There are free add-ons too: a cimbalom, two harpsichords, eight historical pianos, a Yamaha CP80 electro-acoustic, tubular bells and church bells. These include Rhodes and Wurlitzer electro-mechanical pianos, a Clavinet and a Yamaha rock piano sound, plus two vibraphones, xylophone, marimba, celesta, glockenspiel, steel drum, spacedrum, hand pan drums and a tank drum. Especially so because as well as its two main grand pianos it also includes a surprisingly large array of 'add-on' sounds, which start off in a time-limited demo mode but can be unlocked after purchase in the Modartt online store. Set against this, the roughly 20MB (yes, megabyte!) installation size of Modartt's Pianoteq 4 seems almost implausible.
And hooray for that, because many are outstandingly good, both in terms of sound quality and playability. The falling cost and ever-increasing capacity of hard drives have conspired, in recent years, to give us sample-based piano sound libraries that routinely run to 80GB or more.
PIANOTEQ DELAY PRO
Pianoteq 4 Pro in its stand-alone version, with most of the main sound parameters exposed for editing. Now six years old, this physical modelling instrument has reached a new level of refinement and sophistication - and not just for piano sounds.
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