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Re: EZkeys goes metal 2016/11/07 23:19:17 (permalink)
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EZkeys goes mental 


Ewe meant 2 say mental. 


Ewe gonna take a sentimental journey....

... down memory lane.

"We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl" (Wish You Were Here)
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Re: EZkeys goes metal 2016/11/08 07:18:09 (permalink) ☄ Helpfulby Mesh 2016/11/08 09:00:25
Oh my, this is a lot of fun. I never spent much time with it before because as was accurately said above, the electrics were not inspiring.
 
I'm not sure how it happened, but I got two free packs. I got both strings machine and mellotoon. I fired up my current project and quickly laid out a chord progression over it. Then played around with some playing styles in the browser as well as some sound presets. WOW. Settled on Mellotoon Vibes Put the UAD EP-34 and Scheps Parallel particles for giggles and it sounds great.
 
Then I created a second track with Kontakt on it and located Vocalise. I figured out how to turn on the midi out from EZ Keys and use that to feed Kontakt. Laying that with the Vibes and riding the two faders to control blend and I have something really, really interest...
 
So glad I stumbled on this thread and I'm grateful for the T+S deal! :)
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Re: EZkeys goes metal 2016/11/08 09:03:21 (permalink)
Very nice James!! It's a great songwriting tool. Also checkout some of Groove3's tutorials......extremely useful!!
 
https://www.groove3.com/Toontrack-training-video-tutorials/Songwriting-with-EZKeys

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Re: EZkeys goes metal 2016/11/08 09:24:17 (permalink) ☄ Helpfulby Fleer 2016/11/08 10:32:27
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EZkeys goes mental 


Ewe meant 2 say mental. 


Ewe gonna take a sentimental journey....

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I think Mesh meant to say "Sedimental Journey".

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Re: EZkeys goes metal 2016/11/08 09:31:48 (permalink)
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Very nice James!! It's a great songwriting tool. Also checkout some of Groove3's tutorials......extremely useful!!
 
https://www.groove3.com/Toontrack-training-video-tutorials/Songwriting-with-EZKeys


These are a must if you have EZ Keys. And you don't have to be a dumb guitar player to use EZ Keys. ELi is a better keyboard player than me and he uses it to write and explore some options. These are good vids too.
https://www.groove3.com/Toontrack-training-video-tutorials/ezkeys-explained
https://www.groove3.com/Toontrack-training-video-tutorials/Songwriting-and-Producing-with-Toontrack-Neo-Soul
this is a new one and has some good EZ Keys stuff in it.

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Re: EZkeys goes metal 2016/11/08 09:34:37 (permalink) ☄ Helpfulby BassDaddy 2016/11/08 09:48:47
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EZkeys goes mental 


Ewe meant 2 say mental. 


Ewe gonna take a sentimental journey....

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I think Mesh meant to say "Sedimental Journey".


I never know what I'm saying and it always just ends up being an excremental journey.

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Re: EZkeys goes metal 2016/11/08 09:49:13 (permalink)
LOL!!   EWE!!!!

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Re: EZkeys goes metal 2016/11/08 09:49:13 (permalink)
LOL!!   EWE!!!!

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Re: EZkeys goes metal 2016/11/08 09:58:48 (permalink)
Thanks guys! Actually I pulled up the Groove3 videos last night and look forward to getting through them all. This is a way more powerful program than I first believed...

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Re: EZkeys goes metal 2016/11/08 10:33:11 (permalink) ☄ Helpfulby BassDaddy 2016/11/08 11:11:13
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LOL!!   EWE!!!!


EWE TEWE!!!

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Re: EZkeys goes metal 2016/11/08 11:16:45 (permalink)
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Thanks guys! Actually I pulled up the Groove3 videos last night and look forward to getting through them all. This is a way more powerful program than I first believed...


It is a really fun program. I always enjoy my time with it. I just downloaded the Melotoon yesterday and it sure sounds better that Sample Tron. Toontracks version sound more like an actual instrument and not just the Tron thin recordings. Does anyone who has this have any insight on it?

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Re: EZkeys goes metal 2016/11/08 11:42:48 (permalink)
Same feeling here, BD, a nice step up. Still, maybe GForce has the best one, and the best expansions with the Streetly Tapes series. They also have a Reason version.

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Re: EZkeys goes metal 2016/11/08 14:49:30 (permalink)
Which EZKeys pianos are the best? I recognize that's a matter of taste, but I'm curious if there's a consensus of "THIS is the one to get!"
 
Which is your choice?
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Re: EZkeys goes metal 2016/11/08 14:50:44 (permalink)
For me it was the Grand Piano (not the Studio Grand).

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Re: EZkeys goes metal 2016/11/08 15:01:02 (permalink)
Same here, I like the Grand as well. It's actually quite nice to use on various things.

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Re: EZkeys goes metal 2016/11/08 15:13:18 (permalink)
Quite fond of all TT grands, studio and electric included. Next in line are the Rhodes Mk1 and Mellotoon.

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Re: EZkeys goes metal 2016/11/08 15:37:27 (permalink)
Also, back when I first checked out EZ Keys the only course on Groove3 was EZ Keys Explained, which I didn't find helpful. Those "explained" videos are little more than manuals to me - I want to learn in context. I'm working through the songwriting course now and I like it much better.

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Re: EZkeys goes metal 2016/11/12 09:46:06 (permalink)
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Quite fond of all TT grands, studio and electric included. Next in line are the Rhodes Mk1 and Mellotoon.


Toontrack always has at least 1 super cheap EZ Keys special from BF/CM to Christmas so I would wait until then for the Classic Electrics. That's how I got Electric Grand and the Retro Electrics. (in the Retro Electrics the Clav is a real steamer, but the Pianet is very nice. Worth the $10 or $15 it cost.)

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Re: EZkeys goes metal 2016/11/12 09:52:59 (permalink)
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Same feeling here, BD, a nice step up. Still, maybe GForce has the best one, and the best expansions with the Streetly Tapes series. They also have a Reason version.


I have  the G-Force (kinda) but I cant find a serial number and I cant find what my email was when I registered it. So I don't really have it. It may have been the first VST I ever bought so I wasn't as careful to back up the back ups, if you know what I mean.

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Re: EZkeys goes metal 2016/11/12 10:34:53 (permalink)
What can I say, BD, what can I say. May the force be with you?

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Re: EZkeys goes metal 2016/11/12 11:19:26 (permalink)
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Of course a great deal with EZ keys is the MIDI out so you can use the songwriting features with any VSTi of your choice. Worth bearing in mind if you already have a lot of keyboard sounds.



Exactly what I'm looking forward to! That said, I bought EZ Keys a long time ago but got the electrics and was so uninspired I never dig in. Between the Grand and the String Machines I think I will be plenty inspired. 




 I bought some 3rd party House midi files and they sound great with it.
 

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