Hello, WeAreTheMusicMakers! I have to admit I have never been to this subreddit since I am not much of a MusicMaker myself, however, I thought you guys (or girls) could help me out the most.

Here is the deal: I have a MIDI keyboard/controller that I pretty much only want to use just to play the piano. In the past, I used FL Studio and used the keyboards there to play it, however since I wasn't very skillful and didn't know my way around in the program It was difficult for me to find the right keyboard I was looking for. now, since replacing my old computer I used this free program called "SimplePiano" it's pretty basic and easy to use but it lacks some key features of the more complex programs and I can't find a way to fix latency issues with my Keyboard within this program (In FL Studio I remembered that I use to be able to fix that via the settings.)

So basically my question is this: What program should I use to just play my keyboard, that has lots of keyboard options and different types and will let me fix latency. I'm open to using anything I can learn to use (free or paid for)!

I'm thinking of making midi songs, but I don't know what to download? Suggestions?

Hey,I would like to learn how to play piano so I got myself a midi keyboard. Which software can I download to use vsts (I belive they're called) like claustrophobic Piano or Winterfelt Piano without installing a heavy weight DAW? Are there any light weight alternatives I can use just to play without recording or creating a song or anything like that?

New to this. I bought my wife a Korg microkey2. I downloaded the pianoteq demo and it worked perfectly right off the bat with my wife's windows laptop. But I was wondering if there is a free version.

I understand that a free version would not be nearly as nice and won't have all the features. She doesn't want features. She only wants to plug the keyboard into the USB port and for piano sounds to come out of the speakers when she plays. That's it.

I'm struggling to find software that will do that. Maybe I'm looking in the wrong place. I can't get kontakt free version to even open, and I'm pretty sure that's not what I want anyway. And I can't get A73 to work with the keyboard at all.

Are there any simple options to just play a piano on a windows laptop with a midi controller?

Also, a full size keyboard is not a good option for us. We live in a very tiny space, hence the 61 key midi controller.

If pianoteq is the only decent plug and play option then eff it, I'll just buy the cheap version. But I wanted to know if there was a free alternative that we could try first.

What's up? I'm about 1 week into learning the piano and I have a MIDI keyboard to practise on (M-Audio Keystation Mk3) but I'm struggling to find some decent software that will simply let me plug in my keyboard and play.

I've downloaded Pro Tools and Reason Lite, however, these are too complicated as they're more aimed towards making music, and (because of my bad laptop) there's always latency between hitting the keys and the audio.

All I want is an interface that will play the notes I play on my keyboard through my laptop speakers.

I've downloaded 'Piano Time' from the Microsoft Store which is what I'm looking for, however, it doesn't support a sustain pedal and doesn't recognise key velocity. The highs and lows also sounds really bad.

If anyone has any suggestions on some simple plug-and-play software I would greatly appreciate it.

The MIDI controller I have is called "KeyStudio," a piano keyboard, and I want to use it to play music. So I think I have to download a program that can read my MIDI controller and turn the keys I press into sounds. I would like several instruments to choose from. I'd be willing to pay for something good!

I recently found out that my keyboard is midi compatible and want to be able to explore that option but don't want to pay $300 plus for some software that I might not even use. Are there any good midi software that can give me an intro in the use of midi?

I really want to start learning piano by myself, but I am looking for a free software that can help me along. So far I've only tried Melodics, but it's an annual or monthly payment type thing. Is that worth it? I'd rather have a free alternative though.

If I'm better off learning without anything or just a video or something, please let me know I'm all ears!!

ps: The MIDI keyboard I have is the M-Audio Code49

Any recommendations for a free midi keyboard? I’d like something that has pre programmed chords I can select. For example, if I want to do a simple progression of E major to F major back to E major. I’m trying to expand my guitar theory knowledge. Also, I would prefer a choir effect to play over rather than a traditional piano sound. Basically a couple bars of a chord drone. If this doesn’t work I’m tempted to buy everything in the physical because I’m not a fan of digital so far. Roland makes a synth guitar pickup 🤔 Anyways, thanks 🙏

I have a small MIDI keyboard that I'd like to plug into Windows and make piano sounds, or anything synth like? What free software exists that is as simple as possible to make my keyboard make live sounds?

I just want to use my computer keyboard to mess around. Any advice? Thanks.

I’m very new at this and i just want something so i can try out creating music, but i don’t really want to spend money on it yet

I recently downloaded CVPiano by Tascam because it was recommended to me as one of the best free virtual piano instruments. However, I can't get it to boot up correctly. It gives me an error upon start up that says "No audio interface was detected. Please make sure a valid audio interface is functioning properly in the system before running this virtual instrument." The program never opens after that. I have an X-board 49, which is plugged in via USB and shows up in the device manager.

I do not know what I can do to fix this error, if anyone does I would appreciate the help.

If there is a better e-piano program, and I shouldn't even be bothering with CVPiano, that would be helpful also.

I have recently gotten a midi keyboard for my windows pc. Now i'm looking for software for windows that i could use to just play the keyboard, i dont need to be able to record or do advanced stuff. Just to play and be able to choose between or install different sounds. And if possible assign different sounds to different keys/parts of the keyboard. So far i have only used synthesia, but it seems like its mostly for learning and not playing. And i would prefer if its free. I have looked around a little but haven't found anything solid.

ok so i've never played before and just want to learn and play my midi keyboard on the pc and i want it so sound clear and high quality. Are there any free sites or programmes to play the keyboard on?

Does anyone have any recommendations for a good, free midi piano software? Looking for something that can handle polyphony and rapid passages, and has the full 88 key range.

I've been looking for a midi piano app and it's been a bit of a struggle. It seems that paid options work out of the box and the free ones are a bit of a nightmare.

After some fiddling around I finally managed to make FluidSynth work with Salamander Grand Piano sound font, although only with PulseAudio, no dice with JACK. Unfortunately it sounds like there was a pillow over my speakers and I had to hit the midi keyboard keys with maximum force to make half decent tone. FluidSynth's GUI, Qsynth has some useful dials, but it doesn't even see my midi keyboard.

I tried importing the same font into MuseScore, but the result wasn't any better.

So then I tried some paid demo apps and what do you know - the results are significantly better and they all worked out of the box without much fiddling with the settings.

Bitwig's "Play Keys" template works and sounds good out of the box. Just not 400 EUR good.

Pianoteq sounds great, but not 800 EUR great.

So my findings so far are apps that are free, but don't work or barely work, but sound like shit, or apps that work and sound great but are outrageously expensive. Is there anything in between?

I bought a midi keyboard(CME xkey37) to use in further understanding music theory. Which software would you use for this purpose?

I'm a beginner looking to buy a midi-usb keyboard and start learning some piano and making some sounds. I'm a linux user so I am looking for some recommendations for what you guys may use. Thanks in advance!