There are even more options when it comes to the presets. If you do go for the fuller version, the number of options is pretty mindblowing and less advanced users might be put off – so do consider one of the cheaper options if you’d like to save some cash. Remember that some options aren’t available to Stage and Standard buyers – so you should assume these options are greyed out in those versions. These are Tuning, Voicing, Design at the top of the GUI and Velocity (complete with graphic), Output and a four-option window to adjust Action, Mallet Bounce, Equalizer and Effects. What’s great, though, is that you can leave them at home behind their various fascias and sections. I’m reviewing the fullest Pro 6 bundle, so my interface was treated to all of the options and there are loads of ways to tweak and subtly vary your sound. Recent instrument additions include Hans Ruckers II harpsichord, Electric Pianos and the Model B grand piano. There’s VST3 support, more tuning tools for microtuning and more experimental tuning, improved MIDI mapping and audio-export options. This extra refinement has paid off, too, as the software is now endorsed by none other than Steinway & Sons. Modartt tells us that its physical-modelling engine has been upgraded for Version 6 to “increase realism and acoustic presence on all its modelled instruments”. NI Komplete Ultimate owners will have several, and every DAW usually comes bundled with a piano A good half dozen? However, before purchase, do make sure you haven’t already got a great piano hidden away on your system somewhere. You can add these packs to your collection from €49 a pop.Įveryone needs a great piano, right? That’s true pretty much every genre of music uses the piano to some extent, from ballads to rock, dance to classical, and Pianoteq has them all covered. There are more options, which cover pretty much everything else that you might expect, including rock pianos, harp, harpsichord, several grands and other historical collections. Then, again with each Pianoteq version, you can add two further free packs of instruments from a choice of three (Acoustic, Electric, Chromatic). With each version, you get an extensive range of 14 free instruments that cover everything from church bells up to a couple of grand pianos. These are Pianoteq 6 Stage (€99) Standard (€249) and Pro (€399). I’d best run through the versions of Pianoteq because there are three (actually, technically, four). Like I said, it’s non-sample-based and uses physical modelling instead, so rather than 112GB for Synthogy’s pair of pianos, with Pianoteq 6, it’s a 50MB download, covering up to 49 instruments (and not just pianos, as we’ll see). This is because it has not only sounded great but delivered so much greatness over a relatively light download. Over several years and versions, the company has been adding more and more features and models to its incredible Pianoteq software and MusicTech has been heaping praise on it on just about every release (It has won at least two Gear Of The Year Awards and several Excellence and Innovation Awards). Modartt, however, as well as realising the popularity of the piano, has always trodden a slightly different, non-sample-based path to piano perfection. Of late, I’ve looked at a pinnacle of hardware sampling in the form of the Nord Piano 3 and, just recently, I looked at Synthogy’s latest Ivory collection, surely a new standard for detailed software sampling. Music-technology companies know this, of course, and have been offering us various sample-based solutions over the years promising to be the perfect piano substitute. My music collection would say otherwise, screaming ‘synth!’ all the way, but even if you were to add up every synth preset that’s ever been recorded, I’m willing to bet that you wouldn’t come close to the number of times the piano has been saved to tape, wax or hard drive. The piano is easily the most popular keyboard instrument ever created. Requires Mac OS X 10.7, Windows 7 or later, Linux (x86 and ARM).Up to five mics with adjustable positions.Parameters include octave stretching, hammer hardness, string length, sympathetic resonance.Effects Tremolo, Wah, Chorus, Flanger, Phaser, Fuzz, Delay, Amp, Compressor, Mini-EQ.Up to 49 instruments available in total (separate packs sell for €49).Physically modelled virtual piano instrument.Price €99 to €699 Contact Modartt Pianoteq 6 key features
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