My Message to Casio:

I suppose some CASIO forums are the better place for such message.

I don't get the point here, it is already taking the output from computer, I rather prefer it to have some built in integrated chip with Pianoteq onboard with some basic preset/volume/dynamics/reverb controls, if technology allows, instead of it's current sample based audio engine.

There is nothing possible to improve, all modern Privia keyboards including PX-150 are the only digital piano keyboards on the market for right now that are sending hi-res 14 bit midi velocity data to Pianoteq. I.e. 16,383 velocity gradations instead of the standard 127.

Infinite Response VAX-77 does that too. Casio is not the only one with that feature.

Nah, it wouldn't overtax anything. It's just a 14-byte message instead of 7-byte message, CPU doesn't even feel the difference here because it calculates things either in 32 bits or 64 bits.

Nothing about MIDI is overhyped really. It's a really REALLY useful protocol to have around.

The microcontroller timing the durations between sensor triggerings, yes. That microcontroller is at least 16-bit, but usually 32-bit again. No CPU taxation for going from 7-bit velocity to 14-bit velocity, really. It's all 16/32-bit numbers to it.

The ideal geeky solution will be the possibility to manually set the MIDI keyboard sensors lowest and highest measured time thresholds which corresponds to the lowest and highest velocity data to be sent out so one could adapt it to his playstyle. As for now and from my side the PX-150 have rather ideal factory velocity tuning, so even though most of the time the useful velocity diapason is around 20 to 110 (with 127 hi res gradations in between each number for Privias) it is essentially necessary to have some headroom on both ends in case you need and able to utilize it sometimes. It is like removing some keys on both sides of the 88 note keyboard because that keys are so rarely used.

About the built in calibration procedure in Pianoteq at it's current state - I find it useless. But the velocity curve manual control is absolutely essential.

And btw if you still want to be able to reach 0 - 127 velocity diapason constantly and easy you can use the Pianoteq velocity curve with hard thresholds to expand it by converting, say, incoming 120 to receiving 127 and incoming 20 to receiving 0 and still have several thousands gradations of velocity to operate - this is where the hi-res shows it potential at max. You'll get virtually zero penalty for doing that. With common 127 value non-hi-res keyboard you will have some noticeable loss of the velocity resolution for such a case: 127-(20+7)=100 steps for the current example.

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Just recently added: LOL, you may actually want to check this thread, all that I just wrote here previously need a huge correction: http://www.forum-pianoteq.com/viewtopic.php?id=3976

Yeah, I meant bit, not byte. Oops.

I guess it would depend on the actual microcontroller/CPU used and its instruction set. But in general, there's not really anything being "overtaxed" by just attaching another MIDI message to each note generated.

I wish I knew the procedure for doing this.  Can someone write a detailed procedure possibly with screen shots to show the method of accomplishment?  One thing I did learn is actually the PX-150 can transmit a velocity of 1, and it's accomplished by pushing the key very slowly which is unlike an actual piano were the hammer is flipped up at the string and then the jack is pulled out.  I would like to get an actual 127 which I never could on my KX-88 and now on my Casio.  My general thought or suspicion is that if there is an anomaly in the velocity that is sent, it's more likely to be coming from the Casio than in the reception from Pianoteq which I believe to be superbly designed.  The Casio is very good for what it is at it's price point and I'm a strong advocate for Casio, having owned many different models over the years; nevertheless it clearly is not the "top of the line" in terms of sophistication.  In contrast the Pianoteq is just about as good as it could possibly be.  If I were to suggest improvement to the Pianoteq it would be in the area of screen displays which could and probably should be made larger when working on almost all of the various sound setting adjustments.

[excuse the bump]

You could do that if you had a PX-350 with "Line In" jacks, as I do.  And you'd find that the built-in loudspeakers are very, very inadequate for showing what Pianoteq can do. 

.             Charles

PS -- I suspect that the PX-150, X-stand, pedal, EV ZXA1 powered speaker (which _does_ work nicely with Pianoteq), and laptop, _all together_, would weigh as much as a "stage piano" from several makers.

This implies, that the PX150/350 series has a velocity-range of ~ 105-20=85. The MIDI-Standard suggests 127 velocity-values, so the possible range seems to be reduced to 67%.

Is anything known about the situation of the Kawai ES7/8 in this regard?

Thanks

This is the incorrect conclusion. That velocity curve mentioned was just an example for the discussion about how to hard compress the incoming velocity values using the Pianoteq editor. This is definitely not the velocity curve I'm using actually. Casio keyboards have absolutely fine velocity response with no reduction whatsoever.

groovy: the velocity curve I use for my ES7 is

Velocity = [0, 5, 26, 51, 83, 112, 127; 0, 0, 32, 64, 96, 124, 127]