Piano Plugin reviews from Reddit

Summary

We analyzed 192 Reddit reviews across 17 subreddits and 43 posts to rank the best Piano Plugin brands recommended by redditors, including communities like r/edmproduction, r/musicproduction, r/FL_Studio, r/WeAreTheMusicMakers, r/trapproduction. Top-rated brands include Spitfire Audio (4.6/5), Modartt (4.9/5), Native Instruments (4.6/5).

Stats

Reviews192

Subreddits17

Posts43

Brands61

Products65

Top communities

r/edmproduction48 r/musicproduction37 r/FL_Studio37 r/WeAreTheMusicMakers14 r/trapproduction13

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Spitfire Audio

4.6

(28)

"Spitfire LABS. Amazing and free."

"Labs Soft Piano is fantastic. I use it on almost every single track. Minor eq and reverb is all that's necessary."

"The Soft Piano is just... 💖💖💖"

"Definitely check Labs"

"-Spitfire Labs -Omnisphere / Keyscape / Trillion -Nexus -Kontakt -Serum -Korg Triton -Purity -Zenology -Arturia Analog Labs -Pigments -Sylenth -Vital"

"As someone already said, Spitfire Labs has some really solid free plugins for pretty much everything you just listed"

"There’s a free plugin called spitfire labs they have very good sounds for all of the ones you mentioned except the 808’s."

"Spitfire LABS soft piano is great and free"

"OPW Piano from Spitfire. THE best ambient piano I’ve heard."

"Look up Soft Piano from Spitfire. It is free I believe."

Modartt

4.9

(15)

"Pianoteq. It's all modeled, so super small install size, and infinite (practically) variation with velocity, as opposed to something like 6 levels, so it is much more dynamic to play."

"Modartt Pianoteq, XLN Audio Addictive Keys, Synthogy Ivory, Spectrasonics Keyscape, Ravenscroft 275… they’re all good."

"If you want realism and flexibility there is only one way to go imho, and that's pianoteq by moddart. It's a physical modeling piano with limitless adjustability."

"Pianoteq 100 percent"

"If it's specifically a piano then pianoteq if u need more than a piano and a synth then korg triton"

"Pianoteq"

"In terms of value for money and sound quality, Pianoteq is hard to beat."

"I like Modartt Pianoteq."

"For a legit piano. I've heard Pianoteq is the best."

Native Instruments

4.6

(13)

"I have played Piano for about 22 years, and like the sound of ”The Maverick” and ”The Grandeur” by Native Instruments 🎶 Maybe a little pricy but I think it’s worth it!"

"All the Native Instruments pianos are great."

"Addictive Keys or Keyscape for piano, and kontakt for guitars."

"Addictive keys has some good sounds"

"Kontakt noire is one of my favourites"

"Addictive keys isn’t rent to own but it’s quite inexpensive"

"Native Instruments Noire for that professional sound and it's arp feature is amazing."

"[Noire] is my favourite and I’d say very warm."

"I'd say Native Instruments Hybrid Keys. The sounds are not super realistic - for this you have plugins like Noire or The Grandeur from NI. However, you mentioned "variety". For this, Hybrid Keys is awesome."

"Native Instruments - The Grandeur. Normally I'd go with Keyscape as well, theres nothing better, but this one is affordable and with some tweaks you can make a alot of different piano sound types"

Addictive Keys

4.7

(10)

"Addictive Keys is amazing."

"Addictive Keys (Studio Grand) is by far the best affordable Piano VST for me."

"The most customizable piano plugin I’ve encountered."

"Addictive Keys....it’s amazing."

"Go for addictive keys,they have different categories for eg; grand piano,wurlitzer,pop piano etc...."

"Addictive Keys"

"Addictive keys, Keyscape"

"Currently, Addictive Keys is my go to piano plugin since it sounds realistic and has a lot of timbre settings."

"Addictive Keys by XLN Audio is really good sounding."

"Addictive keys is worth checking out."

Spectrasonics

5.0

(9)

"Keyscape is pretty much the biggest one and really good but also really expensive ($399)"

"It cost a good amount but keyscape. Worth it though."

"But in the end I always end up using Omnisphere, Keyscape and Trillian and all the other plugins from Spectatronics."

"Can also recommend keyscape (part of omnisphere) for great pianos."

"Keyscape is the best imo"

"If you’re asking for the best, it’s Keyscape. There’s a reason it’s so expensive."

"Keyscape"

"Addictive Keys or Keyscape for piano, and kontakt for guitars."

"Keyscape has everything you could need"

Pianoteq

4.7

(9)

"Pianoteq is my go to"

"Pianoteq"

"If you want to go for the best "Piano-Emulation" possible, Pianoteq is my go to."

"I picked up PianoTEQ 5 and I don't regret it one bit."

"Pianoteq without question. Shit's amazing."

"I finally caved and paid for pianoteq 5."

"One of my classmates used a vst called Pianoteq, it was pretty neat."

"PianoTeq. The "Play" edition is affordable."

"Pianoteq. Not free tho"

Keyscape

4.9

(8)

"The best piano plugin out there."

"Keyscape, addictive keys"

"Keyscape!"

"Keyscape"

"Definitely Keyscape and Hans Zimmer Piano for Kontakt"

"Keyscape and Addictive Keys are both great for their versatility."

"Keyscape is easily the best ive ever heard."

"Check keyscape, it’s beyond amazing."

Arturia

4.3

(9)

"Analog lab also has some great pianos and lots of other sounds."

"My personal recommendation is Arturia's Piano V because the customization options are so extensive."

"You can rent to own, Arturia Colllection, Korg collection, and addictive keys on Splice"

"Arturia piano v"

""Arturia Piano"! Arturia Stage 73 for Rhodes. I'd recommend getting the full Arturia collection unless you just hate synths though."

"I often pull something out of Arturia’s collection, Spitfire Olafur Arnold’s soft piano from his composer toolkit, or NI Noir or Una Corda."

"Otherwise, I think Velvet is good, and very affordable."

"I like Arturia's Piano."

"Try analog labs its free and theres a soft piano u can use it too"

Bitwig

3.9

(8)

"Keyzone"

"Keyzone and Piano One are hands down the best free piano VSTs out there."

"It's definitely Keyzone Classic, but if you need to go with Nexus I'd use the Grandpiano Soft with some reverb and other effects."

"Keyzone classic"

"As others have said… Keyzone Classic"

"Definitely Keyzone Classic. Quite a few modes, clean sounding, great timbre, and is very, very much free."

"I'd say either keyzone classic or spitfire audio's soft piano through labs"

"A free plugin called Keyzone is good. It doesn't sound too authentic, but it has a tone that fits EDM pretty well."

#10

Keyzone

4.4

(7)

"Keyzone Classic, it's one of the best free piano plugin"

"Keyzone is awesome! I've only just been able to give it a try."

"I just downloaded Keyzone and I love it so far."

"There’s a free plugin I used to use, Keyzone Classic I believe it’s called, it was really good for being free"

"Keyzone is one of my favorites, but it needs some tinkering with the controls and some EQ to fulfill it's full potential."

"Try keyzone classic, it's free and has like 5 pianos, including Rhodes. Just a bit of processing on it will make it sound heavenly"

"Keyzone is great"

#11

XLN Audio

4.7

(6)

"Addictive Keys has very good pianos"

"XLN Audio - Addictive Keys"

"If you are on a PC, I could give you XLN audio's addictive keys for free, Its got really high quality sounds and is super adaptable."

"I use addictive keys because of it sounds amazing out of the box and they’re tons of different types of piano libraries to choose from."

"Addictive keys is free, or did it change? i use it all the time"

"If you have a focusrite sound card, you can get a free addictive keys instrument that is pretty good"

#12

TruePianos

4.0

(5)

"TruePianos"

"True Pianos."

"True Pianos is good!"

"True piano is solid as well imo"

"Avicii uses Truepianos"

#13

Alicia's Keys

4.3

(4)

"I landed on Alicia's Keys after considering this and 3 others."

"The 'Alicia's Keys' Kontakt instrument is amazing."

"I second Alicia's Keys."

"Kontakt has some great pianos, Alicia's Keys is great for what you are looking to do."

#14

Pianobook

5.0

(3)

"Free I'd check out Pianobook, Spitfire Labs, Spitfire BBC Discover, The Free Orchestra by ProjectSAM, and the free VST section on Pluginboutique."

"Pianobook has great free ones."

"Piano Book is free and has a lot of great piano presets too."

#15

Spitfire

5.0

(3)

"I use flex essentials piano free add on. Also spitfire labs is really good."

"Spitfire labs is great for moody dark piano sounds."

"Spitfire LABS hands down."

#16

LABS

5.0

(3)

"(I use “intimate piano” by LABS , it’s free)"

"Labs soft piano"

"Labs soft piano which is also free."

#17

Keyzone Classic

4.3

4.0

(1)

"Ableton Suite has a free grand piano you can download."

#61

Piano in 162

4.0

(1)

"The Piano in 162 is huge but on par with commercial releases imo."

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