Best PIANO VSTs. Any Suggestions?

[Neymuzic]

i Have been looking for a very nice Piano VST i have tried some like Tru pianos, Piano trilogy.
But maybe you guys know of better ones i can use?

 

[AAJH]

S1 Piano is pretty good, it's free too (Just google it) Korg M1 is great, pretty sure it's on here somewhere.
S1 Piano:

Korg M1:

 

[Nu-Vizion]

ill agree wit AAJH S1 layered with Nexus 2 total piano expansion

 

[JJ-13]

NI Akoustik Piano is the most realistic VST piano i heard and have so far. It's worth every penny

 

[ThunderBass]

Well, its hard to say what kind of piano vst is the best, due to the sound you want ect, its the same in real life, a Steinway dosent sound the same as a Bosendorfer or a Yamaha... no brand of pianos sounds the same. So its all in what you want.
I use about 10 different piano vst's and its all in what genre your creating, and what synths, bass, ect ect you are using.

Some good ones:
Pianissimo
Ivory II Grand Pianos
EastWest/Quantum Leap Pianos
Fazioli

Also there are some great ones from NI:
Alicia's Keys
Garritan Steinway Piano
Braunschweig Upright Piano

 

[AudioAssembly]

Alicia's Keys is hands down my favorite. So realistic and great for lifelike playing. I def recommend trying it out!

 

[spdtulakkgf]

I have "The Grand 2". It sounds very clear and natural

 

[Ian.F]

Nexus

 

[garvey]

nexus or 1 of the sound sets for knontakt would probably have more than you'll ever need. korg m1 is a good shout, once you get used to it and how to program it the skys the limit although i am pretty sure it's not compatible with windows 7 though

 

[nagyember]

For dance, Korg M1 sounds are great, this guy sampled the original, and made it available for all (and for free): http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2009/10/14/free-korg-m1-piano-samples/

I use this for dance related stuff. Hope it helps.

 

[Eazeu]

Cinesamples

Your best bet is a sample library, preferably Kontakt.

I've tried plenty.

I would recommend NI Alicia Keys Piano, and Steinway Galaxy II.

But my personal favorite as far as tone goes is the Cinesamples Piano in Blue. Fantastic sound

 

[MattBrereton]

nexus is great

 

[dJvincent]

If you want no problem, something easy and "small" I'd definitely go with Nexus, the Grand Piano preset under the Piano category, and take all the effects on it, so you can add your effects as taste.

 

[tekdome]

The keyboardist in my band has tried most of the "good" ones NI, Ivory, etc.. He ultimately went with the ArtVista Grand piano. He uses it live via a Muse Receptor, and loves it.

 

[junh1024]

Recently released Addictive Keys piano. http://www.xlnaudio.com/productline/2

Not free, but should sound good. There is a free version with a limited subset of keys.

I used for a house remix i: http://mda.smartelectronix.com/synths.htm (free)

 

[BBM]

If you are looking for realistic and best modeled at a decent price: http://www.pianoteq.com/home

These are the best pianos I've heard as far as realism goes.

 

[AudioFyle]

Cinesamples Piano in Blue sounds real nice. Steinway is too much trouble.

 

[hicham16]

Hi !!
The nexus Piano sound really good with some eq & compression
Pianoteq True piano
Alicia keys

 

[dougal]

http://www.acoustica.com/pianissimo/index.htm

i gotta say,,ilove the sounds in this,, 1 of the best piano sounds ive come across over the years with alot of adaptions ready to play around with,, but i alsolove the nexus piano expansion packs, thats awesome,

hope this helps

 

[harry246]

I just bought NI Akoustic piano from eBay. It cost me £50 (even though it retails for £100). Unfortunately it's a discontinued product so it might be quite hard to find. I'm using it in the free Kontakt player in logic and its very nice indeed. Unfortunately it crashes a lot when run as a vst in mountain lion which is solved by running it in Kontakt.