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Are you new to music production and looking for free piano VSTS? Well, you’ve come to the right place. I do want to say that you will most likely find a bunch of different free piano VSTS that you don’t like before you find ones you do.

It is my opinion that there are a few good options for free piano VSTS that sound pretty realistic. With this being said, I wouldn’t put these next to some of the expensive options.

Keyzone Classic is a free Piano plug-in developed by Bitsonic. Agreeing with general positive vibe of the other comments - I trialled all the free pianos I could find a few months ago and this came out way on top for me - it's my instant ready-to-go piano that sits stand-alone on my desktop (using NanoHost) or in my Reaper templates as the default piano.
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Mar 23, 2015 Versilian Studios released a free piano VST for Windows and Mac called VS Upright1. This is one of the most impressive free piano VSTs I've come across. Note, the VS Upright 1 is NOT a synthesizer. This is a free sampled piano. The sound designers at Versilian Studios sampled key decays for up to 30 seconds eac.
So far this is the best piano VST plugin thus far. Been looking for a vst plug-in like this for ages. Piano One doesn't work and every other piano plugin I searched for didn't work or wasn't worth the download. Came across this plugin and I must say so far this is the best ever. Great sound, and it sounds like the real thing. Also works in Reaper.

I just feel like there a few options that the free options don’t measure up to, however, that should be expected in my opinion.

Note: While there are many options, I am going to mention the few that I think are actually worth your time. There a lot of options that are dated and just sound plain bad.

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Free piano plugins are a smart choice for musicians who are looking to the waters and figure out what kind of sound they like. You will find that a lot of the piano plugin sounds vary quite drastically. Find something you like and then check out some Youtube videos of some of the paid VSTS for better options.

These free piano plugins can be used with all major DAW’s including:

Reason
Logic
FL Studio
Reaper
Pro Tools

If your DAW isn’t on the list, they will probably still work with them.

Contents

3 Best Free Piano VST Plugins
- 3.1 Salamander Piano By Bigcat Instruments
- 3.2 KeyZone Classic – Windows & Mac
- 3.3 The Grand DSK Piano – Windows & Mac
- 3.4 Versilian Upright – Windows & Mac
- 3.5 Piano One – Windows & Mac
- 3.6 Dead Duck Audio Dpiano – Windows & Mac
- 3.7 Ivy Audio Piano In 162 -Windows & Mac
- 3.8 City Piano – Windows & Mac
- 3.9 Jazz Baby – Windows
- 3.10 VGP Grand Piano – Windows

Pros Of Using Free Piano VSTS

Test the waters without breaking your bank
Get a feel for which types of piano sounds you enjoy
Get comfortable with using VSTS
Instantly have a piano that you can experiment with
Save memory space

Cons

Limited Sounds
Quality of sound isn’t always great
You may run into compatibility issues and buggy software

Let’s get into my favorite choices below.

Best Free Piano VST Plugins

Salamander Piano By Bigcat Instruments

The Salamander piano plugin is the latest plugin that I’ve tried out. With this, what you see is what you get. It’s not a crazy in-depth plugin, but it’s efficient.

The quality might actually be my favorite to date. With this being said, you may run into problems with it. I’ve seen and heard a few different things going wrong with this. Sometimes, going high up on the register (C5) can cause a crackling sound.

Another thing to note is that you may have to uninstall and reinstall occasionally as it seems to be a little unstable.

Sound

Salamander sounds warmer than most of the other options. I’m a big fan of warm and dark sounding pianos, rather than bright. This is a sample of the Yamaha C5 Grand Piano.

Overall

Depending on the DAW that you’re running, this could be perfect or it could a little bit annoying. Download it and give it a whirl is my advice.

KeyZone Classic – Windows & Mac

KeyZone is one of the more popular free piano VSTS as it has been around and gone through some nice updates. I personally l dig the sound of this and I really like the clean interface. You will most likely need to add some EQ and reverb in order to get it where you want it to sound.

It comes with 5 presets that include:

Piano from Keyzone 1
Yamaha Grand Piano
Steinway Grand Piano
Basic Electric Piano
Rhodes Piano

While it contains 5 presets, I only use the Steinway and the Rhodes piano from it. The other ones aren’t bad, I just for whatever reason always find myself going to those two when I use Keyzone.

Sound

Honestly, it doesn’t sound bad, I actually find this one to sound pretty decent. I frequently use the East-West Piano, so when I don’t use that, it’s hard for others to compare.

I have to mention that there may be a slight hissing sound on A and A# on the Steinway piano. You can hear this when recording and when doing solos, it’s a little annoying, but it is free.

I recently wrote about my favorite paid piano VSTS here. Check them out!

Overall

As far as Keyzone goes overall, I think this is a super solid choice to test the waters and get your feet wet.

The Grand DSK Piano – Windows & Mac

The DSK Grand piano is a classic free piano VST that I think is definitely useable. I know that there will be some people who rip on it, but for a free option, it’s easy to use and gets the job done.

Available for Windows and Mac (32 and 64 bit).

One thing I will note is that some people complain about certain notes distorting. I personally haven’t had this problem, but I’ve only used it a handful of times.

Sounds

The low end can get a little bit jumbled, but it’s not the end of the world. The mids seem pretty decent to me, which is where most of your playing will be. You will definitely want to dial in some EQ and reverb for this.

Overall

This is a fairly newer VST as it came out about 2 years ago. I think it definitely gets the job done for new producers and producers on a budget.

Versilian Upright – Windows & Mac

I personally might actually rate this as my favorite free piano VST plugin. It also comes with a great story. A student of Berklee decided to mic up and record a few upright pianos in the basement of a dorm. What we get is what his results were.

I think is the most realistic sounding free piano VST that’s currently available. If you’re a fan of upright pianos or grew up on them as I did, you will enjoy it.

Sounds

Right out of the gates, this sounds better, in my opinion, than all of the other free piano plugins that I’ve found. You can add a little bit of reverb and sustain and it should start sounding good quite quickly.

Overall

I believe that Versilian Upright is a

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