Modartt Pianoteq v9.0.2 Free Download
Pianoteq 9 is a virtual instrument from Modartt that uses physical modeling to create realistic and dynamic sounds of pianos and other instruments. Unlike samplers, Pianoteq generates sound in real time, which makes it more expressive and responsive.
What makes Pianoteq outstanding
• It is the first of a new generation of pianos, issued from an outstanding breakthrough technology based on physical modelling. Notes are really played (“constructed” in real-time, as on a real piano), not just read from the disk or the memory. This explains why the sound is alive, not static: it is not a simple recording, it is a genuine instrument that responds to the pianist’s finest interpretation.
• It has been developed in the prestigious Institute of Mathematics of Toulouse, at the Institut National des Sciences Appliquées in Toulouse, France. Two specialists from this laboratory have been working hard to create this beautiful instrument. Conception of the physical model is from Philippe GUILLAUME, piano tuner, musician, and mathematician whose “Grail” is finding the equations for the “piano soul.” Implementation is from Julien POMMIER, engineer and mathematician, who implemented the physical model to work in real time.
• It is light: it does not require storing huge data involving a whole collection of DVD’s, since it only needs an up-to-date CPU for computing all sounds in realtime. It loads easily into RAM, and installation is instantaneous. No problem using it on a laptop.
• It can handle ultra low latencies with good audio drivers on a recent CPU.
• It offers a beautiful collection of stunningly alive instruments: pianos, pianoforte, piano precursors such as harp, cimbalom, clavichord and harpsichord, electro-acoustic and electric pianos, chromatic percussions and other instruments from the idiophones family.
Pianoteq is equipped with many exciting features:
• Continuous velocity from pianissimo to fortissimo, with progressive variation of the timbre: that makes at least 127 velocities! A sample-based software program would require hundreds of gigabytes for all these velocities,
• Complex resonances that only a model can reproduce in all its richness:
◦ Sympathetic resonances of all strings, both without and with sustain pedal,
◦ Duplex scale (the undamped string parts which come into resonance),
◦ Damper position effect when key is released (variable overtones damping),
◦ Other specific effects like staccato and sound continuation when pressing down the sustain pedal a short time after key release (re-pedalling),
• Instrument morphing, which allows you to create hybrid instruments. The morphing is done at the physical modelling level, providing an acoustic authenticity to instruments that never existed,
• Instrument layering, which allows you to mix different instruments, e.g. Harp in the low range, Vibraphone in the upper range and mixing both together in the middle range,
• Extended key range to 105 keys for some grand pianos (Steinway Model D, K2),
• Timbre modification of repeated notes, due to the hammer striking strings which are already in motion instead of being still,
• Polyphonic Aftertouch (particularly interesting for the clavichord),
• Four “physical” pedals with twelve possible assignements (see chapter Pedals), including in particular:
◦ Progressive sustain pedal allowing the so-called “partial pedals” 5,
◦ Sostenuto pedal, allowing you to hold some notes after release without pressing down the sustain pedal,
◦ Harmonic pedal, allowing you to play staccato while maintaining the sustain pedal resonance (not available on acoustic pianos),
◦ Una corda pedal, also called the soft pedal, modifying the sound quality or timbre by shifting the piano action to the right (on grand pianos),
• Variable lid position,
• Natural instrument noises (sampled or modelled) including action key release noise, damper noise at key release (bass notes) and sustain pedal noise: pedal velocity dependent “whoosh” produced by the dampers rising together from the strings or falling down,
• Microphone positioning and multichannel mixing (up to 8 mics, 8 channels),
• Microtuning and scala format files import,
• Keyboard, pedal and note-off velocity settings,
• Sound control via equalizer and (volume) dynamics,
• Built-in convolution reverberation, allowing you to import .WAV impulses,
• Standard effects: delay, chorus, flanger, phaser, fuzz, tremolo, wah-wah, amplifier, compressor, five bands equalizer EQ,
• Note Effect directly influencing physical model behavior: Attack Envelope, Vibrato, Tremolo and monophonic mode,
• Original hammer bouncing feature, interesting for chromatic percussions (marimba, xylophone, cimbalom, …),
• Instrument condition control, from freshly-tuned to completely worn-out.
