Modern D vs Pianoteq vs The People

Pete14 after a heated opinion like “Pianoteq sounds synthy, and not at all like a piano,”

Better pianists than me like Pianoteq. Better pianists than me dislike Pianoteq. It's all just a matter of taste.

As a recently appointed tenured professor, here, at PCU, I’d like to first thank my superiors for this honor, and then assure the community that I will remain humble despite the huge, corner office (with included secretary) I’ve been assigned.

Sure, I have the best view from up here, but as I look down at the naive students walking about in a haste, I don’t think “oh, how much better than them/they I have it” (secretary is a 20-year-old Swiss girl), but rather, I ponder about the possibilities, and how one of these students could some day become tenured, too; of course, I also see the students that’ll never make it past the gates to success, but I do not judge them/they; I simply observe and take notes. I take notes…..

Now, let us continue with the discussion: “Modern D vs Pianoteq vs The People,” but instead of pitting one against the other (“vs”) I suggest we simply outline the differences, and yes, also the similarities between these; and I’d also like for us to be a bit more grateful of all the options we have today that were simply not available back in the 70s, 80s, and perhaps even the 90s….

Yours truly,

Pete XIV (tenured professor at PCU).

Pete14 As a recently appointed tenured professor, here, at PCU

I question the committee, upon what kind of basis did you give Pete this tenureship?

David B You're like a tenured professor here. You can annoy people as much as you want and there's nothing we can do about it.

And that's the sad part. He can annoy many people, and you can't even do a thing about it. That's very much like a tenured professor.

Only, he's not a tenured professor, so you can still do some things about it, I guess?

I'm just trying to understand the grammar here.

David Lai And that's the sad part. He can annoy many people, and you can't even do a thing about it. That's very much like a tenured professor.

Only, he's not a tenured professor, so you can still do some things about it, I guess?

I'm just playing around. Anybody can get booted anytime for any reason. This is a privately owned forum and Gene is our supreme leader. Thankfully, he has chosen to create a community where the need for moderating is minimal. Diversity of topics and the flowering of individual thought is the norm here at PianoClack. We rely more on a self-policing community standard and only intervene when there is no apparent resolution in sight.

Pete's affinity with Pianoteq and distain for 100 layers of sampling gold is his opinion. We all know that Pianoteq is the redheaded stepchild in the virtual instrument world. Pianoteq needs an advocate. They've got Pete. Maybe he works for Pianoteq. He is a known associate of subversive agencies. He's been on our radar and we have a tactical team at the ready for a snatch and interrogation and possible reeducation when the time comes. 😀

God Bless,
David

David B Got it. Thanks, David. Then I'll not worry about him anymore. His distain for what's real, sounding good, ETC, is driving me crazy.

David B if one day his reeducation happens, that would be quite the news.

David B Maybe he works for Pianoteq

imagine modartt hired someone to make their product look better and after a year or so, most people (who've been neutral about their product) hate it with passion 😂 firing him now won't do em any good, they should melt him and send the remains to the bottom of the ocean.
excellent job you fat troll.

David Lai if one day his reeducation happens, that would be quite the news.

Someday you'll see a discussion started by Pete, "Which Steinway D Sampled Piano Should I Get?" Followed by, "which external SSD's are best for running sampled libraries?" Followed by, "When is VI Labs going to have their next sale?"

Then he'll finally have the confidence to upload his rendition of "Fir" Elise. 😀

God Bless,
David

David B Then he'll finally have the confidence to upload his rendition of "Fir" Elise.

Haha, I had to say your play on the German "fur" is rather interesting. That said, you don't need too much external SSD space for a VI Labs library. Modern D is 18 GB, which even works on my 512 GB SSD.

David Lai Haha, I had to say your play on the German "fur" is rather interesting.

Actually, I think he jokingly said "For" Elise in his post. Either way, piano sampling will become the Golden Ticket for Pete when his reeducation is complete. I will feel sorry for PianoTeq aficionados once Pete is on our side. 🥊

God Bless,
David

David B I hope Pete at least knows the beauty that is sampled VSTs.

Thanks to sampling, I can get access to a concert grand experience others could only dream of!!! I can put myself in a hall when I'm practicing. That's the cool thing about a VST plus digital setup.

I just drafted a super long post for this thread, but deleted it, since it got verbose.

In short: I read all the hype; thus bought it; am very satisfied with its dynamics and realism.

For jazzy stuff I'll probably still go to the VSL Bosendorfer 280VC.
For piercing through as an accompanist to modern music, I'll use Garritan CFX.
For "just give me a quick piano with quick load time" I'll stick with Pianoteq.

For solo classical type of playing, I'm currently very inclined towards the Modern D.

HeartKeys Happy for you! I would encourage you to explore the tone knob, or different presets like the bright punch or big pop grand. These are very good for modern pop music.

Have fun! You will find that Modern D is very versatile. And it's not that the software package is versatile, it certainly has a part to play. But to begin with, the New York D used for sampling is a versatiley voiced piano.

HeartKeys
that's quite a list you got there
I'm glad there's at least someone around who doesn't pretend we can do it all with just one piano
you always make me smile friend🤍
btw my list is way bigger then yours😂💪

David Lai tone knob, or different presets like the bright punch or big pop grand

Good point! I’ll keep that in mind, as today was just Day 2 🙂

pianow I'm glad there's at least someone around who doesn't pretend we can do it all with just one piano

Yep, true with VSTs as well as acoustics. There’s times I’m in love with a Yamaha CF6, then a Bluthner Model One, other times an upright Steingraeber, other times the two acoustics o have a home.

Of course, if I owned more pianos than now, I’d be both broke and dealing with clutter lol, oh and paradox of choice etc

HeartKeys
i wanted to ask you something since you're one of the very few people here who love the vsl 280 the way i do, how do you compare it to the modern d?

HeartKeys

Finally! A refreshing breeze of pragmatism.

🍃

HZ

pianow I'm glad there's at least someone around who doesn't pretend we can do it all with just one piano

Oh, but we can……do it all with one piano!

But once a person becomes addicted to getting the “newest” thing in town, all sorts of conjectures start to pop up in order to justify yet another purchase……”the VSL-D is good for Chopin, but not so much for Schoenberg, so I’ll get me Imperfect Samples’ bunch of recordings for that…”

And the proof is in the pudding: Sofia!

Yes, a name once beloved ‘round here, yet not so much anymore; after she proved a massive point: it’s all in your head!

For those in the dark, Sofia pretended to go ‘round Italy sampling all sorts of pianos, and many in this community not only bought it (figuratively), but also made similar claims to the above: “oh, Sofia, piano A is just perfect for Jazz, but piano B is my to-go for classical.” This is real, by the way; this actually happened here and at PW!

I bet you that if I came out with my own VST, “Pete’s Huge D,” there will be many who claim, “I don’t know, but there’s a transparency to Pete’s Huge D that’s just perfect for Bach, but for Liszt I’ll stick to the Modern D….”

Heck, I’m gonna get to sampling that D right now, and I’ll sell it to you addicts for $100, and make me some easy money!

P.S.

I will not respond to insults, so, if you want to engage me, do it respectfully and with decor, you know, like you did with Sofia!