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Re:Addictive Keys
2013/03/01 04:23:04
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Re:Addictive Keys
2013/03/01 06:03:17
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cclarry
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Re:Addictive Keys
2013/03/01 08:07:50
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kristoffer
cclarry
Addictive Keys on sale at Audio Deluxe...$84.99
http://audiodeluxe.com/pr...n-audio-addictive-keys
Thanx :)
Is it any good?
I've used AAS Lounge Lizaard for my Rhodes sounds (v3) but the V4 version is aprox 199$ I think...
I actually like the sound of Addictive Keys better then EZKeys....they both sound good... But AK doesn't have the arsenal of MIDI that EZkeys does... I've got EZKeys...and the MIDI is QUITE inspirational...and I have AK Free....and this is a great price... If I wasn't trying to get Waves things that I'm after while they're on sale...I'd be buying this...
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yorolpal
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Re:Addictive Keys
2013/03/01 14:45:09
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Not Lounge Lizard Strike, ol pal...Addictive Keys from XLN.
I went and listened to the demos and they're pretty danged good. Might have to treat myself to this one. Thanks for the heads up!!
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bapu
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Re:Addictive Keys
2013/03/01 14:53:37
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yorolpal
Not Lounge Lizard Strike, ol pal...Addictive Keys from XLN.
I went and listened to the demos and they're pretty danged good. Might have to treat myself to this one. Thanks for the heads up!!
Post #3 (strike1) was responding to the second half of post #2 (kristoffer). Now..... who's the pitcher? Gotta keep up myolpal.
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yorolpal
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Re:Addictive Keys
2013/03/01 15:32:04
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Strike that Strike. Looks like I struck out.
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Re:Addictive Keys
2013/03/02 13:15:31
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Larry.
$83.99, not $84.99.
Dang, it was that saved dollah that made me buy it.
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bapu
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Re:Addictive Keys
2013/03/02 13:50:42
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That was $28 per keyboard.
That is/was a pretty good deal, IMO.
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cclarry
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Re:Addictive Keys
2013/03/02 15:12:20
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That's a REALLY good deal Baps...
I'd be completely down if I didn't have the Waves things to finish..
It would be an extra set of keys...BUT GREAT ONES...
I love the sound of AK.....EZ is great too...but I think,
personally, I like the SOUND of AK, and the MIDI of
EZ....so it would be great thing to have...
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bapu
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Re:Addictive Keys
2013/03/02 15:17:59
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I've not used the sounds in EZKeys. I use it to generate parts, then move those into (typically) Ivory etc.
As Dave (mod bob) sez, it's an OK piano. I do have the EZKeys upright but I have not tried that out yet. I should.
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cclarry
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Re:Addictive Keys
2013/03/02 15:43:04
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bapu
I've not used the sounds in EZKeys. I use it to generate parts, then move those into (typically) Ivory etc.
As Dave (mod bob) sez, it's an OK piano. I do have the EZKeys upright but I have not tried that out yet. I should.
That's the thing I love about TT...they keep their products up to date and keep getting the product out... Their MIDI alone is worth the price of their Products..and they keep it coming....which is GREAT!! I do that with a lot of things...sometimes I'll use the MIDI of Addictive Drums with Steven Slate Drums.. or EZ Drummer MIDI with Addictive, or etc....to get the sound I'm after....and it works well... Same with the Keys... That's the beauty of having these things....you can interchange...
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Re:Addictive Keys
2013/03/02 18:20:42
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I bought the AK bundle a month ago. Love them.
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rtucker55
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Re:Addictive Keys
2013/03/02 19:47:09
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I purchased the bundle from AD also. Got to play about an hour today.
I am quite pleased with the package and the studio grand - wide ribbon preset sounds very good on my system as is. The jazish preset also has a nice bright edge to it. It would be very easy to tweak/create your own presets from these that would cover most bases.
The upright is quite usable and can be tweaked to fill most background piano parts. The velocity response is very good.
The Mk 1 is the weak link although still quite usable for chord voicings that are not too dense. Spread chords and melody lines sound fine. Would sit well in a mix.
All-in-all I'm happy with the purchase and it was well worth the price for 3 instruments of this quality. Like Bapu said, $28 per instrument is/was a pretty good deal!
Kind regards,
Rick
Purrrfect Audio DAW here. Wow!...
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cclarry
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Re:Addictive Keys
2013/03/02 20:40:44
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Thanx for the review Rick!!!
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bapu
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Re:Addictive Keys
2013/03/02 20:44:15
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I just created a piano track with EZKeys and tomorrow I will be comparing its grand with Addictive to see how well the MIDI translates etc. I know that is not thorough as it should be in context of a mix but I just want to see if I like either better for this particular piano track (first in isolation). Having some 8-10 different pianos is maddening sometimes. Remember the days when you went into the studio and you lived with the piano that was there? 
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rtucker55
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Re:Addictive Keys
2013/03/02 21:11:12
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@cclarry, Seems I've had some negative experiences with some products lately so it felt good to say something positive about this recent purchase. @Bapu, "Remember the days when you went into the studio and you lived with the piano that was there? " I don't remember too much from those days but, yeah, that's the way it was...
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yorolpal
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Re:Addictive Keys
2013/03/02 21:34:57
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Yup...got it but saw that the demos sounded different than when I played an approximation back using my controller. Had to adjust my velocity curve to compensate. But very good. Me likey.
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Re:Addictive Keys
2013/03/07 17:11:46
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Thanks for the heads up on this cc.
This is an excellent keyboard package. Fast to load, sounds excellent. Can't seem to really dig into the bass octaves which is a shame.
Effects by PSP and they even used Coles 4038 ribbons to record I see. High class!
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yorolpal
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Re:Addictive Keys
2013/03/07 19:42:46
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Hey backwoods, ol pal...I had the same problem but solved it by adjusting the "scaling" and velocity curve on my controller board. In fact it fixed several issues I'd been having with other software as well. YMMV:-)
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