[Adam]

I purchased ezkeys awhile back now and never brought any packs for it or really used it to its full potential!

Now if your a composer sometimes you just need some inspiration to get your idea started… this is what happened in my latest track. I really wanted some nice piano in this track and my piano skills are shockingly BAD! I can play some chords but can not for the life of me string something together for the vibe i wanted…. this is where ezkeys helped! I found a progression I liked and looked at what i could do with it!

Considering I have really now only just skimmed the surface I can see how this helps immensely. The fact they even have suggestions for chords that are all completely changeable is fantastic… oh and once i have sorted out my chords I drag the desired midi into my DAW so if I don’t like some of the short notes I can edit them or move them or just delete them.. simple! perhaps add some too XP
Also I managed to get some real depth out of the keys simply by adjusting the velocity in the piano roll…. and shh… adding another virtual piano (thanks NI) over the top! welcome to layers!

Now about the time it takes to edit the midi… hmmm well the entire song so far has taken 7 hours and its still not finished to a standard that i would be happy to release! i would say probably about half an hour to an hour purely just on the piano midi as its the main instrument in the track and all the others follow that. Editing the midi is what composers/producers do all the time with virtual instruments why should easy keys be any different than ezdrummer.. if the part doesn’t quite fit you edit the drums select a different kit and edit the midi!!

To me you have to use the tools in front of you, and Toontrack does not miss sell this product… I could use it to write an entire song… oh wait i just did! Yes i had to edit the midi, add some drums, guitar and other sounds but thats the idea, its a composition aid not a free song creator so you don’t have to do anything, as for cover song why cant you…. its a virtual instrument, feed it the midi file — although i don’t see why you would want too, where’s the originality!!!

As for the sound of ezkeys… for the price its just fine – great even just for the chord suggestion!, perhaps invest in some other high end piano… try ££££’s instead and then complain about how they don’t quite sound like the real thing…. that’s why its a virtual instrument.

Overall opinion: a well priced virtual instrument which has some powerful features and is still simple… sorry ‘ez’ to use

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