The 6 Best FREE Piano VST Plugins Every Producer NEEDS in 2021!

hello and welcome to our guide to the best free piano vst plugins in 2021 from the most authentic sounding free virtual pianos out there to some really interesting ambient and low-fi pianos as well so without further ado the first plugin on this list is piano one this plugin is modeled on the sonically stunning yamaha c7 concert grand and the rich organic sound of the piano has been sampled perfectly this is easily one of the best sounding piano vst plugins out there the attention to detail in each sample is really impressive and it gives a very realistic playing experience but the main reason this plugin stands out is its huge selection of on-board controls for fine-tuning the piano sound this includes fine-tuning the mechanical noises made by the piano some damping options harmonic and tone controls and plenty of other features to play around with so let's have a listen to some of these presets [Music] so yeah if you're looking for a piano plug-in with beautiful sound quality and a really authentic tone i'd definitely recommend checking this one out also remember if you are enjoying this video please give it a thumbs up and subscribe to support the channel it really means the world and also be sure to comment down below your favorite free plugins that we didn't cover in this video next up is monastery grand by melda production like piano one this plugin gives a natural organic sound and is sampled from a stage piano inside a monastery in pilsen it also has a generous selection of controls including three mic parameters allowing you to perfect the spatial character of the piano it also has some tone controls harmony options and this built-in effects panel up here where you get delay reverb compression and an enhancer as well it's worth noting that this piano requires m sound factory which is the player for the various melde instruments m sound factory does also have a free version as well so make sure you go and download that first so let's have a listen the third free piano plugin that we're going to look at is room piano by sample science now i wanted to include a few plugins that offer something slightly different to your standard grand piano sound so if you're looking for a realistic untouched virtual piano the first two plugins i mentioned will probably be enough but this free plugin is amazing for musicians who are looking to experiment by adding a touch of lo-fi to their piano sounds so this plug-in is sampled from a kawaii upright acoustic piano and it comes with on-board lo-fi and modulation effects to create dusty mellow piano sounds there's also some adsr controls down here and multi-lfo and filter effects as well so let's have a listen up next is the various piano sounds found in spitfire labs now i did mention labs in a previous video about free guitar vsts but it's essentially a plugin full of various sampled instruments perfect for a range of genres it does include this soft piano instrument which has a really smooth mellow tone this piano is perfect for ballads jazz or blues piano sequences and i use it a lot for lo-fi hip-hop loops and things like that like all spitfire labs instruments the level of customization is fairly small but luckily this thing sounds great right out of the box it's worth mentioning as well labs also offers a modular piano instrument which is a really nice abstract piano sound sent through various analog delays and reverbs there's an electric piano in there as well if you're looking for some jazzy rhodes keys and an instrument called piano pads which includes ambient pads and swells made from single piano hits now for any contact users watching i want to briefly mention some piano instruments for contact that should definitely be on your radar i'm not going to go into too much detail here because i know a lot of people watching don't use contact and you do need the full version of contact to use these pianos so first up is piano in 162 by ivy audio which is a sample library of a steinway model b grand piano with a simple intuitive interface and really impressive sound quality you can actually download this piano for sound fonts as well if you don't use contact there is also a more grand piano by precision sound which is sampled from a yamaha grand piano and includes controls for decay eq reverb delay and keyboard response bear in mind this one is only available for the full version of contact and last but not least is big cat's massive range of free contact pianos including city piano whisper piano the iowa piano and several others so i definitely recommend giving those a try as well moving on we have quiet piano by quiet music now this plugin is definitely something a little bit different as it gives these really ambient cinematic piano sounds which are perfect for adding atmosphere or texture to chill or down tempo tracks as you can see the interface is really basic so we just got gain adsr and a low pass control as well so not a lot of flexibility here but let's see what it sounds like in action but yeah this one might not be to everyone's taste but i think it's a great choice for adding a cinematic edge to your tracks and last but not least is vasilian's upright piano now i feel like this vst is so well known at this point but it's hard not to include it in a list of free piano plugins as it has this really broad dynamic range and a bright clear tone again the onboard controls are fairly basic so we have the reverb knob pan and volume controls and adsr controls over here as well this is a really lightweight plug-in and it doesn't take up as much memory as plugins like piano one so it's great if you're looking for a quick and easy piano plug-in with a bright lively sound and here's what it sounds like [Music] and there we have it so that's our top picks for the best piano vst plugins in 2021 hopefully you got some value out of this video and if you do want more content like this make sure you like the video and subscribe to the channel also comment any free piano plugins down below that we didn't cover in the video and finally if you do want to browse literally hundreds more free plugins available online i'll leave a link to our website in the description below as always thanks for watching and i'll see you in the next video

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Published: Wed Jun 30 2021