KVR Audio

Nameerf · Post by **Nameerf** » Sun Jul 12, 2026 3:07 am

Yes the age slider is really good. I often use just a touch of it to get "real world" piano sounds.
The EPs are usable (in a pinch!) but I regret buying them and never use them.
I think the Korg EP-1 is the best all-round electric piano at the moment...(IMHO. I think I have every electric piano plugin there is!)
But there's definitely no other piano as tweakable as Pianoteq..

EyeCloud · Post by **EyeCloud** » Sun Jul 12, 2026 3:16 am

Pianoteq is definitely a great option, and all of their pianos undergo improvements in each new version.

In the early days I wasn’t so sure about whether their pianos were better than sampled pianos, but they have got a lot better.

wagtunes · Post by **wagtunes** » Sun Jul 12, 2026 3:43 am

Nothing beats Pianoteq. Period.

electricorange83 · Post by **electricorange83** » Mon Jul 13, 2026 6:16 pm

Interesting, yes I suppose its going to be more responsive in sound if using physical modelling, I hadn't thought of that before. whereas samples are more limited because of the practical limits on recording the original samples, cant have too many variations etc

Niowiad · Post by **Niowiad** » Mon Jul 13, 2026 7:31 pm

Pianoteq also exposes a ton of physical modelling parameters (either general, or 'per note') to tweak the instruments.
The virtual microphone placement also goes quite deep, and supports multi-output.

JsinOwl · Post by **JsinOwl** » Wed Jul 15, 2026 7:05 pm

Modartt summer sale just kicked off. It's not huge (20% discount), but it's something.

BBFG# · Post by **BBFG#** » Wed Jul 15, 2026 9:36 pm

JsinOwl wrote: Wed Jul 15, 2026 7:05 pm Modartt summer sale just kicked off. It's not huge (20% discount), but it's something.

Was waiting for this sale and now that it's here it's disappointing. All they did was make the whole catalog the same price as their previous loyalty discount for libraries I don't yet own. And if I go with the online vendor instead then my further discount is a mere twenty cents.

They used to do 30-33% off and give the unowned sets as part of the upgrade for us that bought the full studio pro bundle.

Probably going to pass this time...

jamcat · Post by **jamcat** » Wed Jul 15, 2026 11:36 pm

No discount on the upgrade to Pianoteq 9 from a previous version.

JsinOwl · Post by **JsinOwl** » Thu Jul 16, 2026 1:58 am

[

jamcat wrote: Wed Jul 15, 2026 11:36 pm No discount on the upgrade to Pianoteq 9 from a previous version.

Yeah, but it's only $29 to start with. A 30% sale would save you 3 bucks. A cup of coffee basically. It's that initial purchase which hurts, though totally worth it imo.

BBFG# wrote: Wed Jul 15, 2026 9:36 pm Was waiting for this sale and now that it's here it's disappointing. All they did was make the whole catalog the same price as their previous loyalty discount for libraries I don't yet own. And if I go with the online vendor instead then my further discount is a mere twenty cents.

They used to do 30-33% off and give the unowned sets as part of the upgrade for us that bought the full studio pro bundle.

Probably going to pass this time...

I'd love to pick up a few more models, but it would need to be a better sale than 20%. What are your favorites?

jamcat · Post by **jamcat** » Thu Jul 16, 2026 2:09 am

JsinOwl wrote: Thu Jul 16, 2026 1:58 am
jamcat wrote: Wed Jul 15, 2026 11:36 pm No discount on the upgrade to Pianoteq 9 from a previous version.
Yeah, but it's only $29 to start with. A 30% sale would save you 3 bucks. A cup of coffee basically. It's that initial purchase which hurts, though totally worth it imo.

Your math is bad, but point taken.

JsinOwl · Post by **JsinOwl** » Thu Jul 16, 2026 2:31 am

Time for bed apparently

jamcat · Post by **jamcat** » Thu Jul 16, 2026 2:36 am

But you're still right about it being "a cup of coffee basically."

Best Physical Modeling Piano?