My Desert Island Piano VST - VI Labs Modern D

Pete14 I don’t make the rules; I simply enforce them!

What an imagineer. Don't you even know how literature works? Something that average people can understand what he's doing, and you come and question him? I'm shocked.

Pete14 what kind of metrics are we talkin’ here?

it's called "experience"
i played several sampled pianos, some modeled ones and of course some acoustic ones

and based on my experience the gap between most top notch sampled pianos and the pianoteq (in terms of playability) isn't that big (vsl, garittan, vilabs and some others)
maybe it's even less then 10 percent but it's noticeable and that's why i talked about it in the first place.

pianow Haha, I was trying to describe it as relative comparisons. For example, when we say something is 10 times better than something else, it's not literally "10 times" as in being measured. If Pete can't even understand this linguistic device, then I'm sad for him.

pipAT I could pretend it is still learning and could be better later

oh yea, if that was the case with the modeling, we would've had acoustic pianos in our machines by now
but it's been years since the pianoteq 5 released, now we have version 8 and soon enough the v9 will come out eventually, do you think the improvements are acceptable? i don't think so

pipAT I will take advantage of its playability instead of blaming the tone

let me tell you something then, it's not like all of us are using vst instruments as hobby or a only for playing, me personally i use them for production so i can't take any kind of advantage of its playability cause it sound terrible
but what if i use something that sounds 90 percent better but plays a little bit worse? just a little... still very playable

David Lai it's not literally "10 times" as in being measured

he just wants to argue, not that he's very good at it, not at all.

pianow it's called "experience"
i played several sampled pianos, some modeled ones and of course some acoustic ones

and based on my experience the gap between most top notch sampled pianos and the pianoteq (in terms of playability) isn't that big (vsl, garittan, vilabs and some others)

Why didn’t you just say that then?

Pete14 But that’s the problem, he did actually say ‘10% more playability,’ and this can be misleading for anyone in the market for a VST; which is why he should simply say that his impression is that Pianoteq is more playable ‘in general,’ but the minute he gives a figure, “10%,” I have to step in for the sake of transparency!

Imagine if all of a sudden you find out that “2% reduced fat milk” is just some guy’s random assumption, but no measurements were properly & scientifically taken and verified by a third party; that could mean that you’ve been drinking milk that is 1% or 1/2% reduced all along, yet you thought it was 2%, so no, this is not acceptable!

He needs to clarify, redact, and/or show me the data confirming ‘10% more playability.’

I don’t make the rules; I simply enforce them!

funny you mentioned transparency
if you wanna fight over "someone not being so transparent" the enemy number 1 would be modartt themselves
imagine if they were so transparent then everyone would've known that today's modeling is nothing but learning from samples data
but what their costumers actually think is that the pianoteq is like having a acoustic piano inside your computer with all the mechanical parts moving up and down (i'm not talking about the pros of course)

Frankly I am fine with modelled products playing for practice or for fun. I bought a modelled sound , FP30X. Modelled products are improving in a painstakingly slow speed. The bass and treble are better in PTQ8 than PTQ5. But honesly not on par with sampled products.

I am not defending for Pete or PTQ only. I hope discussion won't go from one extreme to the other side of extreme. Like some pointed out the PTQ enthusiasts are fiercely defending for PTQ and do not allow anyone criticize it. Hopefully, sampled vi preferered fans will not crucify praise of a little improvement of still minority status, modelled products.

Pete14
perhaps because it's none of you business how people talk, and a comment is simply a comment (opinion)
we don't have to repeat (("oh this is just my opinion")) everytime we say something.

David Lai Haha, I was trying to describe it as relative comparisons. For example, when we say something is 10 times better than something else, it's not literally "10 times" as in being measured. If Pete can't even understand this linguistic device, then I'm sad for him.

I’m sorry, but this “linguistic device” you talk about is at best vague!

If you say X is ten times better than Y, then you better have some data to support that; because we don’t deal with ambiguity ‘round here, and it could be that X is only 5, or 20, or even 100 (you name it) times better!

You do know that with your kind of ‘linguistic logic’ we will crash upon landing on Mars? So no, “Houston” can’t simply say to the astronauts “you’re about ten feet from landing on Mars,” they have to be exact, to the letter, and precise!

Pete14 You do know that with your kind of ‘linguistic logic’ we will crash upon landing on Mars? So no, “Houston” can’t simply say to the astronauts “you’re about ten feet from landing on Mars,” they have to be exact, to the letter, and precise!

Go and talk about science on a different context, Pete. This is virtual pianos we're discussing here. What a strange person you are, Pete! I'm really shocked!!!

David Lai Go and talk about science on a different context, Pete. This is virtual pianos we're discussing here. What a strange person you are, Pete! I'm really shocked!!!

But David, if it were not for “science” we wouldn’t have modeling, and that would be a great disservice to humanity!

Pete14 Alright, I'm not going to argue with you, because you are weird.

David Lai Alright, I'm not going to argue with you, because you are weird.

But David, I thought we were just a couple of friends having a friendly discussion, and then you go and call me “weird;” how rude of you!!!

Pete14 We don't agree on so many things, I don't know how you describe our discussions as "friendly." "Respectful," yes, "friendly," no. And if I feel like we've exhausted the subject enough, I'll control myself from saying anymore. Therefore, I'm out of this discussion, despite the fact I still disagree with you on what you say. This here original was about my joy of finding my "desert island VST," and I'll still say this final thing -- Modern D is great, and for me, it's the ultimate concert grand experience I can get from home. And that's enough for me!!!

Pete14 You do know that with your kind of ‘linguistic logic’ we will crash upon landing on Mars? So no, “Houston” can’t simply say to the astronauts “you’re about ten feet from landing on Mars,” they have to be exact, to the letter, and precise!

the poor guy's trying to land on mars while we're distracting him with talking about the pianoteq playability
shame on us man 🙂

Pete14 P. S. If you want to continue the discussion, go here.

Okay, David, let’s not overreact here!

You can stay (it’s your thread after all), and I’ll just take the high road, because unlike Pianow, I do have manners!

Some day, there will be AI-trained piano vis just like AI-trained voice packs of Synthesizer V. And that's a new league different from Acoustic, Sampled, Modelled, Hardware and Smapled.

Once upon a time…

… In the West, Here, There, and in All Other Quadrants …

.. this thread was about a new piano simulation called Modern D.

That is, if I remember correctly.

🤷

Cheers and happy weekend to all,

HZ