NEW Pianoteq 'Bösendorfer 280VC' - Demo & Comparison

[@chrishillery]

7:40 A lot of the slightly synthy/uncanny sound of Pianoteq can be improved by lowering the Condition slider a hair. Several of the models sound a little too idealized with the Condition set all the way to Mint, which unfortunately is where most of the presets are. Even sliding it over to 0.25-0.50 adds just that sheen of realistic imperfection.

[@bizarro-7]

This! The Condition slider is key! Just move it to 0.33, or even 0.5 or more for some presets, and they will definitely sound more real, because real pianos aren't perfect.

[@DavidBerglund]

What version of the Pianoteq do you need to have this setting?

[@DavidBerglund]

The Standard version has this, right? I'm looking to purchase this version but I want to make sure that it has the condition slider.

[@chrishillery]

@@DavidBerglund Yes! Even the Stage version has it. It's immediately above the keyboard in the plugin's GUI.

[@DavidBerglund]

@@chrishillery thanks! That's awesome. I might "survive" even with Stage a while as I'm running a little low on funds...

[@ilyasofronov6411]

thanks for the demo!

[@kaisfp]

I don't know why exactly, but I would play mostly classical on the Petrof, but on the Bösendorfer I would play probably anything (except some classical stuff that benefits mostly from "clean" type of piano sound (for example: Steinway), for example: Bach fugues).

[@rabbianibalmass]

Ant. Petrof is the most “interesting” and different sound of the bunch. Not sure if better, but it’s so different that makes it special to me.

[@DavidBerglund]

@@rabbianibalmass when buying stage a few days ago I tried all packs extensively and landed on Kawai and Petrof. Petrof for the reason you mentioned. Between those two or a Steinberg and Petrof you get a lot of variety

[@YOUWIDEaudioSTUDIO]

Try kaway and it will change the rules of the game 😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱

[@DavidBerglund]

How do you add a new model to Pianoteq 8? I've purchased a model, registered it on my user profile but it's still only in demo version in Pianoteq. I even tried to reinstall Pianoteq but that doesn't help

[@DavidBerglund]

Ah, right "Update license" in options.