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Let's finish up your Anthem Pianos: Piano in 162 installation!

This page contains important steps you must take to use Anthem Pianos.
Follow the steps below and you'll be up and running shortly!

Step 1: Download and Install the Sforzando plugin.

Sforzando is the free plugin that was used to create Piano in 162. After downloading, double click on the file and follow the process to install Sforzando.

Step 2: Download and Install the file extractor "Keka".

In the next step you’ll download the piano samples that make Anthem Pianos possible. You won’t be able to install them properly without using Keka.

Step 3: Download the Piano in 162 Sample Library

Click Here> then click "Direct Download" on the page (as pictured here)

DO NOT unzip these files until you read Step 4 below.

Your download will come in the form of two files, named something like “Piano in 162 sfz.zip” and “Piano in 162 sfz 2.zip”. You can place these two zip files anywhere you’d like on your computer. We like to place them inside the “MainStage” folder.

If you know how to use a Torrent client you can download the BitTorrent- SFZ version for free. If you’re not familiar with downloading torrents, it’s best to use the “Direct Download” option and donate $1.00 (or more if you want to support IvyAudio).

****IMPORTANT****Read Step 4 below before attempting to unzip the P162 sample files.

Step 4: Use KEKA to extract the two “Piano in 162 sfz.zip” files.

This step is VITAL to successful installation. Unfortunately, the IvyAudio website currently recommends a different file extractor (Unarchiver) that causes fatal errors for MainStage users. You MUST use Keka.

Step 5: Open your MainStage concert, then watch this video:

Troubleshooting:

Audio questions?

The upper range of the piano sounds off or doesn’t make any sound at all.

This issue is caused when the Piano in 162 sample files are extracted by an extractor other than Keka.io
Specifically, using the extractor “Unarchiver” that Ivy Audio themselves recommend is known to cause this issue.
To resolve this, download Keka.io as explained in Step 2 above then repeat Step 3, being sure to use Keka when you extract the Piano in 162 files.


I’m noticing some noise/bumps/sounds when I hold out notes for a long time

These audio artifacts are a part of the original Piano in 162 samples (we believe that to be at least part of the reason they’re available free online). Because they’re built into the samples they’re an inherent part of the audio tails and you’re not able to adjust their prominence directly. We’ve found that they’re not noticeable at all in a live music context.


When I play at high velocities I hear a loud hammer/strike sound.

As in the answer above, this is an original part of the piano samples themselves, related to the mic’ing techniques that were used when the samples were captured. We’ve adjusted the velocity curves of the various patches included with Anthem Pianos to give you the option to trigger those samples or not. We recommend you experiment with the various presets to find the ones that feel the most natural and responsive to you that also have the tone and character you desire.


Error messages

Sforzando Error?



This error means that Sforzando has not been told where to look for the P162 sample files. Check out the video in Step 5 above for an explanation of how to do that. If you’ve already done that in the past, make sure that you didn’t forget to save those patches to the original download folder, overwriting the old patches.


When I load an Anthem Pianos patch the instrument plugins look like this:



This means that the Sforzando plugin has not been properly installed. Make sure you’ve completed Step 1 above and gone through the install process for Sforzando. If you need more help installing the plugin, click here to view Sforzando’s user manual. If you’ve already installed Sforzando, it may be that MainStage just isn’t recognizing it. Restarting your computer will generally resolve this. If that does not work, use the Plugin Manager in MainStage to point MainStage toward Sforzando.

Other

When I try to download the P162 files I’m being asked about ‘Torrents.’ What does that mean?

You’re seeing that info because you clicked one of the BitTorrent download links instead of the “Direct Download- Donationware” link on IvyAudio’s website. Unless you’re already familiar with downloading files via Torrents, we HIGHLY recommend you donate the $1.00 minimum donation to download Piano in 162 directly from IvyAudio.

Check out Step 3 above for a link to the download page and a screenshot of which button to click to download via Donationware.