An excellent value, certainly, though perhaps not the best free piano VST on the list by itself.

The idea is to create a natural feeling playing experience through the software instrument.

Internally, it utilizes Soundmagic’s hybrid modeling engine, which offers realistic sound sampling with the playability of modeling. Here’s a nice recreation of the workhorse Yamaha C7 concert grand piano. That means to open this instrument up as a total freebie, you’d need to download a free SFZ sampler like Plogue Sforzando. Not the end of the world to have an awesome free piano VST. It’s downloadable in Kontakt, SFZ, and Korg Kronos formats unfortunately, it does require the full version of Kontakt to run. Piano in 162 by Ivy Audio is a lovely sample of a Steinway Model B grand piano. That helps keep it CPU friendly while you’re getting your piano jams on. The software instrument is based on an upright acoustic piano, sampled in two velocities every three semitones. This free piano plugin is light in both sound and CPU usage. The sound comes from running a piece of felt between the hammer and the strings! Sample Science Room Piano V3Īctually somewhat comparable to Soft Piano above is Room Piano by Sample Science. Soft Piano is gorgeous-really great for lo-fi or other styles benefitting from an airy and ethereal touch. You’ll need to download the Spitfire Audio app to launch the instruments, which is also free, and once you do, you can take your pick from an extensive (and constantly growing) collection of beautifully sampled software instruments. Without waxing poetic once more, we’ll just say that LABS is one of the coolest free series of virtual instruments around. We’ve sung the praises of LABS time and time again. Take your pick of the best free and paid piano VST plugins the world has to offer! Top 8 Best Free Piano Plugins Spitfire Audio LABS Soft Piano Looking to add some indelible magic to your productions that nothing but a piano can provide? Well, we compiled a “best piano VST” shortlist that’s still ten entries strong.

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