I just got Pianoteq. It’s superb.
Does Pianoteq take heed of Dorico articulations such as staccato and tenuto, like NotePerformer does?
While Pianoteq has very extensive online documentation, there is no reference to usage in Dorico.
While I am here, let me recommend the Petrof grands - magnificent, and a welcome break from the Steinway tonal conception.
It does. Pedaling too.
anything which has a pre-programmed relative note length such as staccato is obviously supported but, like most pianos, nothing which would require an Expression Map for special techniques. Pedalling is part of the standard MIDI protocol. In other words, Pianoteq isn’t so much reading the score as the MIDI output.
‘Too’. Are you implying it does heed articulations?
Pianoteq responds like virtually every Piano VST to articulations.
The conditions for the articulations are set in Dorico (Playback options) and dynamics are velocity controlled. It also follows the MIDI standard CCs for pedal controls.
A simple experiment would show you this.
@Janus Its new to me as of yesterday so I have not had time to experiment yet, but I wanted to ask.
“It does.” for articulations.
Perhaps do the experiment and then ask the question if the results are not what you expect? Rather than ask for people to take time…
I’m sorry, don’t beat me up too much.
@Janus I have applied to have this topic deleted. I did not think it would offend you so much.
Personally, I am fine with this thread staying as it helps anyone who is thinking about Pianoteq, general information anyone might want to know, but has not purchased nor downloaded the trial.
But if it disappears … 
all good
I don’t see any problem with a thread like this. It might help some some people, not the least by not discouraging seemingly trivial questions. What seems trivial to one person is not necessarily trivial to another.
And if you don’t want to take the time, don’t take the time. Skip it.
@Andro – Thank you for the post. I, for one, always appreciate the opportunity to hear about a product that may be better than what I already have. And while it does take time to test things for one’s self, other experienced users may have insights that can helps with our starting points.
-- Jim
I long debated getting Pianoteq since I was using the really good Radical Pianos rack extension in Reason for a long time and they sounded realistic. But I bit the bullet with Pianoteq 8 and am now using Pianoteq 9, and it’s so much better than anything I had been using in the past, including the Steinway D samples in Garritan Personal Orchestra 5 (which I used with Finale for a long time). I purchased Pianoteq with Steinway, Bösendorfer and Bechstein pianos and mainly use the first two (esp. Bösendorfer 280VC).
The only thing I’ve had to modify is the action sounds. With Radical Pianos, I often turned them down in terms of volume since key up noises, while realistic, were often distracting since my music tends to be very quiet. But Pianoteq’s action sounds, especially the pedaling and damper sounds, are not very realistic to my ears (although it probably depends on the pianos from which they were derived) and I generally turn them very far down. Fortunately, Pianoteq is exquisitely customizable-almost too many options. I released my latest composition today on Bandcamp and it was done with a Bösendorfer 280VC in Pianoteq 9 and I think sounds very realistic. It’s a 50-minute work for solo piano and I’m very pleased with the results.