so in effect the dampers slamming into the strings creates this fantastic background to an even louder foreground (which are the notes). This isn't just an odd behavior that wouldn't be used in normal piano playing, but normally it is overshadowed by the fast/loud musical passage that is occurring on top. If you depress the pedal, then rapidly lift it and immediately depress it again (so that you sustain the sound of the dampers slamming into the strings) you get an explosive sound that rushes through the piano. This effect can add a lot of drama to a passage. The soft/slow pedaling works quite well, and sounds very good, but faster/harder pedaling doesn't have the huge effect it does with a real piano. First the speed that the dampers hit the strings in a grand piano makes a huge difference in sound/volume. When the damper pedal is depressed and all strings are free to vibrate, the effect is very nice, but could be much more realistic. Pianoteq's sustain isn't bad, but the long sustain on a concert grand can add so much expressivity.Ģ) Damper pedal/string resonance. so I'm not sure if the sustain was shortened again, or if it never was lengthened quite long enough. I found an old thread about this issue with an earlier version, and it seems that it was fixed or improved back then. I've since read about ways to improve this, but even after experimenting a good bit, I couldn't get the attack to sound as good as the original, shorter sustain. I can increase the sustain with the soundboard impedance of course, but this messes up the attack. Even when I greatly reduce the dynamic range and crank the volume, the sustain still doesn't match my acoustic. When I compare it to my Steinway M, Pianoteq's sustain is much less. It isn't way off (like pretty much every keyboard I've played, including my Kawai MP8 which is ridiculously short), but it should be longer if it is to match a typical grand, especially a concert grand. The sustain is not as long as a real piano. However the following observations apply to the Bluthner as well as the Steinway D.ġ) Sustain. I have played all the instruments, but especially the D4 as I find it a little more realistic than the Bluthner (as beautiful as its tone is).
The sound quality/tone is fantastic, the playability is generally great and the realism is impressive. Very impressive what it can do and very impressive to hear the little improvements which have been made over the past few months. Since then I have spent a good bit of time with it, and feel, as a classical pianist, that I can offer some thoughts that might be of interest.įirst of all, it's amazing software. I only purchased Pianoteq just before the last video competition which I entered.
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