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We truly live in the golden age of audio production, as there have never been more accessible or realistic virtual piano plugins. But with so many great options, how do you find one that will provide the sounds you’re looking for?
There are a variety of options modeling acoustic and electric pianos on this list, each with distinct features. Some are plain virtual piano instruments, and some offer a host of sounds and features. But no matter what kind of piano sounds you’re looking for, there is a plugin that will fit the bill. Here is a list of the best free piano VSTs.
Upright Piano by 99Sounds
BPB’s sister website 99Sounds recently released Upright Piano, a freeware piano VST plugin based on a set of samples recorded by Rudi Fiasco. The cool thing about the Upright Piano instrument is that it can sound both realistic and lo-fi. The built-in filter, tremolo, and reverb effects can be combined to create a lovely tape-like vibe. However, when used as-is, the instrument sounds very realistic thanks to the excellent source samples provided by Rudi Fiasco.
Upright Piano also features key release samples and envelope controls for adjusting the attack and release time. If you need a versatile free piano VST that is easy to use, this offering from 99Sounds is well worth looking into.
More info:Upright Piano
Upright No. 1 by Versilian Studios
Upright No. 1 is an upright piano plugin that offers a tremendous dynamic response. The articulation of your playing will really translate – and if you have a good enough MIDI controller, it can be almost as realistic as the real thing.
The plug-in comes with onboard volume, panning, and reverb controls, and also offers direct control over the ADSR curve of the envelope with individual knobs. Versilian comes in VST and AU formats and uses minimal CPU resources.
More info:Upright No. 1
LABS Soft Piano by Spitfire Audio
Spitfire Audios LABS is a freeware virtual instrument in VST and AU plugin formats that comes with an extensive collection of freely downloadable add-on sound libraries. Soft Piano is a free piano sound library for the LABS workstation. The samples were recorded with a felt-tipped piano and high-end Scheps microphones at London’s infamous Air-Edel studios.
The sound is very warm and subdued, so if you’re looking for a bright piano with a fast attack, you might have to look elsewhere. Two sliders control the expression and attack, and there is a singular knob to control the amount of reverb.
This is another plugin that is great for music production as well as sound design. It has a somewhat limited application and isn’t for everyone, but if you specifically need a moody, vibey piano sound, the Soft Piano is the way to go. Included in the library are sustain pedal up and down samples for even more dynamic variation. It can waver a bit as the samples are trimmed at the heads, giving it more of a human feel – which is not ideal if you’re creating EDM or house music but perfect for more organic genres.
More info:LABS Soft Piano
4Front Piano by George Yohng
Not all virtual instruments need to offer the most extensive feature set, and 4Front Piano is about a minimalist as they get. The sound is naturally pretty bright like you imagine a parlor piano would be. This allows 4Front Piano to cut through a mix but it might be a little too bright for solo piano parts.
While the instrument might not offer much at all in terms of customization or visualization, it is a good free piano VST plugin that takes up virtually no resources. It runs on a mix of sampling and synthesizing technology to make a convincing hybrid virtual instrument. 4Front comes in several plugin formats, including VST, AU, and RTAS.
More info:4Front Piano
DPiano-A by Dead Duck Software
DPiano-A is based on MDA Piano, an old freeware plugin that seemingly has no visualization other than a few control settings. But what it completely lacked in GUI, it made up for in the number of sound customization options it offered. In the meanwhile, MDA Piano became open-source software and Dead Duck Software refined the code to create a more polished-looking piano plugin called DPiano-A.
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With DPiano-A, you have control over the decay and release of the envelope, hardness, and treble, as well as the stereo width parameter. You can also set the velocity sensitivity, tuning, and polyphony. Messing with the sliding polyphony control can even get you into synth territory, going way beyond simple piano sounds.
It’s not the most realistic-sounding free piano VST here, but it has some great presets that are useful not only for music but also for post-sound production for film.
More info:DPiano-A
Keyzone Classic by Bitsonic
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Some freeware plug-ins are more robust than others, and Keyzone Classic is one of the more advanced free piano VST plugin on the market. It offers presets that emulate various acoustic pianos like Steinway, Yamaha, Rhodes, and more.
The control set allows you to set each stage of the ADSR curve, as well as adding in reverb and detuning within the plug-in. There are also master volume and controls over the rate and depth of the LFO. Keyzone’s sample library sounds excellent, and the architecture of the plug-in is beyond solid. It works with VST and AU plugin formats for 32-bit and 64-bit DAW software.
More info:Keyzone Classic
Honorable Mentions
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- Piano One by Sound Magic is a synthesis-based piano virtual plugin. It doesn’t feature samples at all. The plugin uses Sound Magic’s piano modeling engine which is also used in the company’s paid piano plugins. Unlike sample-based piano plugins, this one is much smaller in size, so it is a quick download. I still prefer the sound of sampled piano instruments, though. The free Piano One plugin emulates the Yamaha C7 concert grand piano.
- Atmos Piano is a free piano instrument by Prism Audio. It has a soft and unique sound that is suitable for cinematic scoring and ambient music. The free piano plugin is based on the much more advanced Piano Model S instrument by the same developer.
For more freeware plugins and instruments, return to our Free VST Plugins page.
Automatic stereo Wahwah is a classic 70’s Wahwah effect. Modelled from state of art analog time-varying-filter. Our Flying-Wahwah offers you a sweet analog aliasing-free funky sound. Our free plugins offer you an triggered automatically ADSR envelope modulation source, you just have to adjust the trigger level then play. You could also use the two modulations waveforms. Since version 1.4a stereo widening processing is available.
Wah pedal is created in 60’s, the “wah” pedal shapes frequencies, creating a sound that mimics voice’s Formant. Mainly use in Funk and P-Funk music, on guitar, bass or Electric Piano like Rhodes and Wurlitzer. The anthem of the wah pedals would probably be the Shaft theme song, written by Isaac Hayes in 1971.
But before being used electronically, the « wah » is an effect produced mechanically on the brass (mainly by trumpeters and trombonists) in Jazz. The effect is achieved through a mute, held by the instrumentist, in front of the instrument’s pavilion. The musician acts on the position of the tube while playing, which allows him to filter the sound in an expressive way.
Description:
Flying Automatic Wahwah is a frequency modulated filter generating a classic Wahwah sound.
- You can choose between three modulation sources, ADSR or Triangle-Sawtooth waveforms.
- Set or frequency duration depending of the selected wawform, or periodic waveform Saw-Triangle
- Set the signal level triggering the wah effect. If the level is too low, the effect won’t be triggered.In ADSR mode Trigger level have a high impact on expression, so try to adjust it in a funky way.
- Set Stereo widening effect. It allows to create space in your mix while keeping balanced L-R.
Hint: To fine-tune the sliders you can press the ctrl key.
Download:
VST3
- Windows x64 – Automatic Wahwah v1.4b 20-October-2020
- Integrity key SHA256: A678A738477CEE8B9EA6665C04889ADDD786E82BA7F8C7B0F2E30D536C00358A
- Windows x32 – Automatic Wahwah v1.4b20-October-2020
- Integrity key SHA256: 3FFA08FFFD1B492E9109635230F3F9E2188EEA9F2FAB868415551EF49995541F
- Linux x64- Automatic Wahwah v1.4b20-October-2020
- Integrity key SHA256: 9a1960b1b488afe1fd811be42c0ceb49bbb5f71cf96a01347a942b9a8d17affc
- Linux ArmV7- Automatic Wahwah plugin (coming soon)
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- MacOs Automatic Wahwah v1.4d 31-October-2020
- Integrity key SHA256: 71836BE288C8D926B0E0E56A0F5406EA686DCEFEB15B3236BB6A39FC81E511A6
Features:
- Stereo widening (since version 1.4a)
- Host BPM Synchro
- Fully automatable
- SNR > 120dB
- Aliasing <120dB
- No Oversampling nor downsampling
- Glitch free
- Vst3 preset saving standard
- Low CPU usage
- Intuitive GUI
- Fine adjustment of the sliders (press ctrl key)
- Resizable GUI (Since:1.2a)
- Trigger Level meter (Since:1.2a)
Compatibility:
- Operatings systems : Windows 7/8/10 – Linux 64bit – MacOs
- Plugin format : VST3 – Audiounit
Installation:
- Windows : Extract the .zip on your VST plugin folder, default path is C:Program FilesCommon FilesVST3
- On windows 7/8 you might need to install « universal runtime library » available from Windows update
- Linux : Extract the .zip on your VST plugins folder, default path depend of your distribution.
- If you don’t know your path check it on your DAW preferences.
- MacOS
- Install default path:
- AU USER PATH : ~/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components
- AU SYSTEM PATH : Macintosh HD/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components
- VST USER PATH. : ~/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST3
- VST SYSTEM PATH: Macintosh HD/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST3
- Install default path:
- Catalina issue: To launch an un-signed application go into System Preferences > Privacy & Security where the application is listed and you can “Allow anyway”. »