Reviews, articles, interviews, etc. for Elektrik Piano.
Native Instruments Elektrik Piano
By Moderated by Stephen Fortner | October 2007 | Feature
Native Instruments’ approach to the Rhodes, Wurly, and Clav is 180 degrees from that of Lounge Lizard. Rather than model every widget inside the keyboards and inundate you with controls for how these things interact, they went with sampling and kept the interface dead simple. Each of the four instrument banks has an “Essential” preset with no effects, and to get things like effects or a three-band EQ, you simply load a new preset. This introduces some limitations, because there are only four assignable knobs onscreen, and their functions change to control the current preset’s featured settings. For example, the “Essential” presets all have a knob for key-release noise, but if I change to “Mk I Phaser,” those four knobs are now phaser settings. Can I have my phaser and my key-release knobs at the same time? Nope — that’s the trade-off for simplicity. To get more control, my advice would be to stick to the “Essential” preset, then insert other effect plug-ins on Elektrik’s instrument channel in your host software. [READ MORE...]
Related plug-ins: Elektrik Piano
Rhodes! Wurly! Clav!
By Moderated by Stephen Fortner | October 2007 | Feature
Looking for the best emulation of these three legendary electro-mechanical keyboards? So are we. First, let’s start by looking inside the real thing. We survey every virtual Rhodes, Wurly, and Clav we could get our virtual hands on. [READ MORE...]
Related plug-ins: Elektrik Piano