Not only is creating a virtual piano a time investment, but it is also a monetary investment. You'll have a lot of sample recording to do. There are plenty of hobbyist musicians out there, right? Well, creating an audio plugin that emulates a piano is a lot of work. While there are some free plugins that sound decent and "get the job done" (we'll discuss them in this guide), the most beautiful sounding virtual pianos tend to cost money. One piano on this list uses nearly 3000 samples!
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The average software piano has more than 10 different variations per key! That means that at a minimum, on an 88-key piano, the recording engineer would have to record AT LEAST 880 samples. The next step to making a realistic sounding piano VST would be to record each key AGAIN at different velocities. When you tap a key on a piano ever so gently, it has a completely different tone than if you really slammed down on a key.Ī piano plugin creator knows that in order to produce a realistic sound, they have to record many different samples for every single key - played at all sorts of velocities. While a piano might seem like a very easy instrument to emulate, you have to understand that it is an incredibly dynamic instrument.
Someone who is new to music might think that all a piano plugin does is play tiny piano note samples that were quickly recorded off of some guy's piano. Modern piano plugins are an incredible asset to have in your digital musician toolbox.
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