 Alicia's
Very Own Keys
This is the sound of Alicia Keys' very own piano - sampled from
her own playing, recorded in the artist's own studio under the
supervision of her trusted engineer, Ann Mincieli. Together
with prodigious Danish sample specialist Thomas Scarbee and
impulse response expert Ernest Cholakis, Alicia Keys has created
a virtual piano that meets her professional standards and embodies
the soulful sound that has become her trademark as a superstar.
Now this unique instrument is available to everyone.
A Star Is Born
Thomas Scarbee, Kontakt script wizard Nils Liberg, and Grammy-award
winning engineer Ann Mincieli meticulously recreated the action
and tonal behavior of Alicia's custom Yamaha C3 Neo piano.
Using vintage microphones and preamps and through detailed
analysis of Alicia's playing, the team succeeded in capturing
a warm, soulful and inspiring sound. Alicia herself says:
"I feel confident that we came up with the best virtual
piano you've ever heard and I am excited to introduce it to
you! Ann, Thomas and Nils are a brilliant team!"
Keeping It True
Great effort was put into making ALICIA'S KEYS as authentic
as possible. Designed with incredible precision and incorporating
subtle details such as mechanical release noises, a specially
developed sympathetic resonance and release system, and the
sound of fingers hitting keys, this unique instrument delivers
plenty of lively realism. So much in fact, that Alicia Keys
herself used it on her entire latest album THE ELEMENT OF
FREEDOM.
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Features |
Interfaces |
The
sound of Alicia Keys' own personal Yamaha C3 Neo piano: Almost
3,000 individual samples on 12 discrete velocity layers with
and without pedal - equivalent to 17 GB of uncompressed WAV
files!
- Sampled from Alicia Keys' own playing, recorded in her studio
with her own engineer
- Developed with the artist and tailor-made for her recording
and performance needs
- Meticulous sampling technique including the noise of the finger
hitting the keys (optional)
- Sampled sustain and release with authentic implementation
of the sustain pedal and half pedaling
- All-new sympathetic resonance system for harmonics in undampened
strings
- Exceptionally clean quality, yet featuring adjustable microphone
noise for old-school sound
- Natural mechanical release noises for each of the 88 keys
and pedal noises
- Integrated convolution reverb for tweaking the sound directly
in the instrument
- Easy user interface providing integrated documentation of
all settings
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Stand-alone, VST®, Audio
Units™, RTAS® (Pro Tools® 7 or higher) |
| System
Requirements |
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Mac OS® X 10.5, Intel®Core™
Duo 1.66 GHz, 1 GB RAM |
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Windows®
XP (SP2, 32 bit) or Windows Vista® (SP1, 32/64 bit),
Pentium® or Athlon XP 1.4 GHz, 1 GB RAM |
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SYSTEM
REQUIREMENTS
7 GB free disk space for complete installation, DVD drive.
For latest system requirements, compatibility and support
of the latest operating systems, please see our website
at www.native-instruments.com or ask your Native Instruments
dealer.
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| RRP:
$TBA |
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