Piano Forte 1.0.1 released !
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.
- A general algorithm for the real-time emulation of pitched musical instruments and the singing voice. PhD Thesis, Production Engineering - Fluminense Federal University, 2022
- An Efficient Algorithm For Segmenting Quasi-Periodic Digital Signals Into Pseudo Cycles: Application in Lossy Audio Compression. IEEE/ACM Transactions on Audio Speech and Language Processing, Volume 30, May 2022
- Envelope estimation using geometric properties of a discrete real signal. Digital Signal Processing, Volume 120, January 2022.
- Neuro-Spectral Audio Synthesis: Exploiting characteristics of the Discrete Fourier Transform in the real-time simulation of musical instruments using parallel Neural Networks. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Volume 11730, September 2019.
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.