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Piano Tuner is a 12-note chromatic scale strobe tuner application that utilizes sound input devices such as built-in microphone, line in, and iSight.
Strobe tuners are extremely accurate compare to regular tuners with a needle or LEDs.

Piano Tuner can be used by someone who wants to learn how to tune a piano by using a tuning lever and also be used by a professional piano tuner to help the tuning process.

Here are some key features of "Piano Tuner":

· Tuning: 12-note chromatic scale.
· Temperaments: Customizable (±50 cents). Supports Scala Scale (.scl) files.
· Stretch: Customizable (±50 cents).
· Meters: strobe, cent, and hertz.
· Range: 9 octaves. C0 (16.352Hz) - B8 (7902.133Hz).
· Accuracy: ±0.1 cent with the cent readout. ±0.1 cent @ 440Hz with the strobe tuning meter.
· Calibration: 349.000 - 499.999Hz (0.001Hz steps).
· Display: 88-key piano keyboard.
· Sound Back: plays the pure tone (sine wave) at the ideal pitch.


Limitations:

· Registration Reminder.

Electronic Piano description
Electronic Piano is a program that allows the user to play Musical Notes, Chords and Drums using the computer keyboard

Electronic Piano is an easy-to-use and free program that allows the user to play Musical Notes, Chords and Drums using the computer keyboard.

Although this is not a software for professional purposes, Electronic Piano 2.5 doesnt require knowledge of the MIDI technology, it takes up little disk space and it is very simple to install and use.

Here are some key features of "Electronic Piano":

· 128 Musical Instruments (General MIDI Standard)
· 47 Drums sounds
· Play 12 types of Chords by pressing a single key
· Chords can be played simulating the 6 strings of a Guitar
· Combine the sound of up to 7 different Musical Instruments
· Octave and Volume selection for the melody and chords
· Support to 3 languages : English, Spanish and Portuguese
· Includes a simplified version with Open SourceCode

KB Piano description
KBPiano will turn your PC into a piano

KBPiano will turn your PC into a piano.

Just press the keyboards keys and youll hear sounds coming out your speaker.

You can configure the program to play chords by pressing just a key (configured automatically when you create a new file). Supports 15 channels, and realtime mixing, so you can create professional quality midi files.

KB Piano is very easy to learn and use. If you want to record your own songs, give KBPiano a try !

Here are some key features of "KB Piano":

· Includes tutorials that will teach you how to create a song in a few minutes.
· 127+ instrument sounds.
· Play chords with one key using Qchords.
· Record your songs using up to 99 channels.
· Includes a metronome.
· Customizable keyboard.
· Easily edit mistakes in your songs with the Events Editor.
· Add audio from your microphone to your songs.
· Easily add guitar, bass, drums tracks to your music, even if you dont know how to play these instruments.
· Export your songs to midi and wav files.


Requirements:

· DirectX 8 installed


Limitations:

· 30 days trial

If you are interested in making new unusual sounds, if you want to see how sound propagates through air or if you want to play your favorite X-mas melody on alien drums - Easy Piano will help you to fulfill your dreams.

Realistic Virtual Piano is an acoustic grand piano emulation plugin with a very rich and realistic sound.

Particular care has been taken in the reproduction of the original realism and touch response of a Kawai Grand Piano. The result is a delicacy of tone and expression that emulates the experience of playing a real acoustic grand.

Here are some key features of "Realistic Virtual Piano":

· Modeled on mastered Piano samples (normalized and noise-reduced). Based on PCM recordings of a Kawai Grand Piano after it has been meticulously tuned and adjusted.
· To achieve such a remarkably authentic piano sound, has full length sustain samples, no loops (natural decay), stored in 16 bits and 44.100 KHz.
· ADSR envelope generator with Attack, Sustain, Decay and Release parameters and several modulation targets.
· Optimized CPU and memory usage. Stability: complete. Uses memory efficiently without sacrificing quality. Unlike many other piano modules and samplers, this piano will never overload CPU.
· Good live performances: never stick notes, never break the sound.
· Affordable price and user-friendly attitude are sure to attract many musicians.
· Integrated, variable room simulation. Free variation of acoustic ambience thanks to complete separation of piano and room. Small rooms can be modeled just as accurately as larger spaces. Customizable with user controls for: size room, width room, damping factor & mixer, used to create psycho-acoustic models in the DSP environment, without having to load up any other plug-ins.
· MIDI Automation: Added complete MIDI Continuous Controller.

ElectriKeys e Piano VSTi description
n Electric Piano Emulation based on vintage Fender Rhodes

ElectriKeys was designed to be an Electric Piano Emulation based on vintage Fender Rhodes MK1, Hohner Clavinet D6, Wurlitzer and Yamaha CP-70 e-pianos.

Here are some key features of "ElectriKeys e Piano VSTi":

· ePiano Selector. One instrument offering the sound of four legendary e-pianos:
· Fender Rhodes Electric Piano (Stage Piano Mark I)
· Hohner Clavinet D6
· Wurlitzer Electric Piano
· Yamaha CP-70 Electric Grand Piano
· Sound is generated via a hybrid method that combines synthesis and sampling techniques, to create the most realistic sounds of these vintage electric pianos.
· Tremolo Section: Recreates the classic effect (which was called vibrato on the real Rhodes front panel). Contains a LFO (Low Frequency Oscillator) with modulation depth, frequency and offset. The panning slider controls the output effect distribution between left and right speaker and to help create a broad spectrum of stereo tremolo effects.
· 5-Band Parametric Equalizer: EQ composed of five parametric filters with Frequency, Bandwidth and Gain knobs. Equalization allows you to lower or raise the volume of specific frequency ranges for bass and treble manipulation.
· Decay & Release Time: Decay sets the note decay while the key is pressed. Release sets the release (fade out) time after the key is released, offering unique tone to each player.
· 32 presets for Tremolo effects and Parametric EQ ready to play. Creating new sounds is as simple as combining these presets in different ways and tweaking any associated parameters from there as desired.
· Signals Harmonic Spectrum (Freq. analyzer)
· FULL MIDI Automation: Complete MIDI Continuous Controller. Every parameter can be controlled via MIDI or host automation.
· (Syntheway EKEP)


Requirements:

· Processor: Pentium, Celeron or equivalent - 500 MHz or more.
· RAM: 64 MB of memory (128 MB recommended)
· VST 2.0 or higher Host application like: FL Studio 7.xx, 6.xx, Steinberg Cubase VST 5/32, Cubase VST 5 Score, Cubase VST 5 Standard, Cubase SL 1.xx, 2.xx, Cubase SX 1.xx, 2.xx, 3.xx, Synapse Orion Pro 6.xx 7.xx, Synapse Orion Platinum 6.xx 7.xx, Sony Acid Pro 5.xx 6.xx, Mackie Tracktion 2.xx, Audio Mulch 1.0, 1.0rc1, 0.9xx, Steinberg Nuendo 1.xx, 2.xx, 3.xx, Samplitude 8.xx 9.xx, Cakewalks SONAR 5 Producer Edition and Studio Edition, SONAR Home Studio 4 and Home Studio 4 XL, Bram Bos Tunafish 1.xx, M-Audio Ableton Live 5.xx, M-Audio Evolution Sound Studio II Standard & Pro 2.xx, PowerTracks Pro Audio, Making Waves Audio & Studio 5.xx and more ...
· Graphics (minimum): 16-bit 800x600
· Work with other hosts, as a DirectX plug-in using the FXpansion Vst-Dx V3/4 adapter or running ToneWises DirectiXer 2. Is the easiest way to gain access to the hundreds of VST plug-ins from your DirectX audio application. Compatible with the Cakewalk Audio line (v6 and higher), FASoft N-Track, Sound Forge and Vegas (as an Aux effect only, in Vegas), Acon Digital Media Acoustica 4.0 (Effects only) Syntrillium Cool Edit Pro, and many more.
· Via FXpansions VST-to-RTAS Adapter: M-Audio Digidesign Pro Tools M-Powered Recording Software.
· Via FXpansions VST to AudioUnit Adapter for Mac OS X: A highly-integrated plug-in wrapper that allows users of AudioUnit-compatible applications to integrate VST plug-ins and instruments seamlessly in to their working environment.
· Other Components: PC configured according to the specifications of the host application
· An ASIO soundcard is recommended for low latency real-time play.


Limitations:

· 30 days trial
· Beep noise every 10 seconds.

It just like a small electric piano. No matter, you can use Pocket Piano to play a song very easily

You can also use this software to compose a song

Here are some key features of "Photo Piano Pro":

· Support ad-lib mode, quiz mode and compose mode
· Support 3 octaves
· Support 36 keys
· Support 3 levels of listening comprehension quiz
· Support mentronome function
· The beats count of metronome is adjustable
· The BPM (beats per minute) of metronome is adjustable.
· The metronome click could be disable.
· Support editing functions (copy, paste and delete) in compose mode
· Playback speed (tempo) of each song is adjustable
· Support play repeated function

Requirements:

· Windows Mobile PocketPC

It just like a small electric piano. No matter where you are, you can use Pocket Piano to play a song very easily.

Here are some key features of "Pocket Piano Pro":

· Support ad-lib mode, quiz mode and compose mode
· Support 3 octaves
· Support 36 keys
· Support 3 leves of listensing comprehension quiz
· Support metronome function
· The beats count of metronome is adjustable
· The BPM (beats per minute) of metronome is adjustable.
· The metronome click could be disable.
· Support editing functions (copy, paste and delete) in compose mode
· Playback speed (tempo) of each song is adjustable
· Support play repeated function

Requirements:

· Pocket PC 2000, 2002, 2003 , Windows CE 3.0 and Window Mobile 5.0

Absolute Bosendorfer Piano VSTi description
Virtual Piano Standalone and VSTi, midi player and wav recorder.

Absolute Bosendorfer Piano VSTi has been sampled from a huge Bösendorfer 280. It has its own, very specific shimmering sound.

Here are some key features of "Absolute Bosendorfer Piano VSTi":

· Optimization
Even if the Absolute Piano is small, if you compare to its competitors, it is based on a very optimized high quality sound bank and it sounds fantastic. Yes, small can be better ... sometime.

· Creativity
The Absolute Piano features a sound sculpture filter specifically designed for it, that is in fact a 3 bands powerful shelving filter tuned to sculpt the piano timber. You can create warm or old piano, ragtime or classical sound easily.

· Effects
In every plug-in you have a set of effects, but, the Absolute Piano has specific ones, designed only for this piano. The reverberator is warm, very powerful and will not add any ringing resonance. The chorus will greatly emulate the piano bar style, and the peak boost will add an incredible punch in the piano attack, while compressing and limiting at the same time! Great for rock and pop styles...the multi-tap echo can be sync to the tempo.

· Midifiles
This piano is also the ideal tool to play your own midi files, or the piano rolls you can find on the web. With its integrated midi file player, you can use it as a stand alone piano player, to learn or just record the midi to wav file!

· Background
The Absolute piano is a real simulator, and you can add pre-recorded hi-quality background sounds, from restaurant, or concert ambience to weird forest, thunder, sea, mountain wind, snow! Fun to play it is a must for adding some emotions while you play, try it, youll re-discover your favorite pieces!

· Synthesis
With its very high quality filter, low pass, high pass, band pass, and notch, with a constant gain and saturation, resonance and self oscillation, and also the volume envelope, you have access to the real synthesizers endless possibilities.


Requirements:

· 1 GB RAM
· Soundcard


Limitations:

· Beeps every 30 seconds

Analog X Virtual Piano allows you to play your Synth from the computer keyboard.

Have you ever wished that there was some way to easily play notes on your Synthesizer, without leaving the computer? Im sure everyone has spend many sleepless nights because of this problem, so now I introduce to you - Virtual Piano! VPiano allows you to play your synth by making the computer keyboard into a 4-octave piano keyboard. Sure, youre probably not going to be able to play classical music this way, but you can experiment and have fun using a very different interface than normal, which can sometimes help to stimulate the creative process.

You must have a MIDI output device, as well as a sound source to use this program (anything from a Soundblaster to a Midi TimePiece will do); then just run the program, configure the MIDI devices, and start jamming!