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zircon · Post by **zircon** » Thu Oct 22, 2015 11:16 pm

Pearl Concert Grand has been updated to v1.37.

v1.37 Changes: Per-channel/mic EQ now works again.

v1.36 Changes: Reduced CPU usage, fixed bugs with sticky / sustaining notes, and a new 'advanced' tab with useful under-the-hood performance controls.

UPDATE INSTRUCTIONS

NOTE - If you purchased Pearl on or after January 2nd, 2015, you do NOT need this update!

1. Download the update here.

2. Unpack the update files into a new folder. The update files should include subfolders like Instruments and Data.

3. Move the contents of the extracted folder into your original PEARL folder and overwrite any files when prompted.

ycw9921133 · Post by **ycw9921133** » Sat Oct 24, 2015 6:58 pm

So good to see continuous update on a virtual grand. I can't wait for the 1.3 final release!

zircon · Post by **zircon** » Mon Oct 26, 2015 9:27 pm

Cheers - new update posted, this optimizes the CPU usage even further with some under-the-hood adjustments and bug fixes.

EvanUnicorn · Post by **EvanUnicorn** » Sat Oct 31, 2015 12:57 pm

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zircon wrote:I'm wrapping up a new patch that should hopefully address some odd issues with infinitely-sustaining notes. It also adds a new 'advanced' tab where you can get under the hood more with some of the constants Pearl uses.

Just grab the new NKIs, and overwrite your old NKC/NKR with the files below (feel free to back up the previous version first - just in case!)

10/26
Version 1.36 adds even more CPU optimizations and streamlines the voice system when note catch is disabled (note catch time set to 0).

http://impactsoundworks.com/Updates/Pea ... uments.zip (http://impactsoundworks.com/Updates/Pearl/PEARL_v1_3_Instruments.zip)

http://impactsoundworks.com/Updates/Pea ... tGrand.nkr (http://impactsoundworks.com/Updates/Pearl/v1_3/PearlConcertGrand.nkr)
http://impactsoundworks.com/Updates/Pea ... tGrand.nkc (http://impactsoundworks.com/Updates/Pearl/v1_3/PearlConcertGrand.nkc)

I just tried the version 1.36, and found a couple of problems: (not sure if I heard it right~)

1. The high damper function seemed to work in reverse of the description found in the manual. When I turned off the reverb, I could hear high notes being stopped when the high damper function is OFF and act as they would on a real piano when the high damper function is ON.

2. The extra RR function seemed to bring up the wrong RR~? Sometimes it bring up the damped recording even when the pedal is off.

zircon · Post by **zircon** » Mon Nov 02, 2015 4:18 am

I can't replicate issue #1. Using 1.36, if "High Dampers" is off, high notes will ring out. When it's on, they will stop when the key is released. #2 is a bug though. I'll fix that!

EvanUnicorn · Post by **EvanUnicorn** » Sat Nov 07, 2015 8:25 pm

zircon wrote:I can't replicate issue #1. Using 1.36, if "High Dampers" is off, high notes will ring out. When it's on, they will stop when the key is released. #2 is a bug though. I'll fix that!

Thank you so much for the continuous development of Pearl!!

EvanUnicorn · Post by **EvanUnicorn** » Tue Nov 10, 2015 2:44 pm

zircon wrote:I can't replicate issue #1. Using 1.36, if "High Dampers" is off, high notes will ring out. When it's on, they will stop when the key is released. #2 is a bug though. I'll fix that!

another issue that I found is that in the final release of V1.36, soft pedal effect makes a pop/click noise when turned on/off by pedal or by midi events. (maybe it is the limitation of the effect module when turn on/off in real time?)

zircon · Post by **zircon** » Wed Nov 11, 2015 5:24 am

Check the advanced tab - you're using the new NKIs right? You can adjust the timing/smoothness of the effect. It *shouldn't* pop/click since we ramp it slowly...

EvanUnicorn · Post by **EvanUnicorn** » Thu Nov 12, 2015 12:31 pm

zircon wrote:Check the advanced tab - you're using the new NKIs right? You can adjust the timing/smoothness of the effect. It *shouldn't* pop/click since we ramp it slowly...

First of all, THANK YOU for putting up me being extra picky. You guys are the best when it comes to the product support.

Mmm... the soft pedal issue should be a problem with my hardware. But I did figured out the issue I mentioned before about the high damper function.
As it turned out, when I turn on "Note Catch" function (i.e. setting the note catch time a number other than 0), the "High Damper" function does not work anymore, and when I turn note catch off, high damper works normally.

horacewimp · Post by **horacewimp** » Thu Mar 24, 2016 10:20 pm

The soft-pedal implementation is really weird and has nothing to do with a real soft (una corda) pedal on a piano - it's more like a lowpass that is switched on and off - even on held notes. And it generates a lot of clicking an crackling, a bit depending on the settings under advanced.
The Pearl Concert Grand is a nice piano, but the pedal problem makes it unplayable and useless for me - at the moment i prefer Galaxy Vintage D, it sounds similar and has working pedals

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