CNET Editors' review
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.
Publisher's Description
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.
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All versions:
3.4 starsout of 29 votes
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Current version:
3.4 starsout of 29 votes
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"DON'T DOWNLOAD: SPYWARE"
Version: Piano FX Studio 4
Pros
None, you only get 10 trial
Cons
Comes with spyware disguised as 'StartNow Toolbar'
If you've already installed. Uninstall it in you control panel and delete the file from your HD. Should be under
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"Only very average"
Version: Piano FX Studio 4
Pros
The sounds are quite good
Selection of rhythm back up availableCons
Keyboard sounds do not work very well on my system only use of mouse on keys gives a satisfactory continuous sound.
No sustaining pedals so the sound for a piano is dead.Summary
I do not consider this worth buying
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"Keyboard has tones in wrong order"
Version: Piano FX Studio 4
Pros
Fairly small program, seems to uninstall nicely.
Cons
The tones don't come in the right order on my (swedish) keyboard, which makes the app rather unusable.
Saving can only be done to wav, not midi. -
"It is Excellent"
Version: Piano FX Studio 4
Pros
User friendly
Cons
None really
Summary
It is a pretty cool app
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"so cool"
Version: Piano FX Studio 4
Pros
very very good
Cons
i want it with me always
Summary
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"It is trying to manipulate my antivirus.."
Version: Piano FX Studio 4
Pros
I dont kknow .. m just writing this review as i think it might be malware.
Cons
it tries to modify bitdefender settings. it might be malware
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"its good i like it so much"
Version: Piano FX Studio 4
Pros
its really good one
Cons
at begining of cchanging pitch you had to use mouse
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"Not bad, freeware would be good."
Version: Piano FX Studio 4
Pros
Neat for a quick download to play to your favorite tunes.
Cons
Repreats key if held too long, makes for bad transitions and double pressed key sounds. ( please fix)
Summary
Not bad, worth downloading.
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"Good Software, but Short-Lived"
Version: Piano FX Studio 4
Pros
Sounds great.
Cons
10 uses for free trial, but not as real as you think.
Summary
Don't waste your money.
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"please help"
Version: Piano FX Studio 4
Pros
it looks good from what i read
Cons
i cant get it to open past the screen wear it shows numbr of uses
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