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Hi, I'm a complete Newby to the VST scene. I have a laptop, USB MIDI connections and a MIDI enabled keyboard. I would love to utilise the piano sound for the free Soundmagic Piano One grand piano vst plug in.

I've installed the plug-in and I don't have the software for the interface/control.

Can someone please recommend a free DAW that will open this plug-in and let me play with the baby grand sound?

Any other suggestions welcome.

TIA. Tim

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this is a free modular plugin host built by ROLI JUCE,
that I have compiled in x64 -ie.it loads 64 bit VST plugins on Windows==>
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rauaCB ... sp=sharing

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Maybe try searching this obscure database...
https://www.kvraudio.com/plugins/hosts/ ... st-popular

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Thanks, heaps for everyone's suggestions. I'll take a look at these and let you know how I go. :)

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StudioOne Prime doesn't have vst support

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Reaper hands down, and a deal if you buy it. Fully functional DAW with no real demo expiration.

You don't mention an interface (soundcard), you need one since onboard sound is not going to be optimal.

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Savihost or Komplete Kontrol. With Komplete Kontrol, you also have an arpeggiator, chorder, and some handy MIDI control.

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Dirk Diggler wrote: Mon Jan 17, 2022 1:31 pm You don't mention an interface (soundcard), you need one since onboard sound is not going to be optimal.
It may be not optimal, but it works. Although you're restricted to multimedia-speakers or consumer headphones. And latencies are huge.

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SeBaer wrote: Mon Jan 17, 2022 2:45 pm
Dirk Diggler wrote: Mon Jan 17, 2022 1:31 pm You don't mention an interface (soundcard), you need one since onboard sound is not going to be optimal.
It may be not optimal, but it works. Although you're restricted to multimedia-speakers or consumer headphones. And latencies are huge.
If you install ASIO4ALL and use that as your driver you should be able to have low latency.

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Some consumer sound cards also come with ASIO drivers. My Soundblaster Z comes with one, for example.

When I'm too lazy to plug in my audio interface and my monitors, I use the Soundblaster with its ASIO driver. Works. And, I can't see why it wouldn't work here. For a single instrument, you won't run into CPU troubles.

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I had an Audugy2 ZS 24-bit card that worked well. About 6 years ago I bought an Focusrite 2i2 which works great and never used that internal card again.

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I have used this instead of a full-blown external audio interface when I want to play virtual instruments on my tablet with less latency: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00IR ... UTF8&psc=1. Very inexpensive (around $9 or so) and works great - essentially, an external sound card.

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