Are there any good Fender Rhodes or electric piano plugins for Linux?
Gratis: the MDA E-piano is not great, but it’s not bad
For cost: Pianoteq is probaly the gold standard here. Multiple models (though they don’t use recognizable names, I assume due to trademarks etc)
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SurgeXT and Dexed are worth a try. A high-cut filter or speaker IR at the end may help. LSP phaser adds a nice touch as well.
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If SFZs are an option too, I’ve used the jRhodes3 SF2 quite a lot and there are updated SFZs available: GitHub - jlearman/jRhodes3d-wav: wav format for jRhodes3d
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I really like Zyn and Yoshimi’s electric pianos.
I have an actual Rhode mk1 and Pianoteq is undistinguishable from the real thing for me. As for FOSS, EP-Mk1 does an excellent job. Not as configurable as Pianoteq but the raw sound is every bit as good. Higly recommended. I actually use both and just the keep the real one for the clients.
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Nice e-piano. But the base Hz is wrong. I had to correct it to 404 Hz that would be 440 Hz.
Perhaps related to this?
Cheers,
Keith
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Yes, on 44.1kHz works normally. Thanks!
This sample set is free as in beer, but not freely distributable (I think) and you need an account (email required) to download:
https://www.pianobook.co.uk/packs/mrhodes/
Comes as DecentSampler and SFZ instrument and raw samples.
If you’re looking for something that can fill the roll of a Rhodes but doesn’t actually need to be one, try out some samples of the Hohner Pianet T. It has a character in-between a Rhodes and a Wurlitzer.
For example:
and
or (older):
and a commercial option, also SFZ:
Pianoteq also has a very good Pianet T and N simulation.
I also want to plug my talk from Sonoj 2023:
How to play FLOSS keyboards like it’s 1978
which has links to many plugins and libraries for vintage keyboards.
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