Originally Posted by: Paul

Thanks for the additional explanations, I can hear what you mean. 

The mic signals have not been manipulated, but we will look into the Mid 1 again.

Thanks Paul,

To be clear, this also affects Mid 2.

To test, load only Mid 1 or Mid 2, make sure the Power Panner is neutral (Center C, Width 100%, Balance C) and play a chromatic scale up the keyboard (ideally wearing headphones).

Some examples:-

On Mid 1 C4-C5 are panned slightly left, C#5-B5 panned right, C6-F6 left, F#6 right, G6-B7 left, C8 right. There are problems in the lower register too, but it's easier to hear the higher notes.

On Mid 2, it's most obvious B5-C6, F6-F#6-G6, B7-C8. 

I suspect it's just that the L&R Mics got mixed up in some places when the samples were mapped across the keyboard.

Hope this helps!

Originally Posted by: Paul

It's all about choice 

For the Bösendorfer Imperial, we have decided to add more stereo width with the Mid 1 Mic, compared to Mid 2. If you want to limit the stereo width, you can always do that with the included Power Pan.

Hi Paul,

It's not the width of the Mid1 mic - it's the fact that it doesn't pan consistently from left to right. It jumps around quite substantially from left to right between octaves and also between some individual notes. Just play a chromatic scale using only Mid1 and you'll see what I mean - or take a listen to the clip I posted above.

I don't think this is by design? It wouldn't make any sense. I'm assuming it's a bug.

Maybe Mid1 and 2 cancel each other out in that example?

In this clip, everything is off apart from Mid1 soloed with no panning. You can hear the notes wandering from left to right, which I think is probably unintentional.

Originally Posted by: Gamma1734

I have another issue, I find the A6 and G#6 (but other notes as well) to sound very strange when pressed repeatedly, especially in the p to mf range. I attach a file. I don't know if I screwed a setting but it really distracts me from playing. Actually I just loaded the player setting and mixed a little bit some other mics in as well.

I've been noticing the same - it's very odd, almost like a squelch on the release, on mid velocity notes from around D5-B5. I hope it's fixable as it's spoiling what would otherwise be a very good piano.

Playing on headphones tonight, I noticed a few quirks with the stereo image on the Mid 1&2 mics. For example, on Mid1 C4-C5 are panned slightly left, C#5-B5 panned right, C6-F6 left, F#6 right, G6-B7 left, C8 right?!? I don't know if it's a 'feature' of the mic positioning, but it doesn't do this on the Steinway.

If anyone has a chance, could you play a chromatic run on the Mid mics and see whether you hear the same?

I think the issue with Komplete Kontrol finally got fixed with the latest 1.1.1838 version of Synchron Player. Komplete Kontrol 2.30 has not been updated since January, so it looks like the fix came from Vienna's side.

Synchron Pianos 1.1.1413 still causes the problem, but hopefully that will also get updated soon?

The same issue also affects Adobe Premiere and DaVinci Resolve, although at least you can blacklist the plugins once the scan is finished. No such luck in Komplete Kontrol.

Still not fixed in Komplete Kontrol 2.3.0. Will this ever get addressed?

Having to click through 8 error dialog boxes and wait 10 seconds between each one just for Vienna Synchron Pianos and Player EVERY single time I launch Komplete Kontrol is driving me mad!