New Feature Request

No.

Pianoteq is for making piano sounds. Not editing your MIDI data. You have free programs to do that. Also, Modartt refused to tackle this request some time ago. It is out of the scope of the software and what it's intended to do.

http://www.pgmusic.com/powertracks.htm

Updates come out once a year and cost me about $20 CAD (because I live where the software comes from, and I pick it up).

In case you're interested, my audio editor is:

http://goldwave.com/

I've been using is for about seven years, and haven't had to pay for an update in all that time; which is really quite unusual.  There is also an excellent user forum with Goldwave.

Glenn

Basically, Pianoteq is meant to be used inside a DAW, and you don't have the possibility to record MIDI from Pianoteq's interface there, which is logical - the DAW can do it.

There is really no need for such features even in standalone Pianoteq. MIDI record is fine enough (and I don't even use it, for example). If you want to edit your recorded MIDIs, use other programs, it's as simple as that

I, for one, would rather like more and even better models, a clavinet /pianet model, clavichord, more chromatic percussions, etc., rather than MIDI editing onboard. Modartt doesn't want to develop a midi-DAW inside Pianoteq, as far as I understood their intentions. Even MIDI recording is a boon.

I would like for Pianoteq to become a one-stop solution for all things keys, be it acoustic, electric, electroacoustic, or percussive. They are going well so far. The vibes are amazing. The carillon bells are amazing too. Historic models, although I don't use them, are their own thing. Harpsichords are bloody brilliant. That would be a far better development of the software, instead of implementing something already existing in other programs.

+1 on that.

I absolutely agree.  Besides, think about what you are asking Modartt to do.  Take their attention away from their specialty, and start doing something they never have done before.  That would be like like Starbucks deciding to start serving hotdogs.  Ok, that might be exaggerating a little bit, but it was a good laugh.  Seriously though, Modartt specializes in modeling technology and I would imagine that they spend all of their time and resources on improving that technology.  I believe they need all the time in developing it as they can possibly get.  Kind of like starting a lawn mower.  You have to pull that rope as fast as you can to get up enough speed so that there are enough reps to get it started.  There are not very many companies that invest into physical modeling because it is so much easier to make a recorded piano sound like a recorded piano than to try to make an emulated piano sound like a recorded piano.  The truth is, the listeners out there want something that sounds good, they don't care how you felt when you played it.  I must say it, from a listening perspective, Ivory sounds good!!  From a playing perspective Pianoteq plays really, really good.

That being said, I think Modartt's place in the music industry is kind of like comparing CD's and LP's.  Early on, LP's just sounded so good.  CD's were so much more practical, but the sound wasn't quite right.  CD's were going to be the way of the future, but there were a number of companies who said, no, we will stick with our LP's because they just sound better.

What this means is that there is a great deal of effort that needs to go into Virtual Modeling in order to get it to the point where it can contain the warmth of the good old sampling methods.  And if they don't put everything they have into it to improve it, then they might as well hang up their hats and hand it over to Roland.

Modartt is in quite a unique position, and I really hope that they maintain their position, get as many reps out of that engine, and really get it going to the point where everyone (even listening critics), will agree that sampling is pointless when this kind of technology exists.  Right now you can't convince listeners that Pianoteq sounds better than Ivory, just as you can't convince players that Ivory plays better than Pianoteq.  Ivory sounds good, and Pianoteq plays good.  What more is there to say?

This can be said,
I cheer for Modartt and their whole hearted progress in achieving that excellent sound.  Laying aside every weight and obstacle and focusing on what really matters to the future of their product called, "Pianoteq".