Pianoteq English Manual

MODARTT presents PIANOTEQ 6

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Welcome

Congratulations on your purchase of Pianoteq – the starting point of a Congratulations new generation of pianos, developed from mathematical research made at the Institute of Mathematics of Toulouse at INSA Toulouse, rance, and offering uni!ue possi"ilities to ma#e the piano "ehave and sound $ust the way you li#e%

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Contents 1 Introduction.................................................................................................................7  1.1 The fourth generation of pianos..........................................................................................7 1.2 What makes Pianoteq outstanding......................................................................................8 1.3 Pianoteq versions................................................................................................................9 1.4 Features in short................................................................................................................1

2 Installing and starting Pianoteq.................................................................................11 2.1 !nsta""ation for Windo#s...................................................................................................11 2.2 !nsta""ation for $a% &' (...................................................................................................12 2.3 )sing Pianoteq standa"one................................................................................................12 2.4 )sing the *'T+*'T3 *'T+*'T3+,)+,,( +,)+,,( p"ug-in.................................................................................12 2. /ard#are requirements....................................................................................................12 2.0 ,dapt Pianoteq to our hard#are.....................................................................................12 2.7 ui%k" "oading fp ptq and $!5! fi"es..............................................................................13 2.8 $!5! fi"e p"aer 6standa"one version.................................................................................13 2.8.1 Playback speed.................................................................................................................................14 2.8.2 Record and Save your performance.................................................................................................14 2.8.3 Brilliant performance lost?...............................................................................................................14 2.8.4 Step by step in your !"! file...........................................................................................................1#

2.9 !nterfa%e magnifi%ation......................................................................................................1

3 Overview, instruments...............................................................................................16 3.1 !nstruments.......................................................................................................................17 3.1.1 $coustic pianos pianos and predecessors...................................................................................... predecessors............................................................................................... .............1% ....1% 3.1.2 &!'iR collection................................................................................................................................. collection................................................................................................................................. 1( 3.1.3 &eyboard ran)e................................................................................................................................1( 3.1.4 *arp..................................................................................................................................................2+ 3.1.# ,lectric pianos...................................................................................................................................21 pianos...................................................................................................................................21 3.1.- *oner /ollecti /ollection............................................................................................. on.............................................................................................................................22 ................................22 3.1.% 'ibrapones 'ibrapones................................................................................................................. ......................................................................................................................................22 .....................22 3.1.8 0ylopone and arimba.................................................................................................................. arimba.................................................................................................................. 22 3.1.( oy piano /elesta and lockenspiel.............................................................................................. lockenspiel...............................................................................................22 .22 3.1.1+ Steelpans........................................................................................................................................22 3.1.11 ter instruments........................................................................................................................ instruments..........................................................................................................................23 ..23

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3.2 $anaging instruments and presets...................................................................................23 3.2.1 "ifference bet5een 6instrument7 and 6preset7..............................................................................24 3.2.2 !nstrument modifications................................................................................................................. 24

3.3 /ints..................................................................................................................................24 3.3.1 /reatin) your o5n instrument.........................................................................................................24 3.3.2 Brilliance........................................................................................................................................... 2# 3.3.3 sin) reverberation..........................................................................................................................2#

3.4 enera" %ommands............................................................................................................2 3.4.1 Playin) 5it te parameters............................................................................................................2# 3.4.2 ana)in) and sortin) presets..........................................................................................................23.4.3 $ssi)nin) a parameter to a !"! controller..................................................................................... 28 3.4.4 !nstrument controls..........................................................................................................................2(

4 Tuning panel..............................................................................................................31 4.1 5iapason............................................................................................................................31 4.2 Temperament....................................................................................................................31 4.3 )nison tuning....................................................................................................................32 4.4 &%tave stret%hing...............................................................................................................33 4. 5ire%t sound duration........................................................................................................34

 !oicing panel "acoustic#.............................................................................................3 .1 /ammer hardness.............................................................................................................3 .2 'pe%trum profi"e................................................................................................................3 .3 /ammer noise...................................................................................................................30 .4 'trike point........................................................................................................................30 . 'oft peda"..........................................................................................................................30

6 !oicing panel "electro$acoustic#..................................................................................37  0.1 Pi%kup smmetr...............................................................................................................37 0.2 Pi%kup distan%e..................................................................................................................37

7 !oicing panel "clavinet#..............................................................................................3%  % &esign panel "acoustic#..............................................................................................3' 8.1 'oundoard.......................................................................................................................39 8.2 'tring "ength......................................................................................................................39 8.3 'mpatheti% resonan%e.....................................................................................................4 8.4 5up"e s%a"e.......................................................................................................................4

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8. :"ooming...........................................................................................................................4

' &esign panel "electro$acoustic#...................................................................................41 1( !elocit) panel..........................................................................................................42 11 Output panel............................................................................................................43 11.1 Peda"s..............................................................................................................................44 11.2 , sound radiation phsi%a" mode"....................................................................................40 11.3 'ound re%ording mode.....................................................................................................40 11.3.1 icropones and micropones tecni9ues...................................................................................4% 11.3.2 i: table.........................................................................................................................................4( 11.3.3 /ompensation................................................................................................................................#+ 11.3.4 Stereo 5idt and sound speed.......................................................................................................#+ 11.3.# ;id position.....................................................................................................................................#+ 11.3.- Binaural mode................................................................................................................................#1 11.3.% $bout te micropones position....................................................................................................#1

12 *rom action to e++ects...............................................................................................2 12.1 ,%tion..............................................................................................................................2 12.2 $a""et oun%e..................................................................................................................2 12.3 ;qua"i voi%ing............................................................................................................8 13.3 Tutoria" 3> soundoard design.........................................................................................9 13.4 Tutoria" 4> adapting Pianoteq to our keoard..............................................................0 13. Tutoria" > differen%e et#een spe%trum profi"e and equa"i