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These piano samples were recorded by Rudi Fiasco, who is an accomplished Italian pianist and sound engineer. Spitfire Audio has launched LABS which is a free instrument-sample library in VST, AU and AAX formats available for all Operating Systems.Īll of the plugins sound terrific and it comes as no surprise that their Soft Piano Plugin also does sound that way. Lastly, make sure to check out some of the other freebies that MeldaProduction offers, since they have a ton of freeware plugins on their site that you can get.ĭownload: Monastery Grand. This is by far the best piano VST on this list since it’s got a very realistic sound and a lot of options to tailor that sound to your liking, making it an extremely powerful plugin that I’d highly recommend trying out. You can also EQ or add harmonies, and what’s even more impressive, and even weird, is that you can enter the “Creative Mode” which essentially changes the piano sounds into completely different- more experimental ones.

The plugin offers three distinct panels, Piano, Effects, and Globals, and these allow you to control the overall sound & tone, as well as add effects (reverb, delay, compressor and an enhancer) to the piano.

Luckily, there’s also a free version of that available, so no big issues there. One important note, however, is that this plugin requires you to download the MSoundFactoryPlayer, also by MeldaProduction, in order to be able to use it. It comes with about 3GB of samples all recorded with 3 microphones (and you can select which mic sound you want or mix the ones available).

Sampled from a piano in a monastery in Pilsen, this virtual instrument has been designed with pop & rock productions in mind, and this is probably the best piano plugin I have ever tried. Monastery Grand by MeldaProduction (Win/Mac) Not the best looking interface.Ĥ different sampled pianos. Loads of tone-shaping controls (harmonics, perspective, and more).ģ Layers of Samples with Individual Gain Controllers. Lo-Fi sound.Ħ velocity layers, envelope, tremolo, dampen and reverb effects. Only 56 samples and really simple controls.įew controls and really easy to use (Requires Kontakt Pro or the Sforzando Player). Warm and sweet-sounding.Ģ blendable microphones, few controls, warm and sweet sound. Can sound like a piano or like something completely different.Įxtremely simple to use. Note: These are just some of the pianos on this list (The ones I like the best), but there’s also an Honorable Mentions section later on where I include a couple more: Plugin Name Here is a list of the best free piano VST plugins that not only sound great, but which are also both suitable for beginners and experienced producers, be it to create extremely realistic piano sounds or to add some ambiance to something like a film.