EZkeys Upright Piano

The EZkeys Upright Piano sound library is a carefully sampled Östlind & Almquist piano. This classic Swedish brand dates back to late 1800s and delivers a characteristic, rich and warm tone. It was sampled in painstaking detail at a world-class studio using the best in modern and vintage recording equipment.

EZkeys - Feature Overview:

• 32- and 64-bit VST, AU and RTAS instrument as well as low latency stand-alone application.
• Drag and drop the included MIDI straight to the built-in song track.
• Drag and drop support for your own or third party MIDI straight into EZkeys.
• Drag and drop MIDI from the song track or directly from the song browser to your DAW or to your desktop.
• EZkeys will analyze and chord-separate any MIDI on the fly.
• Record or overdub MIDI directly in EZkeys.
• Use your own, the included or any third party MIDI/chord progressions and transform with playing styles found in other MIDI files.
• Quickly add basic chords to the timeline or drag and drop any chord from the Chord Wheel.
• Real-time chord display that enables you to instantly see what chords you are playing.
• Chord selector, based upon the circle of fifths, allowing you to change chords instantly.
• Presets for the most commonly used chord types.
• Customize the coloration of any chord by opening up the detailed view.
• Alter the voicing of a chord on the fly by clicking the - or + buttons in the Chord Wheel.
• "Humanize" any pre-quantized MIDI upon import in EZkeys.
• Transpose individual song blocks or full songs.
• Export songs or files as wave files straight from the EZkeys interface.
• Comes with an easy to understand music theory document including MIDI examples.
• Possibility to tune the piano by octave, semitone or cents.
• Dynamics controls that let you adjust the velocity response to match your keyboard or playing style.
• Three pedals: sustain, sostenuto and damping.
• MIDI-learn and automation.
• Ready-made presets utilizing high-quality effects from Overloud. The presets range from raw and unprocessed to heavily distorted and tweaked.

EZkeys – MIDI Overview:

• Extensive MIDI library played by a professional session pianist.
• All major styles covered (Pop/Rock, Soul/RnB, Country, Gospel, Jazz, Blues, Boogie, Funk).
• All songs performed in full 8 bar or longer blocks.
• All songs performed with increasing intensity as intro, verse, pre-chorus, chorus and bridge variations.
• Single, rhythmical and broken chords in different variations as well as FX and endings.
• Straight/swing variations in 4/4 and 6/8.
• Intuitive browser that lets you add you own favorites and arrange them in folders.

EZkeys Upright Piano – Sound Library Overview:

• A carefully sampled Östlind & Almquist upright piano.
• Recorded at Studio 9, Sveriges Radio, Sweden using only the best of the best in modern and vintage equipment.
• All sounds are designed to be mix-ready. Just pick a preset and the sound will sit right in your mix.
• Uncompromising dynamic response for great playability.
• Includes Sympathetic Resonance based on real samples.
• Due to our proprietary loss-less compression algorithm TPC, EZkeys Upright Piano is extremely low on system resources and only needs 500 MB of RAM. Normal loading time from launch to ready-to-play is less than ten seconds.