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How to Create Authentic Electric Keyboard Tracks with Motu Electric Keys VST



Electric Keys is a cross-platform virtual instrument that delivers authentic sounds of 50 classic, vintage electric keyboard instruments from the last 40 years. This massive 40GB sound library includes over 20,000 meticulously crafted 24-bit 96 kHz multi-samples of legendary electric pianos, electric organs, clavinets, Wurlitzers, tape samplers, string machines, keyboard basses and other rare and exotic electric keyboard instruments.




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Recreate the popular keyboard sounds and riffs you know so well from your favorite recordings of the last four decades of rock, pop, funk and jazz, or create your own unique style with an intriguing assortment of rare electric keyboard instruments never before offered in a virtual keyboard product - and sure to delight even vintage keyboard devotees.


Electric Keys supports all major plug-in formats on Mac OS X and Windows (XP and Vista), including VST, DXi, MAS, Audio Units and RTAS. It also runs as a stand-alone application, turning any laptop or desktop computer into the ultimate electric keyboard instrument.


Electric Keys delivers authentic sounds of 50 classic, vintage electric keyboard instruments from the last 40 years. This 40GB sound library includes over 20,000 meticulously crafted 24-bit 96 kHz multi-samples of legendary electric pianos, electric organs, clavinets, Wurlitzers, tape samplers, string machines, keyboard basses and other rare and exotic electric keyboard instruments.


There's a list of the actual instruments sampled for Electric Keys on the MOTU web site (www.motu.com), but some of MOTU's preset naming is a bit obscure, so I've listed the preset names below, alongside the instruments they're based on in brackets, and added my own observations. Not owning every original myself, I apologise in advance for any mistakes in the following list.


The Italian Combo preset has a couple of quirks. First, some Ds in a number of patches seem to trigger a lower 'phantom' D that sounds suspiciously like the result of an electrical error. I'm sure this is a faithful rendition of the original instrument but this is one occasion where I'd take a 'fix' over strict authenticity anytime. The tuning is also pretty wild in places.The otherwise lovely D Clav preset has some octaves that are distinctly out of tune at some key velocity combinations towards the bottom of the pitch range. Also, the upper octave of the E Clav seems damped and muted to an unnatural and undesirable degree.


The MOTU ELECTRIC KEYS Virtual instrument software: vintage electric keyboards. A cross-platform virtual instrument with 50 classic, vintage electric keyboard instruments from the last 40 years.


The MOTU ELECTRIC KEYS is a virtual instrument whose main feature is a 40GB sound library, containing over 20,000 samples of pianos, organs, clavinets and Wurlitzers, along with tape samplers, string machines, keyboard basses and yet more obscure instruments. Fifty well-preserved and maintained vintage instruments were used to create the sounds in Electric Keys, including models from Fender, Yamaha, Korg, Roland, Hammond, Wurlitzer, Hohner, Elka, Farfisa, Mellotron, Moog, RMI, Arp and others. The majority of samples are recorded at a 24-bit 96kHz resolution but can be played at other rates if needed via Electric Keys' flexible 32-bit UVI playback engine. Electric Keys has a simple and attractive software interface plus a software multi-effects rack. Electric Keys supports all major plug-in formats on Mac OS X and Windows (XP and Vista), including VST, DXi, MAS, Audio Units and RTAS. It also runs as a stand-alone application, turning any laptop or desktop computer into the ultimate electric keyboard instrument.


AIR Electric plugin is your total electric piano collection on MPC. Choose from a wide collection of keyboards like Rhodes, Wurlitzers, FM keyboards, and more. Dedicated control sections provide deep virtual control over keyboard pickups, envelope, bell and noise settings, and much more.


Lounge Lizard EP-4 is equally at home in the studio and on the gig. It is CPU efficient and runs well on a reasonably fast laptop. It offers far greater programmability then sample-based electric pianos, and there are no streaming or RAM issues. If you're looking for a virtual electric piano, this is the one.


Direct access to key effect and piano parameters to perfectly match the tone to your performance. Play your piano through different cabinet, pre-amp, microphone, and recorder signal paths typically used with electric pianos.


Electric piano players seem to be divided into two camps: tine-based or reed-based. Whatever the preferences both instruments have been popularised in thousands of songs by legendary musicians. With its extensive library of custom tones and its authentic playing feel, Lounge Lizard will provide you with a truly inspiring electric piano experience.


Whether it is through the use of strange effect combinations or setting the piano parameters to extreme values, Lounge Lizard can really become a wild beast. It retains the playability of a keyboard instrument but sounds beyond anything you have heard from an electric piano before.


The electric piano has marked the history or rock and jazz. The factory library showcases many presets designed around effects typically with pianos and reproducing the distinctive sound of classic tracks. 2ff7e9595c


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