always worth considering if skills are not yet developed. it's not rocket science - but it is overlooked IMO - nobody needs to play every note over 70 velocity. Many people may make a fine career from playing all things at high velocity but learning about playing with some expressive intent can NOT hurt - even the best students may eventually understand this - and even those free-ranging it too might eventually realise "Oh yeah, you can get so much more from playing soft, then hard". if I want something more like a concert grand "feel" for some expressive playing I might raise that number to more like either side of 50 - raising this number has a nice side effect of reducing "harsh" over-playing in terms of velocity. the Steinway Model B "Bright" preset has a low-ish dynamic setting of 38. Increase Dynamics (slider under volume) - this can breath more life with a click - making your playing and all the sounds more real without doing anything else in Pianoteq. Get the velocity curve somewhere closer to "real" and the rest may be so much better.īut if you're already cool with all that, some other more instant things to try in Pianoteq Stage: But for many, a harsh curve can make any notes you play ALL sound too "CLIPPY!!!" (ahh!) and forcing mostly frequencies best reserved for genuinely FFF velocities - if you play like that, then it may come down to getting some more experience, lessons or know that with more time your playing (expression etc.) will improve.
For a lot of people this may be regrettably overlooked - AND can be the single most important setting you will make - take good chunks of time to experiment with the curve, search the Pianoteq curves page to view curves for your keyboard, attempt (even many times over months) going through the calibration routing because one day you may totally have an Eureka moment etc. Why? There may be much work on getting your best velocity curve but sometimes just selecting "moderately fast" can make a positive difference as a starting point at least to evaluate (if that's heading the wrong way for your keyboard and/or style, try "moderately slow" and take it from there). Right-click the Velocity box, apply "Moderately Fast Keyboard" curve So, if you have some controls over this, try altering bass, mid-range and treble settings to something closer to a flatter line (at least lessen some of the pushed elements until it sounds less "candy" or "tinny" or "booming"). and nobody's space sounds the same - not witch-craft, it's factual stuff - you may get great results after you alter your external EQ! - not a drill. Factor in non-acoustically treated bedrooms/home studios etc. More about this can be written but essentially, small speakers or consumer grade equipment can often push bass and trebles to "sweeten" overall consumer experience - but can also push too much treble or make bass too boomy. I don't hear something incorrect - but if I wish to make any piano "cleaner" (for wont of a better word) from real world artifacts, here are some things I'd look to first:įirstly, outside of Piantoeq, just be sure treble on your audio system is not overly-boosted. It could even be that it is an actual resonance of a real Model B which Pianoteq is so accurate to reproduce.Įach piano in a showroom will be slightly different to the next and it's probable that some character in those frequencies existed in the piano which was modeled. Please don't get me wrong: Pianoteq is wonderful and I love it! I just wanted to share these peculiarities I can hear on this specific sound which I use often.
In case it is the latter: any way to tweak this? I'm (still) using Stage by the way, so I'm not sure I have many parameters to play with. Should I go to an ear specialist? or can some of you guys hear the same?
whereas from A6 on it is gorgeous! Not sure what's going on here. Right after E6 (last note with a damper), F6, F#6 and G6 (again with velocity above 75) do not sound very clean. I don't know if it may be related but I hear the *same* ringing frequency with F5, F#5 and G5, and also with F3, F#3.Ģ. Anybody else hearing that? To my ears it does not seem to happen with the surrounding D4 or B4. Playing notes between F4 and A4 I can hear (with velocity above 75) some high frequency ringing above the main frequency of the note (and too strong to be a mere harmonic - maybe some resonance). I have noticed though a couple of "odd" things about this sound which is most obvious with the "Bright" preset and which I'll try to describe.ġ.
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