Piano soundfonts/plugins

[Mazumo]

Hey guys,

I'm looking into doing some piano music, but I'm having some trouble coming up with any decent sounding plugins or soundfonts.

Do you guys have any recommendations?

They can be free or payware. I just want to get some suggestions thrown out there.

Thanks!

[zircon]

Synthogy "Ivory" is a piano library considered to be one of the best out there. It's hundreds of dollars, however. For a little less, there's TruePianos (www.truepianos.com) which takes up MUCH less space, and sounds very good.

For free, you could look for the "Yamaha Clavinova" soundfont.

[Moseph]

TASCAM Giga Continuous Velocity Piano. It's free. And it's really good.

[tweex]

One word: Ivory.

That is all.

[Scaredsim]

One word: Ivory.

That is all.

+ 1 totally.

[Lunahorum]

holy crap 50 gigs. No way I am getting that unless I get a new computer. And then again GVI is good enough for me.

[Jens Wulvik]

holy crap 50 gigs. No way I am getting that unless I get a new computer.

Get an extra harddrive?

[Scaredsim]

holy crap 50 gigs. No way I am getting that unless I get a new computer. And then again GVI is good enough for me.

You can choose to only use the piano that you need. I only use the Bosendorfer one (16 gigs or so), that's clearly enough for me.

[arnquist]

I use evm grand piano and mda piano, both free.

[Zephyr]

I have problems with Tascam's. I always hear a thunk after some notes, I don't know if it's to simulate realizm or not, but I don't like it there and I don't know how to turn it off.

[Moseph]

I have problems with Tascam's. I always hear a thunk after some notes, I don't know if it's to simulate realizm or not, but I don't like it there and I don't know how to turn it off.

It's the hammer falling back into place. IMO, it improves the sound dramatically, and the effects can be lessened by pedaling like you would on an actual piano.

[Zephyr]

I don't have any pedals, so I can't at the moment, I just wish it either wasn't quite as loud or had the option to turn it off.