Pianoteq 5 continues on with a very similar look and feel as its previous versions. A modest multi–core chip like Intel’s Core i3 is recommended as the minimum spec for the CPU. That makes it very suitable for users of laptops with solid-state drives, for example, which may not have a great deal of storage capacity.

Pianoteq doesn’t require much memory either - 256MB is sufficient. It occupies a mere 40MB or so on your hard drive, which to put it in perspective is over 3000 times smaller than Garritan’s CFX Concert Grand. After you’ve chosen your basic sound ‘flavour’ at purchase, additional instruments are available for €49/$89 a pop.Then, regardless of your chosen platform, the installation size is almost incomprehensibly, laughably tiny - at least compared to any half–decent sampled piano competition. There are 32– and 64–bit variants, and as well a stand–alone version it’s provided in VST, RTAS and AAX plug–in formats for OS X/Windows, as well as in Audio Units for OS X.įully equipped, Pianoteq offers an embarrassment of riches pianos, electric pianos, and many different mallet percussion sounds.

You’ll need OS 10.5 or later, Windows XP, Vista, 7 or 8, or Linux (x86) with Jack and ALSA back ends. Pianoteq runs in OS X, Windows, and Linux. So with this latest version 5 Pianoteq is more capable and flexible than ever, and that’s been matched by some important changes in the way it’s sold, as we’ll see. In that time they’ve subjected it to continuous development, refining the basic acoustic model, and releasing new pianos and other instruments to run within it. And yet, it’s already been nearly a decade since French developers Modartt first released their modelled piano software, Pianoteq. Version 5 offers astonishing realism with remarkably low CPU and hard-drive requirements.ĭoesn’t time fly? Not so long ago the idea of a computer model of a musical instrument that you could actually play would have seemed like science fiction. Over almost a decade, Pianoteq has gone from strength to strength.

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