Pianist Hugh Sung demonstrates Pianoteq Part 2 of 2

[Pianotec]

Nice damper gestion indeed !

[greenday1209]

what piece are you playing at 3:30? the one from debussy.. absolutely beautiful

[hughsung]

@greenday1209 La cathédrale engloutie (The Sunken Cathedral) Prelude No. 10 from Book 1

[Berrymore84]

the Pianoteq 3 is now having more realistic modules such as the C3 classical grand.

[dcool]

very well explan and good review. Thank you.

[OSanBrazil]

The new version PianoTeq 3 is actually much much better! Very rich and much more expressive and realistic sound. Try it!

[ekklesiast]

Actually Pianoteq has some samples inside. Hammer thumps in PTQ are sampled.

[cprostudio]

hughsung - your the man! This video has summed up and put to bed all my research over the last few weeks. I am going to purchase a privia px-830 for a space saving and acoustic ivory feel to trigger pianoteq via midi.

Thankyou

[ropemi]

Hi cprostudio! Did you buy already the privia px-830? Did you try to conncect it Usb-Midi to your PC and make it work with a VST program like Kontakt? I am planning to buy a PX-830 and I was just wondering if you could do that. Regards.

[marky192985]

Are you using just the HPR 122 speakers directly from your interface? Do you recommend these for really great sound?

[mysticradio]

sorry but i still find pianoteq tinny in the mids.....

[CosmicD]

I think its nice you bring up the velocity steps issue. I've got a really great symphonic orchestra package from eastwest but what i absolutely don't like is tha their steinway B piano has somehow too harsh velocity differences. At one point you have a soft note , the next velocity level will trigger a piano sound which is played too forte suddenly. Thats why I also like pianoteq over all sample libraries

[indigmatic]

I've had Pianoteq since it first came out. I don't use sampled pianos anymore.

I'm a synth programmer/sound designer, so I can come up with great pianos by programming Pianoteq. Most people never go beyond the presets which admittedly aren't that great.

But just a little tweaking of parameters and you'll see that this is hands-down the best virtual piano out there.

[0173873]

Thank you for this post. I was about to give up on the trial until I read this and started tweaking.

[MerlinofChaos]

Where can I get this piano table he's using?

[hughsung]

LOL - i actually made this myself! It's just a board on the top rack of a double keyboard stand. I drilled in wooden lips to hold a simple plastic stand for music. Works well as a music/computer/desk rack!

[entropiaan]

Hi !

You are AMAZING player...

Can you tell me which keyboard or controller you are using with this program?

Thank you very much !!!

[mindgam3s]

Ive tried the demo and it sounds good enough, still not up to the level of a good sampled one but this is the technology to pursue in the future, the sampled ones can't evolve much more and demand way too much of computer hardware.

[catohoeben]

Hugh,

I tried the pianoteq demo and see what you're talking about regarding the expressiveness of it, however, I was comparing it to Logic's bundled Steinway piano with a hall reverb and felt it sounded thin compared.

That may be because I'm used to its more 'bassy' sound, or maybe I've lost touch with what a real Steinway should sound like?

Would be good to hear your opinion of the two pianos as well.

Cheers

[joicemedia]

bravo!

[ijoan]

I like it ... but would like to see a product with "pianoteq" installed in, uh, digital piano. That is, manufacture a digital piano with this software instead of samples.

[BananeHammond]

beautiful ... expression ,,,i try the demo , its magic

thanks for sharing

[AlbertBenjaminHoward]

beautiful music

[jerryaltman]

Will take years to produce a real piano sound. Both, sampled or real time emulation technologies are not good yet. Sample achivged the maximun level and can't evolute much more, I believe. Emulated have artificial tone, sonding not natural. A real piano is expensive and get out tone. So, there is no solution aveilable to a good piano on home.

[MerlinofChaos]

Meh, you suck. That's not emulation, that's simulation. Those programs have a simulation to how every part of the piano works and then combines it into 1 program so that just like a real piano it would be complete.

[jerryaltman]

I have this software and use it. it's fine, but need improvement in sound tone. The first version had a very artificial tone, and when a futher arrive the tone got much bether, but still needs improvments. Ok, simulated it'x the proper word to describe, :-) but will take some few extra versions to became a digital piano very close to perfection. I know the team who created it, and they are very nice and competet people, and listen to all comments of the users.

[jerryaltman]

This new technology is cleary the futere, since sampled piano have limitation, but like all new technology it just needs some few time to get bether.

[Viesrood]

I agree with you jerryaltman. Pianoteq may be the future; right now it doesn't sound that realistic.

[danofsydney]

I agree with both jerryaltman and Viesrood , it is the future and Kudos to Pianoteq for thier products but just like guitar synths ( midi Guitars) took about 25 year to get to a great level so too this phsical modelling needs some time and further development!!

[pianoetude]

I'm sold! Thanks Hugh. I can hear Pianoteq's potential and its future.