Cymbals can be specified in terms of size, weight, stick type (wood, plastic), even rivets! The sounds are generated by their COSM modeling technology which they’ve now also applied to piano and accordion as well, and the brain of each kit lets the drummer create each drum from scratch, specifying shell material (wood, steel, brass), size, depth, head type (1-ply, 2-ply coated), and even damping (virtual tape, gel) along with the usual EQ and reverb/ambience features.
Roland’s V-Drum kits incorporate many state-of-the-art innovations like silent mesh drum heads for quiet and nuanced triggering, and actual moveable hihats. Piano players would do well to check out the demo and see what Modartt’s modeling tech has to offer them. And Pianoteq also offers optional bundles of other modeled keyboard instruments,like harpsichord, electric pianos (Rhodes, Wurli, Pianet, Clavinet), mallets (vibes, marimba, xylophone, celeste), and even orchestral harp and steel drums. Smaller versions sacrifice some of the tweakery, but the sound quality is the same. To properly simulate a recorded piano, customizable multi-microphone setups are provided. The full version offers tweaks to just about every aspect of the piano sound from temperament to hammer and pedal noise through to soundboard resonance - you can even adjust each of the 88 notes independently! Notes (especially low notes, the most telling) ring out with full decays and a rich tone, and the fully adjustable dynamic response is very natural to play, especially from a properly weighted 88-note controller. A number of pianos are emulated, some which are the company’s own creations, and others that model specific brands and models. As with all modeling plugins, Pianoteq has an extremely small footprint compared with sampled pianos: the pressure is on the CPU, though Pianoteq’s demands are still relatively modest.
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