Anyone know a good piano synth program for Windows under $30 or free? Open source projects are ok, too. (And preferred.) Being able to use the keyboard as a piano is helpful, too. I know how to play, so if it requires piano skill I don’t mind.
Help quick, please! Need it soon!
All help is greatly appreciated.
I’m sorry, what are you after? Piano synth what?
Piano (n.) - A keyboard instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds.
Synthesizer (n.) - One that synthesizes: a synthesizer of others’ ideas. in music- An electronic instrument, often played with a keyboard, that combines.
A piano synthesizer is a piano that can play many other sounds besides the regular, “piano” sound. Often referred to often as just synth or synthesizer, they are used to achieve a wide variety of sounds. There are ones that use MIDIs, ones that use wav sounds, and some that have clips of actual instrumentation for playback upon the press of a key.
Yes, I know what a synthesizer is, I just don’t see what you want from SOFTWARE. Also, how did you figure Black Mesa’s forums would be a better place than google?
I’m looking for a synth-emulation program usable on the computer. There are lots out there.
Google brought up a decent amount of stuff, but it’s mostly stuff you have to buy, so I was hoping someone had tried a program such as this and could make a recommendation based on experience, as I don’t want to buy a bunch to find out which one is best.
EDIT: Thanks, Will! I’ll try that one.
RE:EDIT: I don’t believe it can export to .wav/mp3. Audacity doesn’t handle MIDIs. Although somewhere out there there might be a plugin for that, I don’t have the time to search. I guess I’m on my own unless somebody has another one. Thanks for trying, though.
I haven’t used the program in a while, but I’m pretty sure it can at least export to WAV.
[EDIT]
I just looked over the feature list, and the site says that it can mix/export the MIDI tracks to WAV, WMA, etc.
“Uses Windows Audio Format Converters to import/export WMA and other audio formats.”
“Mix all tracks down to a single .WAV file.”
Alright, I’ll check.
EDIT: Nope, not coming up with anything. It can import wavs, though.
RE:EDIT: It can, but there is a long, complicated, process to do so.
Garageband, Logic Pro, Adobe Soundbooth (not sure about this last one, but probably through a plugin).
Edit: Oh wait, Windows. Dunno then (well, Soundbooth, still)… But just go buy an M-Audio MIDI controller for something like $120 or so and use its software.
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