Pianoteq 3 pro#
Pianoteq 3 plus#
Pianoteq 3 download#

Pianoteq 3 download#

If it's not already obvious from the tiny download and installation size, Pianoteq isn't a sample-based instrument. The new effects section is highly configurable, sounds great, and includes a decent convolution reverb. And, finally, the graphic interfaces of both the stand-alone application and plug-in are now resizable from between 50 percent and 250 percent of the previous norm.īut I'm getting ahead of myself - so let's rewind through a few Pianoteq basics. Of more utilitarian appeal is a keyboard calibration assistant, which looks at the key velocity and pedal behaviour of your MIDI controller, with the aim of giving the most natural playing experience. A Mallet Bounce section causes repeated triggering of sounds and, while not much use for pianos, is perfect for recreating playing styles of the steel drum and cimbalom sounds, amongst others. The reverb is now a convolution design, though the old computational reverb is still there for the sake of backwards compatibility, hidden away a bit. There's also a brand new detachable effect section that includes a delay, chorus, flanger, wah, tremolo/autopan, amp modelling and a compressor.

The headline improvement is the new main acoustic piano model, based on a German Steinway D, called 'D4'. That little lot comes in the form of two downloads that run to a whopping (not) 12MB.Ĭlearly, Pianoteq is more than just a virtual piano, and Pianoteq 4 offers quite a bit more than its earlier versions too. There are free add-ons too: a cimbalom, two harpsichords, eight historical pianos, a Yamaha CP80 electro-acoustic, tubular bells and church bells.

Pianoteq 3 plus#

These include Rhodes and Wurlitzer electro-mechanical pianos, a Clavinet and a Yamaha rock piano sound, plus two vibraphones, xylophone, marimba, celesta, glockenspiel, steel drum, spacedrum, hand pan drums and a tank drum. Especially so because as well as its two main grand pianos it also includes a surprisingly large array of 'add-on' sounds, which start off in a time-limited demo mode but can be unlocked after purchase in the Modartt online store. Set against this, the roughly 20MB (yes, megabyte!) installation size of Modartt's Pianoteq 4 seems almost implausible. And hooray for that, because many are outstandingly good, both in terms of sound quality and playability. The falling cost and ever-increasing capacity of hard drives have conspired, in recent years, to give us sample-based piano sound libraries that routinely run to 80GB or more.

Pianoteq 3 pro#

Pianoteq 4 Pro in its stand-alone version, with most of the main sound parameters exposed for editing. Now six years old, this physical modelling instrument has reached a new level of refinement and sophistication - and not just for piano sounds.