Tack Piano
As far as I'm concerned, no soundfont of a fortepiano (any piano made before 1830-ish) exists. Honkey tonk pianos are essentially the next best thing, but are pretty sub-par compared to a real fortepiano. A tack piano (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tack_piano) on the other hand has a more percussive sound, which is far more suitable for a replica sound of a fortepiano. Does anyone know of a sf2 with a sound like that, or better yet, a tack piano sf2?
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See: Upright Piano (Pre 1900)
(registration required)
http://www.soundbrewer.com/downloads.php
In reply to See: Upright Piano (Pre 1900… by Ziya Mete Demircan
Thanks very much as usual. I just put it in my old-time band.
I bought this pre-1800 fortepiano in sf2 format
http://michielpost.tradebit.com/detail/737703-piano-e-forte-soundfont2
Added an excerpt from one of my recordings so you can hear how it sounds
In reply to I bought this fortepiano in… by Daniel Sabados
Since posting this forum thread, I found a sampled Walter piano I found on Boldersounds and am satisfied with it. The site's collection is quite fantastic, however, so thank you for introducing me to it.
Likewise, I made a recording with the Bolder collection: https://youtu.be/6u4kbFFoVd4
In reply to Since posting this forum… by [DELETED] 2873771
Thank you for sharing me the Walter fortepiano, it's one of the most authentic sounding sampled historical instruments!
I also know an 100% free site with a relatively large collection, no registration required: https://sites.google.com/site/sf2grandorgue/
I don't know if they will ever sample a fortepiano but the Silbermann harpsichord caught my attention.
In reply to Thank you for sharing me the… by Daniel Sabados
I must say, this is quite a treasure trove. Do you by any chance know of a site or a soundfont for 19th century keyboards/fortepianos?
In reply to I must say, this is quite a… by [DELETED] 2873771
I can mention a couple of sites with museum collections (not in sf2 format):
http://www.realsamples.de Sampled. Exquisite sound.
http://www.pianoteq.com Physically modelled. Criticised for sounding too synthetic.
In reply to I know a couple of sites… by Daniel Sabados
I can agree with the sentiment that these samples are synthetic. Regardless, I've been looking for early Romantic pianos for quite some time. Hopefully, the other site will manage to sample several instruments. I also managed to find an 1828 Bösendorfer in sf2 format somewhere online, though I don't know if it's still available. Perhaps these samplers will venture away from primarily keyboards and sample other period instruments, mainly Renaissance and Baroque.
In reply to I can agree with the… by [DELETED] 2873771
I did some research and found that 1828 Bösendorfer fortepiano still available to this day. It's offered as a bonus, first you have to pay the price of a package containing a sampled modern grand piano and then you receive an email with the download link.
http://www.realisticpiano.com/Details.html
In reply to Thank you for sharing me the… by Daniel Sabados
wow...thanks much for the link to this site.
In reply to Thank you for sharing me the… by Daniel Sabados
I tried the Silbermann harpsichord and it appears to make a ticking noise, especially when playing notes with longer values. It definitely takes away from the otherwise quality sound. Did you have this problem when first downloading it?
In reply to I tried the Silbermann… by [DELETED] 2873771
There were no changes to the Silbermann harpsichord since I first downloaded it.
My solution (using Polyphone):
1. At Samples level, select all samples except the ones named "Releases", then select "Trim to end of loop" from the Tools menu. At Instruments level, for all instruments except for the one named "Releases", disable Loop playback. This will remove the original loops that don't contain anything musically useful but in some cases even an annoying tick!
2. At Samples level, decrease the loop end point of the "Releases" samples until the frequency spectrum graph is empty (only 2 samples have this issue, respectively the ones numbered 027 and 043).
3. If you can still hear the bad ticking noise then delete the layer "Releases" at Presets level.
In reply to I bought this fortepiano in… by Daniel Sabados
Can you upload the sf2 to drive?
I re-open this old discussion because I recently made a soundfont with a mixture of harpsichord and piano samples and a harpsichordist friend of mine exclaimed: this looks like a tangentenflügel (or tangent piano)! If so, I confess that it is a somewhat coincidental result. However, I don't think it sounds bad. I'd be curious to hear anyone's impressions here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3CNDUiEGoI