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Posted by MessiahProject on May-23-2008 15:23:

Piano VST

Hi Guys,

Can anyone recommend a good free Vst for piano?

Or if not free, a good cheap one?

I use edirol orchestra - but the piano just doesnt do it for me....!

TMP

Posted by thecureforsin on May-23-2008 17:05:

The only good piano vsts I've heard are the more expensive sample based ones. I didn't mind the piano samples in Cakewalk's Dimension Pro though. Wasn't perfect, but also wasn't too bad. That would be on the cheaper end I guess?

Posted by Enigmatic XTC on May-23-2008 19:24:

try soundfonts. the Splendid136 doesn't sound too bad

Posted by MessiahProject on May-23-2008 20:07:

quote:
Originally posted by thecureforsin
The only good piano vsts I've heard are the more expensive sample based ones.

Which are...?

Posted by Enigmatic XTC on May-23-2008 20:29:

quote:
Originally posted by MessiahProject
Which are...?

EastWest Quantum Leap Pianos
Best Service Galaxy Steinway 5.1
4Front Technologies True Pianos
etc.

Posted by thecureforsin on May-23-2008 20:38:

quote:
Originally posted by MessiahProject
Which are...?

Personally I like Native Instruments Akoustik Piano. You'll end up spending at least a little bit on a piano vst just because of the all the sampling involved. I did see someone mentioned soundfonts. I believe I have the M1 piano soundfont somewhere if you want it. It's not the best, but it's usable.

Posted by BOOsTER on May-23-2008 20:59:

look for the splendid136 soundfont...I use it and it's great

can make a sample for you if you like

Posted by echosystm on May-23-2008 23:46:

It depends on how realistic you want it to sound.

Every soundfont I have tried sounds cheap. True Pianos is not bad. Personally, I think you should buy Kontakt. The sounds are good and you can actually use it for something other than just pianos... On a bang for buck basis, I think Kontakt wins.

Posted by Subtle on May-23-2008 23:51:

Steinberg The Grand 2, it doesnt get much more real than that.

Posted by Omega_Blue on May-25-2008 04:11:

while i like steinberg's the grand, it didn't seem customizable enough for me. it sounds good, but not THAT good, and i feel like it's missing a lot of options that i would like to tweak it to how i want it to sound (granted i've only played around with it for about an hour or so though).

i like pianoteq personally, you can download the trial and use it for 30 days i think. at the time i had a big problem with my internal HD and had to reformat it/reinstall windows every week or so so i was able to reinstall pianoteq trial over and over again and not have to pay for it. lol

also if done right, FL Keys does the trick.

Posted by BOOsTER on May-25-2008 09:37:

quote:
Originally posted by echosystm
Every soundfont I have tried sounds cheap.

Does this sound cheap? http://tmp.djbooster.net/demofont.mp3

it's the splendid136 soundfont, sorry, for the melody, it's just me playing some random keys

Posted by echosystm on May-25-2008 11:04:

quote:
Originally posted by BOOsTER
Does this sound cheap? http://tmp.djbooster.net/demofont.mp3

it's the splendid136 soundfont, sorry, for the melody, it's just me playing some random keys

what about sustain/release etc. ?

Posted by Zak McKracken on May-25-2008 15:31:

would like to hear some more hard chords etc on that vst. on diferent velocitys and both bright and lowend notes. so far i liked that sound.
would be nice if u could skip the reverb. just plain dry

Posted by BOOsTER on May-25-2008 17:33:

I will do something for you, once I get around to it. I am sorry, this was a rendering of a part of my own composition, didn't really have time to change it...

you can hear it has a bit longer sustain and release...I just played around with the envelope untill I liked what I could hear.

Anyway, once I get around it, I will do something for you...

later guys