Pianoteq, for me, is like an armada of incredible pianos (from any angle, audio thru playability - esp.

In some videos, people take a lovely studio produced recording of a real piano played well by a fine pianist, then A/B it with a badly played or stiff MIDI piece with totally different kind of preset (or piano type) audio and zero production values (compressed Youtube audio etc.) - much of this kind of thing is, other than novelty, utterly useless to anyone without any sound basis for comparison. There was a video from the version 5 era (again a Steinway comparison) - but I'd really like to hear a version 6 side by side for sure. Pianoteq's at version 6.6.0 at this time, and so has increased (I'd say quite dramatically) in realism since I've last encountered comparisons online. Then hit enter and quite a good selection of past forum posts appears. Type in the main box something simple with just relevant key words, in this case I used. You can find a lot of posts with a search like this:Д¬lick the link on the forum's menu bar 'Search' The link to the initial post, the second link to the post containing the audio.ДЄctual Steinway B vs. He was in the company of a fine recording engineer with good microphones and set up his Pianoteq preset to fairly closely simulate the way the real piano was mic'd up. Next one I remember well, is gtingley's interesting comparison (not sure right now what version of Pianoteq, but around mid last year). I enjoyed revisiting this for the delightful candid interractions.Д¬omparison of Pianoteq Steinway D & B vs real Steinway M It's not scientific but specifically shows that on equipment which can handle volume, you could be stood in a room with eyes closed and probably have to second guess. The next by dklien is a situational recording via cell phone, a real Steinway M and Pianoteq Steinways on good speakers in the same room. Minnesota International Piano-e-Competition Piano-e-competition audio examples on PianoteqДЄnd directly linking to the e-competition MIDI for those wanting to try out Pianoteq as a modern day 'Player Piano' or Pianola, which probably should be in every household, at least in my perfect world IF we find ourselves temporarily embarrassed in the shade of someone in the top tier like Joe with his many years of dedication to his calling, we do have the ability to load excellent MIDI files in both regular and high resolution, like those from the International piano-e-competition. Rhapsody In Blue - Not played by Gershwin Piano Roll Joe's impressive playing has also certainly inspired the realisation that I must 'git gud' in terms of my own pianistic skills and I can also then hope to better experience more of the joys Pianoteq has to offer us, a journey I wish should never come to a close). (With more than mere thanks and appreciation to Joe who's certainly inspired myself and many others to look into Pianoteq with a sincere justification because of his many informative posts. Here's pianist extraordinaire, fellow Pianoteq forum user and very earnest gentleman jcfelice88keys playing Rhapsody In Blue, some 10 years ago, to give some sense of how even back at that version, a fine pianist might use Pianoteq. Hi robbrown, these are some posts I revisited, thanks for your question which gave me this really enjoyable detour today.

Pianoteq sound vs. acoustic