
Pianotec is very small in size (about 50 MB), while there is no doubt about the sound quality – the sound quality of the plug-in was noted by Steinway representatives, whose instruments served as the basis for the Pianotec engine. Everything that characterizes a real piano is here: mechanical noises (optional), the complex sound of pedals and strings in interaction, the impact of blows on staccato playing (short notes), and, of course, most importantly, the beauty of the piano sound. Notes are actually played back (“created” on the fly in real time, like a real piano), and not just read from disk or memory. This explains why the sound is alive and not static: it’s not just a recording, it’s a genuine instrument that responds to the pianist’s subtlest interpretations without the need to store gigabytes of data, because it only needs a modern processor to calculate all the sounds in real time. Pianothek offers a whole collection of amazingly live instruments: grand pianos, percussion keyboards such as cymbals, clavichords and harpsichords, electro-acoustic and electric pianos, chromatic percussions and others:
Steinway Model D grand piano
Steinway Model B grand piano
Grotrian Concert Royal grand piano
Blüthner Model 1 grand piano
K2 grand piano
YC5 rock piano
U4 upright piano
Kremsegg historical collection #1
Kremsegg historical collection #2
Pianet N, Pianet T and Clavinet D6 (Hohner Collection)
Celeste: Celesta, Glockenspiel and Toy Piano
Xylo: Marimba bass + Xylophone
Steelpans: Steel drum + Hand pan + Tank drum + Spacedrum
Cimbalom: Kovács
Harpsichord: Grimaldi
Harpsichord: Blanchet
Pianoforte: Walter
Pianoforte: Schöffstoss
Pianoforte: Schmidt
Pianoforte: Schantz
Pianoforte: Graf
Grand piano: Pleyel
Grand piano: Erard
Electro-acoustic piano: CP-80
Church bells and carillons
PIANOTEQ STAGE is for beginners who want to plug it in, choose their favorite preset and play. Unlike the professional version (PIANOTEQ PRO), the STAGE version lacks:
setup microphone setup
step-by-step note editor
internal sampling rate up to 192kHz