

It’s been possible to choose mono, stereo or binaural output for a while, but now there are 15 mic models available which can be manipulated more fully. There’s plenty to edit: from hammer hardness through to rich effects including reverb and delay. New in Pianoteq 5 is an expanded configurable mic section. The PIanoteq version is no less bold, delivering a mellow and deep sound and a beautiful top end. Petrof piano is actually quite a new model and designed to fill out larger concert spaces.

Petrof is named after company founder, Antonín Petrof, so this is clearly a special model. The latest of these is a Petrof piano, but not just any old Petrof. You can choose from three versions, each one with a couple of modules (starting at €49). In fact, it’s a mere 50MB download, as it doesn’t use samples – instead, the software uses accurate modelling to recreate its many and varied instruments.
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Interestingly, though, it’ll actually load Pro presets, with pernote adjustments intact you just won’t be able to alter them yourself. In case you don’t know, Pianoteq has won countless awards in MusicTech, thanks to its sleek recreations of just about every acoustic keyboard you can think of (and other instruments, come to that), all behind a plug-in that doesn’t load your processor. Still very capable, Standard forgoes only the high sample-rate support and pernote sculpting of Pro. The Czech-based company has been producing exceptional-quality instruments for over 150 years and has even given its seal of approval to this latest Pianoteq addition. On my single core Athlon 3500+, I had a constant load while playing of around 40. A multi-core processor is very ideal to have though as the difference is measurably noticeable. Who knew that Petrof was the biggest producer of acoustic grand and upright pianos in Europe? We admit we weren’t quite aware of the company’s reputation and history before loading up this latest option for the excellent Pianoteq piano emulator. Pianoteq takes up very little RAM(about 64MB) and just over 10 CPU(divided between both cores).
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