Virtual instrument for use with Decent Sampler.
This is a sound I've put together manually in the studio a few times over the years- by striking a note on the piano with the sustain pedal down, letting it ring out, then editing it afterwards to remove the initial strike of the hammer hitting the strings. What's left is the sound of the strings resonating, a warm and natural texture full of overtones. Recently I spent a couple of hours repeating this process for every note on the piano, then a few hours and several Youtube tutorials later I'd turned it into a playable instrument.
I find a lot of virtual instruments sound too synthetic for my taste. This is the sound of a real instrument with next-to-no processing and a healthy amount of natural noise, too.
I've made two different versions, one for Kontakt and one for Decent Sampler. If you don't have the paid version of Kontakt, you can download the Decent Sampler host plugin for free below:
https://www.decentsamples.com/product/decent-sampler-plugin/