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ObsoleteAcc99 · Post by **ObsoleteAcc99** » Sat Aug 18, 2012 10:46 am

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braj · Post by **braj** » Sat Aug 18, 2012 10:51 am

I personally would love some of the arpeggios and the chord progressions, but the prices put me off. Saying it is $299 shipped then on sale for $69, just seems a bit off. I would have jumped at some $25 option of a subset of your stuff. Buying anything that has just a small handful of demo loops is always risky, I can risk $25 for something I may never use, but not $70.

ObsoleteAcc99 · Post by **ObsoleteAcc99** » Sat Aug 18, 2012 10:51 am

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braj · Post by **braj** » Sat Aug 18, 2012 11:00 am

ttoz wrote:
braj wrote:I personally would love some of the arpeggios and the chord progressions, but the prices put me off. Saying it is $299 shipped then on sale for $69, just seems a bit off. I would have jumped at some $25 option of a subset of your stuff. Buying anything that has just a small handful of demo loops is always risky, I can risk $25 for something I may never use, but not $70.
support him and buy his amazing album instead. !

Does he use PayPal?

(Nope, I guess not, I am generally avoiding entering my info except in Paypal).

braj · Post by **braj** » Sat Aug 18, 2012 11:27 am

I'd love to see some 'signature series' libraries, like Johnnie Johnson esq piano library would be awesome, stuff like that.

braj · Post by **braj** » Sat Aug 18, 2012 11:28 am

Or like a 50's rock, 60's rock, 60's soul etc.

donato · Post by **donato** » Sat Aug 18, 2012 1:40 pm

braj wrote:
donato wrote:I didn't know what EZkeys was really, but have always been interested in compositional tools. I've downloaded Navigator and some of the other competitors' demos, but deleted them before ever trying them. Reading about this product and seeing the videos, I could see it being useful. So I read about it around the web on some forums, then stumbled upon another product: http://re-compose.com/liquid-notes.html I haven't tried either yet, but downloaded the demo's and hope to get to them this weekend. Going simply by videos, I think Liquid Notes may be a lot more up my alley. I was pretty blown away by this video:

So, I'll try and report my impressions later.
That looks interesting, and I could see using that with EZKeys too. You need the chord progressions first in the DAW to import, so it seens to have a fully different function than EZKeys, which is like a shortcut tool to me for creating the progressions in the first place. I'd love to see some sort of hybrid of these two, all working within a DAW I also downloaded the demo just now, will check it out (though the price is mighty high for me).

Right. It is a bit of a phase 2 type of thing and I could see using both programs (although I can't afford both at the moment). I already have a ton of sketches though and I could see this tool improving them. If you are a student or teacher, the price for that goes from $149 to $109, so that's not too bad. Anyway, I still haven't checked out the demo yet

donato · Post by **donato** » Sat Aug 18, 2012 2:29 pm

braj wrote:
donato wrote:I didn't know what EZkeys was really, but have always been interested in compositional tools. I've downloaded Navigator and some of the other competitors' demos, but deleted them before ever trying them. Reading about this product and seeing the videos, I could see it being useful. So I read about it around the web on some forums, then stumbled upon another product: http://re-compose.com/liquid-notes.html I haven't tried either yet, but downloaded the demo's and hope to get to them this weekend. Going simply by videos, I think Liquid Notes may be a lot more up my alley. I was pretty blown away by this video:

So, I'll try and report my impressions later.
That looks interesting, and I could see using that with EZKeys too. You need the chord progressions first in the DAW to import, so it seens to have a fully different function than EZKeys, which is like a shortcut tool to me for creating the progressions in the first place. I'd love to see some sort of hybrid of these two, all working within a DAW I also downloaded the demo just now, will check it out (though the price is mighty high for me).

One quick note on this point...you don't HAVE to have them. I think I would at least have something basic, but here's a good example of not having any:

gabebrunogarza1021 · Post by **gabebrunogarza1021** » Sat Aug 18, 2012 3:49 pm

donato wrote:I didn't know what EZkeys was really, but have always been interested in compositional tools. I've downloaded Navigator and some of the other competitors' demos, but deleted them before ever trying them. Reading about this product and seeing the videos, I could see it being useful. So I read about it around the web on some forums, then stumbled upon another product: http://re-compose.com/liquid-notes.html I haven't tried either yet, but downloaded the demo's and hope to get to them this weekend. Going simply by videos, I think Liquid Notes may be a lot more up my alley. I was pretty blown away by this video:

So, I'll try and report my impressions later.

Wow, thanks for pointing this out.

I see that they mention in the setup video to use IAC to Logic to record from Liquid Notes to Logic, so that sparked my interest right away.

I downloaded Liquid Notes and will be checking out that IAC setup, if it works like how they said it does, I'll be buying it for sure.

gabebrunogarza1021 · Post by **gabebrunogarza1021** » Sat Aug 18, 2012 3:56 pm

Compyfox wrote: I know that MIDI Import is working, but I was actually thinking of more grooves and pattern in MIDI format.

It sounds like you want not just the performance of the MIDI to be changed, but the notes themselves.

gabebrunogarza1021 · Post by **gabebrunogarza1021** » Sat Aug 18, 2012 4:01 pm

braj wrote:I personally would love some of the arpeggios and the chord progressions, but the prices put me off. Saying it is $299 shipped then on sale for $69, just seems a bit off. I would have jumped at some $25 option of a subset of your stuff. Buying anything that has just a small handful of demo loops is always risky, I can risk $25 for something I may never use, but not $70.

I have this on my iPod Touch and I think for the price, you might be interested in this.
http://www.chordbot.com

They have a free lite version that doesn't export MIDI, but the pro version does export MIDI.

The iOS version works great

and I see they have an Android version as well.

Prosonic-Studios · Post by **Prosonic-Studios** » Sat Aug 18, 2012 4:15 pm

Hey Theo,

When I first released the album I had a limited time promotion (%50 off if you purchased it in the next 20 minutes). This was calculated from the time a person arrived at the album page... there was text (with a visible countdown) just above the add-to-cart button. This text should have been visible to you too. (In any event I apologize for the confusion.)

After the promotion was over I didn't remove the sale code from the website. (I just left the sale on indefinitely.) But, maybe it's causing too much confusion, giving the wrong impression (like I'm trying to cheat people out of their money or something) so I just removed the code (and the sale) this morning.

I'll give you the sale price through PayPal if you're still interested. Shipping is an additional $5.95 to AU. (You can also purchase the album through Amazon or CDBaby but it will cost more through them and you won't get the super high quality Ogg Vorbis files.)

Just let me know what you want (CD or Download) and your PayPal email address and I'll get it to you. (If you don't want to disclose your email address on a public forum then you can use my contact form at Prosonic: http://www.prosonic-studios.com/contacts.aspx

braj · Post by **braj** » Sat Aug 18, 2012 5:06 pm

I have Chordbot

nice app.

DaveElson · Post by **DaveElson** » Sat Aug 18, 2012 5:18 pm

I applaud Tony for coming in and making his case. When developers come in it allows us to get to know them.
I've had Prosonic bookmarked for ages, and when I go to the site (pretty rarely, simply as I have lots of bookmarked sites), I'm also a little put off by the look of the site and the prices. I agree with the earlier comment re risking an amount.
My personality (if that's the right word) is to purchase small amounts over a period of time, rather than jump in with a big purchase. As a hobbyist I'm careful how much I spend.
And those warez and torrent sites suck. Another reason for developers to come in and comment, I feel, is that we should support those who give good service, product, and value. Just like we should support those bands we like and not just copy a cd - we should buy it.
Tony has a right to price and sell his product as he wishes, I hope he sees this as constructive, and I wish him the best.

Just bought EZKeys, please don't laugh :)