RdPiano accurately emulates SA-synthesis digital pianos, such as the Roland MKS-20, RD1000 and the Rhodes MK-80 electric piano. It simulates the CPU-B board reused in different models, emulating the CPU and the custom chips. The emulation of the custom chips is derived from silicon analysis. It also approximates the BBD chorus and tremolo effect, albeit less accurately than the digital emulation.
Demo video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7w0uvZ-OZ7U
NOTE (Windows): If you are having troubles with Windows 10, it's possible you need to install the Visual C++ 2022 Redistributable.
NOTE (MacOS): If you are having troubles with MacOS, it's possible your operating system is blocking the plugin because it's coming from an unregister developer. You can allow this plugin by running this command on a terminal:
sudo xattr -rd com.apple.quarantine /Users/<yourusername>/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components/RRV10.component
More info on this guide: https://www.osirisguitar.com/2020/04/01/how-to-make-unsigned-vsts-work-in-macos-catalina/
- rdpiano_juce: a plugin (VSTi/AU) version of the emulator, to be used with DAWs
- librdpiano: a dependency-free version of the emulator, to be used as a library in other software, also builds a test standalone app with SDL
- re_stuff: tooling used during the reverse engineering process, mostly for educational purposes
- Clone the repository
- Download Projucer
- Open with Projucer rdpiano_juce/rdpiano_juce.jucer
- Generate the version you need (Visual Studio for Windows, iOS, MacOS, Linux Makefile)
- use your IDE of choice (Visual Studio/XCode) or
maketo build