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Can you share a little bit on your setup for Pianoteq? I tried something similar a while back but didn't find a sound i liked. That plus needing to plug it int
by michaelsalim 5y ago
Can you share a little bit on your setup for Pianoteq?
I tried something similar a while back but didn't find a sound i liked. That plus needing to plug it into a computer had me abandoning the idea.
But now that the Steam Deck is releasing, I can use that instead of my PC. Your comment made me want to try it again!
- Jnr 5y agoI have it at my home office, so the PC is always next to it. I am using good open-back headphones (DT 990 PRO) connected to a USB audio interface that supports low latency using ASIO driver on Windows and JACK on Linux (in my case UMC204HD). The rest is handled by Pianoteq. One thing to note - the Casio Privia that I have has nice weighted piano keys and they feel great but the sustain pedal that came out of the box was a binary one. You can purchase better pedals separately. 10 years ago I tried similar approach with Raspberry Pi and some small keyboard that I borrowed. It was a bit tricky to find a good synth that was optimized for such a weak device, but I managed to find one that sounded OK. It had no display and I had to do some tweaks to boot it up in a few seconds time. If I was more serious and not just tinkering for fun I would probably have used a laptop instead. Steam Deck will have plenty of CPU power but it will probably still require a separate audio interface to get that low latency.