Topic: What parameters are modulated by velocity in Pianoteq?
I don't entirely trust my hearing about this question, since the parameters interact so closely, so I'll ask the question. Obviously some of the parameters are modulated by velocity, such as the amplitude of the hammer strike, but are others, such as:
1. Overtones as adjusted on the sliders. (Of course they rise in amplitude as velocity increases, but do they rise at the same rate as velocity increases, so that if I raise the amplitude of the 2nd harmonic by two decibels, is it always two decibels louder than the default setting, regardless of the velocity?)
2. Soundboard impedance, cutoff fq, and Q.
3. Global resonance
4. Sympathetic resonance. (Sometimes the resonance sounds a little too much for low velocities, contributing to a syth-like tone.)
5. Direct sound duration.
If some of these are modulated by velocity, is the scale linear for each or are there velocity curves for each?
I'm asking so I can have a better understanding of what to expect when I adjust these things, and because the effect of some of the parameters seems to be hard for me to predict. I'm not always sure, as I experiment with the various knobs, what to try to adjust, and the relative effect of each parameter on low and high strikes.
What I may be leaning towards is requesting a way to control the relationship between velocity and each of these parameters--a scaling knob for each, possibly, or ideally, drawable velocity curves. Such controls would be particularly valuable for parameters such as the overtone sliders, since it would let the user better define the rate at which the brightness of the instrument increased.
Thanks for any insights.