KVR Audio

tapper mike · Post by **tapper mike** » Sun Apr 19, 2026 12:58 pm

I'm settling in on Sonuscore's Grand inside TOC 4

What's the piano vst you reach for every day?

Download SOphist · Post by **Download SOphist** » Sun Apr 19, 2026 3:09 pm

Pianoteq. Claire if I bother to connect an external SSD.

Andreya_Autumn · Post by **Andreya_Autumn** » Sun Apr 19, 2026 6:20 pm

Yeah Pianoteq is great.

DrOcsid · Post by **DrOcsid** » Sun Apr 19, 2026 7:24 pm

Korg SGX-2.

Uncle E · Post by **Uncle E** » Sun Apr 19, 2026 10:03 pm

Malmsjö GVI

Funky40 · Post by **Funky40** » Sun Apr 19, 2026 11:07 pm

what plays a role: is somebody constrained in RAM usage and/or CPU usage ?

i use Pianoteq. If you want to have a completly pro processed "wow, look what i have Pop-" Piano, can you apply the processing yourself. Pianoteq feels interactive. While i claim that i can hear out sampled Piano in adds and Film. It`s -to me- boring. It feels -while often Top sounding- liveless. ( not sure where things stand today with sample libs)

Fornicras · Post by **Fornicras** » Mon Apr 20, 2026 4:57 am

The Grandeur by NI

Tj Shredder · Post by **Tj Shredder** » Wed Apr 22, 2026 5:40 am

Pianoteq sounds great and no need to attach the hard drive for my sample collection…

tapper mike · Post by **tapper mike** » Wed Apr 22, 2026 7:24 am

I just did some yt listening. Agreed. Price is a bit of a stickler for me.

kvotchin · Post by **kvotchin** » Thu Apr 23, 2026 6:03 am

Pianoteq. I lucked in on an amazing price from these forums, for Pianoteq plus the entire library of stuff. Anyway, great plugin.

jsandas · Post by **jsandas** » Thu Apr 23, 2026 9:01 am

XLN Audio's Addictive Keys. I got it for free with a midi keyboard and keep being impressed by how good it sounds.

adash123 · Post by **adash123** » Fri Apr 24, 2026 12:03 pm

Also Pianoteq for me. No samples, sounds great and works on Linux. Lots of tweaking possible and comes with a free CS80.

tlvid · Post by **tlvid** » Fri Apr 24, 2026 2:19 pm

tapper mike wrote: Wed Apr 22, 2026 7:24 am I just did some yt listening. Agreed. Price is a bit of a stickler for me.

I've found Pianoteq to be one of the best bargains of my addiction actually.

I have bought countless sample libraries which I've never used for more than a couple of days (one massive downside of sample libraries generally being no demos and no refunds), and I wish I'd just bought Pianoteq and the Audio Modeling solo bundle from the start. Would have saved literally thousands.

Don't get me started on those 'textures' type sample libraries where I can replicate any of them with one of the above plus a few effects.

Digivolt · Post by **Digivolt** » Fri Apr 24, 2026 4:07 pm

I've settled on Soniccouture's Hammersmith pro for my daily piano practice

seangm · Post by **seangm** » Fri Apr 24, 2026 4:36 pm

Digivolt wrote: Fri Apr 24, 2026 4:07 pm I've settled on Soniccouture's Hammersmith pro for my daily piano practice

I like that one also, sounds great. But it's a huge memory hog and takes a while to load at least on my machine.

Daily Driver Piano?