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rixa wrote:

The images on the product page are from EZkeys 2, where the coffee cup now sits on top of the piano, whether that’s a better place for it or not is left unspoken.

Thanks!! I got your response by e-mail and it hadn’t included your image or included video…

But I just installed Vintage Keys finally and I see what you mean. It is even more amusing than your image above with the door and the window with the plant when you expand the GUI to full view, so I like it just as much and I’m just happy to see that coffee cup in there somewhere.

Confirmed that it shows up the way it always did in EZKeys 1. Very nice.

I also got in on the Pipe Organ deal this Black Friday. What a gem that one is. It’s satisfying in so many ways. Sure am glad they offered a deal on it or I may have never had the interest in checking it out at all. Now I’m thinking of creating an album of organ music!!

Happy Coffeeing!

Zedd

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As the previous responder mentioned, you have to actually right click after selecting the lower section MIDI block (i.e. not the chords bar or the the song bar above it). Then the Find option will become ungreyed and available and you will see the option to select the containing folder. If you are doing that and the Find submenu option is still greyed, then something may be wrong with the installation on your system.

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Charles Holcomb wrote:

I know that “right click Find > Select Containing Folder” in Grooves works while the MIDI is still in the grove section, but not after you drag it to the track.

I think you need to try it again. It works the same way that it always did, AFTER you drag it to the track. The whole point of that function is to find which set the MIDI came from once you have dragged it to the lower section of the GUI.

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Zed wrote:

In EZkeys 2 after I put a grove on the track I would like to be able to locate where I selected it from. If I go somewhere else to try a grove how do I find my place? In EZkeys 1 it is simple. Right click on grove and select show in browser. Thanks

It’s still the same… just right click on the MIDI and choose Find > Select Containing Folder in Grooves

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In EZKeys 1 when you drag MIDI into the lower section it would recognize when a MIDI file contained multiple tracks and would list them and allow you to checkmark only the tracks you wanted to load.

But thanks to your message, I just tried this in EZKeys 2 and see that it is not working like that anymore and is just opening all the tracks of the MIDI file dragged in (in my case 4 parts of orchestral MIDI).

Not sure if there is a way to change this behavior in EZKeys 2, but it looks like it make be an oversight that will need to be fixed in a coming update.

In answer to your questions, EZKeys 2 SHOULD INDEED allow you to ignore and NOT load the drum MIDI in a combined track MIDI file that you want to work with… but it presently seems to be not working in version 2.0.0. It is not just your Blues Bible loops.

Reply To: User MIDI in EZKeys2 version: 2.0.0
Operating system: macOS Sierra (10.12)

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I didn’t get any answer to this, in particular #3.

Let me try again, with a rephrase of #3 and a related EZKeys 2 question.

Is installing the latest version of EZKeys 1.3.4 going to wipe out the piano EZX trial demos that I have, so that they will no longer work with the detune every 3 minutes? I don’t use them very often, and the one that I do use most often is something I am planning to buy sometime soon… but in the meantime I don’t want to end up disabling my working trial demos.

Also, I noticed that now all of those trial piano EZXs are showing up in EZKeys 2, but when I log in and try to authorize them, it doesn’t see them as trial demos and just tells me that I don’t have a license for them. That’s fine… is there any way that I can removed them from being listed in EZKeys 2 without removing them from my hard drive and making them unavailable to EZKeys 1.2.5?

In the end I am happy to remove all the trial demos… but not before I purchase the 2 or 3 pianos that I will probably end up buying. I have done some personal reference demos that use those piano sounds, and if I wanted to revisit those demos I would want to be able to hear the same piano sound if I haven’t yet purchased the EZX.

Thanks in advance,

Zedd

Reply To: Questions about Core Library update, pianos, MIDI packs and EZKeys to v1.3.4… version: 2.0.0
Operating system: macOS Sierra (10.12)

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In other words… YES you should take advantage of this weekend’s EZKeys MIDI offering to add more content to either version of EZKeys!!

The Latin Pop pack is great and even better for $10!

I hope Toontrack has a deal on EZKeys expansions before the EZKeys 2 release… if they were to offer  2 for 1 piano expansions, I would pay $89 for 2 of the Upright Piano expansions. Since the new Core Library does not include an upright, I think this would be a swell deal for us and would probably be a profitable deal for them.

At least let’s continue with $10 EZKeys MIDI packs each weekend  until the release, please!!

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Hey John,

John wrote:

if I understand your concerns right, I would say that any downloaded and installed libraries that can be read by EZkeys 1 now, will still be so if unlocked at a later stage. The EZK libraries I have on my drive right now can be opened by both EZkeys 1 and 2. The EZkeys 2 core library cannot be read by EZkeys 1.

It becomes a matter of whether purchases of libraries after May 16th will included a serial number to unlock them in EZKeys 1, since I would assume that  EZKeys 1 and EZKeys 2 versions of the sound expansions will not share the same serial number.

The FAQ on the EZKeys 2 product page does make it clear that all current sound expansions will be removed and discontinued on May 16th and replaced by new versions of the same sound expansions in the new format… therefore installing any sound expansions into EZKeys 1, that we don’t currently have on our drives, will no longer be possible after May 16th.

This is remedied by grabbing the trial/demo versions of anything we may still might want to have in the original EZKeys 1 while we still can… but the question remains whether Toontrack will grant serial numbers upon request to authorize those demos in EZKeys 1, after May 16th, when we purchase the new version of that sound expansion for EZKeys 2?

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Hey John,

Since the Sound Expansions that now work in EZKeys 1 are being discontinued and replaced with a new format version compatible with EZKeys 2, I am wondering if a Sound Expansion (of the currently available pianos) purchased after May 16th might still have a serial number that could also allow it to authorize and unlock a trial version of the piano which we already have installed in EZKeys 1 so that we can still use it in both EZK1 and EZK2? No installer would be needed for that.

I understand the older format (i.e. current) installers will no longer be available, but if we already have the sample content installed, only a serial number should be needed to unlock it in the original EZKeys. If this is not provided with future Sound Expansion purchases, could it be provided upon request?

I have hundreds of projects which have EZkeys in them, so it would be nice to know that a purchase of any of the classic EZKeys pianos could still be unlocked and used within the original EZKeys whenever I load a project that is already using EZKeys.

Or is it a situation more like, “Buy the sound expansions now, or you will never be able to use them in the original EZKeys going forward!!” ?

There are a couple expansion that I don’t have which I would like to get working in both versions of EZKeys just for the ease of using them quickly in older projects where I don’t need EZKeys 2 features but may just want to change the piano expansion.

I would rather not be paying full price for 2 sound expansions this month (in addition to the EZKeys 2 pre-order), if it will be possible to wait for a sale on those sound expansions and still get the EZKeys 1 serial numbers.

Perhaps you could have a sale on them before May 16th if it is going to be an issue for some users?

That would be really helpful, indeed.

 

Thanks in advance,

 

Zedd

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Ulf Larsson wrote:

What browser are you using? Operating system and other specs are interesting as well.

The last official update to Chrome browser for Sierra (Version 103.0.5060.134 (Official Build) (x86_64))

I finally just found the Tech Specs and the FAQs near the bottom of the page, and I didn’t see those the last time I went down the page a couple of hours ago. Maybe it’s just a lot of information and I missed it previously with all the hyper excitement and all.

The page appears to me in three stages. The top followed by a piano that enlarges when you scroll down before the next section is unlocked and then further down there is a spinning grand piano which also requires some scrolling before it unlocks a final third section of the page.

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Holy crap!!!

No wonder I didn’t see the Tech Specs at first glance.

There is a whole hidden section on the EZKeys 2 page with extra videos and explanations.

Scroll down until you think it is the bottom and then keep scrolling down to enlarge the piano image and “open the door” to the next section with a tonne of additional information and extra videos about the features.

Maybe my browser is old and this is not supposed to work like this, but it seems like all the extra stuff is like a basket of easter eggs for those who keep trying to find the bottom of the page.

Pre-order already placed!

Time to watch all the videos…

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Billy 86 wrote:

Question: will all our existing EZ Keys midi and instruments bought over the years be compatible with the new platform?

Yes!!

It says so somewhere on the product page, and encourages new users to buy EZKeys now and they will get EZKeys 2 upgrade for free and it will be compatible with their content.

This is a good day.

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Scott wrote:

macOS 10.10 or higher, Intel or Apple silicon processor

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

I am so relieved.

I looked at the EZKeys 2 product page from top to bottom a few times and didn’t see the specs, so I am not sure how I missed them. But this is very pleasing news!

 

Happy Zedd

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It happened!!!

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If it is EZKeys 2, my primary wish is that it will work on my current operating system (which is quite a few years behind), and that the upgrade will include a keyboard of our choice, since I really want another one of the existing upright pianos and have not wanted to pay $89+ for it, which seems like a hefty price for an add-on keyboard.

Even better, a few different upgrade offers where we could pick several pianos for a great bundle price as part of the upgrade. I would probably choose an option with 3 new pianos for EZKeys 2 if the price wasn’t outrageous.

Fingers crossed.

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Operating system: macOS Sierra (10.12)

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