Omnes Sonos' goal is to deliver quality audio plugins, uniting cutting-edge research with established, tried and true, traditional DSP and physical modelling practices. Piano Forte, our free and open-source debut plugin can be downloaded below. Think of it as our gift to the community, for all the support we have got over the years. Download it, use it, and feel free to contact us with any comments. We are always looking for ways to improve our products.

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Piano Forte 1.0.1 released !

Piano Forte Screenshot

We are thrilled to announce the release of Piano Forte, our free, open-source piano plugin. Available in VST3, Standalone Windows (x64), and LV2 formats, this plugin uses a dual engine, blending a lightweight neural network and a physical model, to assure the best balance between efficiency and fidelity. Modelled to capture the best characteristics of famous models, such as the Steinway & Sons models B and D and the Yamaha C5 we aimed for a well-rounded, flexible-sounding instrument. Download it, use it, and let us know your opinion.

v1.0.1 demo: Piano Sonata No 14 (Moonlight). Beethoven, 1801

Short demo: Hungarian Rhapsody No 2. Franz Liszt, 1847

About Omnes Sonos

We're a small team of music-loving developers, spearheaded by Carlos Tarjano, researching and developing virtual instrument plug-ins in our spare time. Some publications are listed below.

We are also developing violin, cello, acoustic guitar and voice plugins. Stay tuned for news.

Wanna help?

Use Piano Forte and tell us your opinion

Well, that is what this plugin was made for. Use it in your live performances, recordings, compositions and whatnot, and send your opinions, suggestions, and eventual bugs or complaints to omnessonos@gmail.com.

Spread the word

If you like Piano Forte, suggest it to your friends (it is free, after all), colleagues, family, etc. Also, do not forget to star its GitHub repo. We also have the social media pages listed below, that you can follow.

Improve the source code

Since Piano Forte is open source, you can take a good look at the source code and, if you find something that could be more efficiently implemented, reach out to us at omnessonos@gmail.com or change it yourself. We are also looking for people to build executables for other platforms.

Research and publish with us

If you are researching areas related to the papers listed above, or you think your research could improve in any way real-time sound synthesis, contact us at omnessonos@gmail.com, and maybe we can help each other.

Donate

You can sponsor Carlos via GitHub. We also have the donation channels listed below. If you think you, or someone you know, would be interested in funding this team into a startup, let us know at omnessonos@gmail.com.