoustic guitar worth 500 $ will beat the model , so what’s the point ? (3) on the velocity front , you said at the end of the video , that pianoteq feels more real that sampled pianos because the latest have 6 to 7 velocity layers . Well Garritan CFX grand , VSL synchron and Keyscape and even the old IVory II have all above 20 velocity layers . Keyscape reports 32 layers , VSL synchron has 4200 samples recorded by key , and Garritan transfers between 1 GB to 2 GB of data , every time a key is pressed . A top pianist can hardly generate 10 different velocities so … What I would like to see in a version 9 : 1 ) completely revamped User Interface . 2) improved modelling . The usual complaint about the metallic tone needs to be addressed. It is not an issue that you could fix by adjusting the velocity curve , as the latest doesn’t affect the nature of the sound , but only the volume . 3) the core business value of pianoteq ,is modelling of grand piano . Choose less models but improve them constantly, otherwise you are diluting your effort . 3) fix the glitches issues . For instance on Mac if you use pianoteq and have a score in preview , every time preview needs to make a disk access will create a crack in pianoteq . This has to do with how system interrupts are handled . This was actually the first thing I checked with version 8 and obviously it is still there ;)

@WoodyPianoShack

Жыл бұрын

thanks for sharing your review and wishlist, and i know that modartt will be watching the comments!

The basic piano sounds are so much warmer than the previous version which were (to my ears) too brittle

Nice new version .. but i'd rather have a Fazioli piano added than a Guitar .. it's called PianoTeq, not GuitarTeq

Does it have a Fazioli sample?

@WoodyPianoShack

Жыл бұрын

don't recall, check the available pianos on the website.

@2001thomasDK

Жыл бұрын

There isn't a Fazioli in PianoTeq 😞

@studiosnch

Жыл бұрын

No, but you can tweak any of the available pianos to sound like a Fazioli. There's lots of presets that can help you make that sound in the Pianoteq PTQ preset database.

The fact it's able to recreate the sound of a piano so closely is impressive But for the price, I'd rather look at Garritan or even VSL's CFX Concert Grand Way more realistic since sample on a real piano, as a pianist it feels better to play classical on them, but for a producer I wouldnt know

I'm a user of pianoteq for nearly a decade but I find it's not my go to when playing live not sure why I think it'd just it lacks oompf

I havent upgraded from v7 yet to try it myself, but just from this demo, am I the only one that thinks.... maybe it sounds even more synthetic now??? :(

@WoodyPianoShack

Жыл бұрын

haha, interesting, maybe... i haven't done any back-2-back comparisons myself but always been impressed. perhaps this is plugin that needs to be *played* instead of "listened"?

if you want to sound like a real guitarist, you need to add in overdrive, whack it up to ear-bleeding levels and ignore the rest of the band screaming at you to turn it down constantly.

pianoteq is way ahead of Arturia's piano emulation.

9:22 trumpton!

@WoodyPianoShack

Жыл бұрын

haha, now i've done trumpton and pugwash, working down the list...

@cresshead

Жыл бұрын

@@WoodyPianoShack chigley, noggin the nog, ivor the engine, bagpuss, Camberwick Green, magic roundabout, Bod 🙂 quite the list!

@WoodyPianoShack

Жыл бұрын

i'm on it.

Thank. You. I. Enjoy. Your. Videos. I. Really. Do. Except... The. Enunciation. Of. Every. Word. In. The. Most. Unnatural. Way.

@WoodyPianoShack

6 ай бұрын

that's probably true! it's difficult to talk unscripted without ever saying umm, ahh or any filler words!

If you play a piano in a forest, does anyone hear?

25:16 I even believe that the magic of a real piano is that the airwaves start to give phase shifts in the piano body when blended. Not just the strings themselves. And when Modart can simulate the modulated air flowing in the piano, then it will generate the perfect plugin.

Don't like this upgrade, my stored V7 presets doesn't sound well with 8. Modarrt tried to pimp up the sound, but they have not managed to

And protip: for some reason their synthesis of the Blüthner Model 1 is the closest-sounding to the real version.

And why they don't do wind simulations (brass, wood, etc)? Oh yes, because most probably it will sound like garbage now. But maybe on 5 to 10 years someone can do it, with help of IA of course.

I am surprised that you are still sitting at that desk, which was supposed to be only temporary - has the building of your new house stopped.

@WoodyPianoShack

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hi, moving slowly forward, just a few more months now. this is our dining table, no space for a desk :)

I expected the Classical Guitar to sound bad but it's surprisingly good. Best sounding piano is the smaller Steinway B, especially the Steinway B Improv.

Love the Children by Robert Miles (RIP) section. Pianoteq is cool, but I have a difficult time getting my hp605 velocity and pianoteq to play nice. I can never get the playability that I can get with other libraries, which is a shame, but it is what it is.

@WoodyPianoShack

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interesting comment, thanks! you'll need to adjust the hp605 velocity curves and try the calibration on pianoteq, perhaps that will help?

@MarianoPerez

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@Woody Piano Shack I tried the new pianoteq update and it fixed the issue. I think it is great for most pop music but definitely falls short for classical. In the midrange around middle c the notes sound almost muffled like there is something between the hammer and strings. It is almost as if the attack is not allowed to reach its max. Nevertheless, it is better sounding than the previous versions and has a lot to offer. I was hoping to buy the studio version, but for that price I better love the sound and that troubled treble is a deal breaker. I'm excited for the next iteration and I'm glad they are making progress. Thanks for the demo video.

The sound is not there for piano or guitar. It's like a bad driver is loaded.

Nice but expensive.

@WoodyPianoShack

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i've been using the lite version before, forget what they call it, that gives you the same sounds, but not so much ability to tweak - that version much more affordable.

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What has changed from 7 to 8 soundwise? , can not hear a remarkable difference as far as pianos are concerned, still the Pianoteq plastic sound. Thanks for the video

@WoodyPianoShack

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u're welcome, any difference between the versions in the piano sounds is very subtle. there are much more significant changes when switching between piano models or presets I think.

@AlbertWeijers

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I really can't hear anything plastic in there... maybe it's just there in your ears?

@cresshead

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@@AlbertWeijers i guess some people are put off that there's no samples so automagically think it must be a oil derivative 😉

@SixteenVoice

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@@AlbertWeijers 😁🤣 You sniffed it out a mile away.

@karbelmusic

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completly agree for me pianoteq as a plastic sound i prefer garritan cfx or ravenscroft much more relistic in term of sound than pianoteq

how to solve latency problem

okay that guitar sounds bad. still not happy with the piano sound either. :( I really wanna like it though, it IS fun to play with, just still prefer even old piano sample libraries, or a real cheap upright

Maybe they should just change to making guitar sounds. Never got the hype of this library. The Acoustic Piano sounds sure isn't my coup of tea. The EP's and some of the Guitar sounds good. Still think a Sampled Piano Library with modelled symp. ressonance sounds generally better.

errrr that guitar sound really sucks :)