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I'm looking for a FREE Acoustic Grand Piano VSTi that is as good as the Forte. Has to be VSTi so I can use it in my host to play live. Yes I know I can use RB/BIAB as a host for Forte.



We all know the old expression - "you get what you pay for" - it applies to piano sounds as well.

I've tried and heard soundfonts, and as a piano player, they are not much use to me.

For quality sound, there are two options: samples or physical modeling. There are numerous samples and some are quite good. I use a physical modeling software - Pianoteq. I use the Pro version - not cheap at all (remember the first line of this post.) With the Pro version I can tailor the sound any way I want.

Pianoteq installed takes 24.81 MB on my HDD.

If you're a piano player, samples can sound very good but simply don't respond like Pianoteq does - it's seamless - like the real thing. I should clarify by what sounds "good"; samples sound like a recorded piano - no surprise, that's what they are. But this isn't necessarily what an acoustic piano actually sounds like.

Glenn