Piano FX Studio 4

• License:

  Free to try; $29.95 to buy

• Editor's Rating:

  4.0 stars

• Average User Rating:

  3.5 stars (out of 17 votes) Rate it!

• Downloads:

  149,879

• Operating Systems:

  Windows Vista, Windows Me, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98

• Additional Requirements:

  Windows 98/Me/2000/XP/Vista

• Limitations:

  15-use trial

• Date Added:

  June 06, 2005

• Previous Versions:

  Select a version Piano FX Studio 4 Piano FX Studio 4.0

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Publisher's description of Piano FX Studio

From Tanseon Systems:

Piano FX Studio is an advanced piano chords and music keyboard synthesizer for the PC. You can play live piano music using your PC keyboard or mouse without the requirement of a conventional piano. The player piano music interface and piano keys have been designed to exactly resemble a fully featured professional keyboard synthesizer. It produces a ultra-high quality midi sound output with 127 realistic musical and percussion instruments, piano chords, four-note polyphonic sounds, a 10-drum synthesizer machine, multiple sample melodies, and has a recording option to save your musical compositions in WAV file format. Version 4 includes unspecified updates.

Editor's review of Piano FX Studio

• 4.0 stars

• "Piano FX Studio"

• Reviewed by: CNET Staff
• Version reviewed: Piano FX Studio 4

Though not appropriate for professional music production, Piano FX Studio is adequate as a sketchpad for jotting down basic ideas. Upon launch, you'll see a well-designed and attractive interface, with controls at the top and a five-octave keyboard at the bottom. The piano can be played by either the keyboard or the mouse, but as you might expect, both methods will take a lot of practice. Piano FX Studio offers nearly 100 sounds, including synths, horns, guitars, and various effects. You will find an extremely basic drum machine, but it's only appropriate for very simple beats. The app lets you shift octaves and pitch, and includes a library of 20 preset patches. However, if you're looking to learn piano or musical theory, look elsewhere, as this app has no teaching tools to speak of. Folks who casually tinker with making music will find this app more appealing than serious musicians.

User reviews

• Average user rating: 3.6 stars out of 17 votes
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• 5 stars

  Version: Piano FX Studio 4

  "nice musical piano keyboard synthesizer !"

  by Tracy72 on June 11, 2005

  Pros: nice musical piano keyboard synthesizer ! fast and stable, can use it to play piano chords, scales and music. great fun & innovative program !!!

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• 5 stars

  Version: Piano FX Studio 4

  "very innovative software for music and sound people !"

  by BettyJ on June 9, 2005

  Pros: This is a nice little unique program. It is easy to use too. The keys and audio are realistic. Its very fun to play around with.

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• 5 stars

  0 out of 1 people found this review helpful

  Version: Piano FX Studio 4

  "nice musical program !"

  by abbymat on June 10, 2005

  Pros: nice musical program ! it produces wonderful musical piano tunes and drum synthesizer

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• 5 stars

  0 out of 1 people found this review helpful

  Version: Piano FX Studio 4

  "good music composition program"

  by John1952 on June 10, 2005

  Pros: good music composition program, easy musical software that has a clean and sharp audio

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• 5 stars

  Version: Piano FX Studio 4

  "Very good product"

  by Cody Hurley on February 19, 2007

  Pros: This is a perfect product tanseon has some good programs

  Cons: only 10 uses :(

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