Pianoteq

Synthtopia regular Torley posted this very nice PianoTeq piano solo/new age jam.

One commenter on the video declared this “So Soothing. Better than watermelons.?”

Give it a listen and see if you agree.

via Torley

Modartt has released Pianoteq v2.0.1.

This update offers multi-core rendering which vastly improves CPU performance on dual-core and hyper threaded Pentium 4. With this update, Modartt also release a Receptor-compatible version.

Complete list of changes in 2.0.1:

• Multi-core rendering
• Receptor compatibility
• Fixed parameter automation
• Stand-alone: output channel selection for ASIO sound cards
• Stand-alone: fixed wav export bug
• Stand-alone: added ‘clear menu’ entry in the recent files menus
• Stand-alone: metronome volume now adjustable

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Musicmesse: Modartt has announced Pianoteq version 2, offering a new soundboard model, a vastly improved piano sound, and a stand-alone version.

New features:

• Stand-alone version
• Microtuning
• Lid position
• Pan slider
• Key release velocity
• MIDI controllers assignment
• Smooth adjustment of parameters during play
• Two strings in the bass – PIANOTEQ makes everything possible

New soundboard model for greater realism:

With the newly developed soundboard model, the piano sound is now mature and has a great acoustic realism throughout all ranges of the keyboard. Read more…