Coming late August. 

• Three world-class instruments 
• Warm tone and unique sound 
•  Fast loading and smart workflow 
•  Mix and match microphones 
•  High quality producer presets 
•  Creative and professional effects 

Addictive Keys is a powerful music production and songwriting software setting a new standard for virtual keyboard instruments with its unique sound creation ability, smart workflow, fast loading times and high quality producer preset

http://www.xlnaudio.com/products-addictive_keys  

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http://youtu.be/d-Ktx632YKQ

Well...the piano sounded pretty "digital" to my ol ears.

I'm going to follow Yoropal's lead on this one. He hasn't steered me wrong yet. I've already got ez Keys. If I get anything I need to have a world class piano sound.

Does the singer come with it?

So far, I'm underwhelmed.

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Does the singer come with it?

The singer comes in the expanded upgrade, along with a marching band and a fiddle.

Carl, are you a beta tester? I mean since you're recommending it I'm assuming you've got some hands on with it. How does it sound on your studio monitors? I did notice on the website that it's characterized as having a warm tone. I didn't hear that. The demo video sounds brittle and unpiano like here. If that's a close approximation to the actual release, I think I'll have to stick with Ivory II.

Anything played through youtube has that, "compressed/distorted," sound like that.  Its terrible what youtube does to music, as compared with a CD and a beautiful hi-fi speaker setup.

That said..  I'm not sure what the product is..  Did they sample digital pianos?  Weird..  or it is some sort of physical modelling of digital pianos?  Still weird..  Or have they created three brand new, "digital pianos." Not such a bad idea, imho..

However, if they sampled real pianos..  mmm..  they didn't do a bad job.  sounds ok here that's all...   does it sound so much better than the free version of, "true pianos," found in Sonar X1..  maybe..  it just might.  I quite liked the sound. 

Youtube definitely sucks for audio though..

It's probably worthwhile to actually wait and see what the final product will sound and be like before qualifying whether or not it's going to be desirable. 

Having Addictive Drums, I must say that ... I like their approach and the quality of sound, and perhaps I'll also find that this new software will be equally good. I've already made good use of EZ keys and been able to develop more than one song using it
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I'll be watching for more news about this.

I wish they were working on Addictive Drums 2.0....instead of the keys...but
that's just me....