I need a cheap (Free) piano plug in for mac..

chrisedmo · Post by **chrisedmo** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 7:45 pm

Does anyone have any recommendations for some decent piano VST's or AU for the Mac.. there seems to be loads for PC, but not many for mac.. ive searched KVR...

I really need acoustic piano sounds like the ones in garageband, but i want to keep everything inside Live..

Oh and ive tried that 4front thing - but its nasty..

Any help, would be greatly appreciated! (I dont have sampler either!)

Rogue Scrunt · Post by **Rogue Scrunt** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 9:21 pm

instead of looking for a plug=in look for a soundfont.

you can play a soundfont w/ crystal synth(free)
or you can play a soundfont w/ the apple dls synth (free, and should have come with your computer)

sqook · Post by **sqook** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 10:26 pm

chrisedmo wrote: Oh and ive tried that 4front thing - but its nasty..

Sorry, man, 4front is as good as it gets for a free VSTi. If you want good quality, you'll have to fork out some good money. BTW, if you reach that point, I highly recommend pianoteq. I personally haven't bought a copy yet, but I played around with the demo and was really blown away.

mattmc95 · Post by **mattmc95** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 11:25 pm

MDA Piano is the best free VST/Mac piano I've found to use with Live--includes several different sampled piano presets. Low CPU drain too.

Here's the download page:
http://mda.smartelectronix.com

Click on "mda Piano for Mac OS X."

ePiano is their free Rhodes plug-in--haven't tried it though, although the other MDA plug-ins I have are worth far more than their price of $0.

mattmc95 · Post by **mattmc95** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 11:30 pm

Crap--forgot to specify to click on "VST Synths" on the blue menu bar on that page.

But check out their VST effects too.

theque · Post by **theque** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 6:12 am

+1 mda

chrisedmo · Post by **chrisedmo** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 6:39 am

Thanks for the tips guys - I think the soundfont idea is the best - ive gone mad with them now and downloaded organs and trumpets - they sound great and very light on the CPU!!

Just the trick.

Oscar F · Post by **Oscar F** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 12:57 pm

chrisedmo wrote:Does anyone have any recommendations for some decent piano VST's or AU for the Mac.. there seems to be loads for PC, but not many for mac.. ive searched KVR...

I really need acoustic piano sounds like the ones in garageband, but i want to keep everything inside Live..

Oh and ive tried that 4front thing - but its nasty..

Any help, would be greatly appreciated! (I dont have sampler either!)

GreenOak CRYSTAL + SoundFonts

tjwett · Post by **tjwett** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 1:11 pm

if you own Sampler you can use all the pianos from GarageBand in Live as they are just EXS patches. they are pretty damn good too.

I need a cheap (Free) piano plug in for mac..

I need a cheap (Free) piano plug in for mac..

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