Name: EZkeys Grand Piano
SKU: 464
Availability: InStock

ICONIC AND TIMELESS.

The iconic grand, the undisputed king of pianos. Simply timeless.

EZkeys Grand Piano comes with a Steinway & Sons* model D grand piano, sampled to perfection in a world-class recording studio using only the best of the best in vintage and modern recording gear. The model D grand piano is the undisputed industry standard among performers and producers worldwide and has over the past century and half had an overwhelming amount of musical history and heritage created on it. The sounds were mixed to sit perfectly in a production environment without any additional tweaking. There is also a selection of ready-made and user controllable presets available, making your sound options seem almost endless.

A carefully sampled Steinway & Sons* model D grand piano
Recorded at Studio 9, Sveriges Radio, Sweden using only the best of the best in modern and vintage equipment
All sounds are designed to be mix-ready. Just pick a preset and the sound will sit right in your mix!
Uncompromising dynamic response for great playability
Includes Sympathetic Resonance based on real samples
Due to our proprietary loss-less compression algorithm TPC, EZkeys Grand Piano is extremely low on system resources and only needs 500 MB of RAM. Normal loading time from launch to ready-to-play is less than ten seconds

AUDIO DEMOS

EFFECT CHAIN PRESETS – OVERVIEW

The included signal chain presets are based on high quality effects from Overloud. You can control each preset by using a set of controls that will affect the individual parameters.

Standard:
The default sound. A very rich and fresh tone that will work perfectly in any type of contemporary pop/rock, country or classical composition. Customize the level of room reverb and compression by tweaking the controls

Raw Tweaks:
A true bypass preset that represents what the piano sounded like from the raw recording. Also, in this preset, you can adjust the level of hammer, sustain pedal and releases as well as detune the piano

Swedish Jazz:
A stunning plate reverb subtly blended with that mellow tone that will give the sound that characteristic, warm feel used on a lot of the classic jazz records

Retro Space Ballad:
A nice spring reverb blended with a fast repeating tape delay gives this preset a great retro feel

Swedish Pop:
A chorus based preset that also includes a spring reverb for that 70s Swedish pop sound

Old Time Boogie:
Distorted through a 15lPS tape machine and with the addition of a spring reverb as well as a tape slap delay, this preset represents the vintage sound reminiscent of the dirty recordings of the 60s

On Stage:
Optimized to add extra presence in a stage monitor

Drive In Cabinet:
In this preset, the piano is going through a speaker cabinet and hitting distortion on the way

Electric Dirt:
Going through a guitar amplifier with a distortion pedal and a spring reverb, this preset is great as a solo sound or for long swelling chords

Grand Tremolo:
A tremolo based preset with options for tape delay, spring reverb as well as tremolo speed and depth

Atmospheric Depth:
A classic piano tone blended with a pad-like sound for the typical dreamy, contemporary ballad sound

Dreamscapes:
Perfect for long swelling chords and atmospheric ambience

Dreampads:
This preset builds on the same fundamental idea as the Dreamscapes preset, but adds a slightly different flavor

THE DETAILS ARE IN
THE SOUND.

EZkeys Grand Piano comes with a Steinway & Sons* model D grand piano, sampled to perfection in a world-class recording studio using only the best of the best in vintage and modern recording gear.

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EZkeys – Feature Overview

32- and 64-bit AAX, VST, and AU instrument as well as a low latency stand-alone application
Drag and drop the included MIDI straight to the built-in song track
Drag and drop support for your own or third party MIDI straight into EZkeys
Drag and drop MIDI from the song track or directly from the song browser to your DAW or to your desktop
EZkeys will analyze and chord-separate any MIDI on the fly
Record or overdub MIDI directly in EZkeys
Use your own, the included or any third party MIDI/chord progressions and transform with playing styles found in other MIDI files
Quickly add basic chords to the timeline or drag and drop any chord from the Chord Wheel
Real-time chord display that enables you to instantly see what chords you are playing
Chord selector, based upon the circle of fifths, allowing you to change chords instantly
Presets for the most commonly used chord types
Customize the coloration of any chord by opening up the detailed view
Alter the voicing of a chord on the fly by clicking the – or + buttons in the Chord Wheel
“Humanize” any pre-quantized MIDI upon import in EZkeys
Transpose individual song blocks or full songs
Export songs or files as wave files straight from the EZkeys interface
Comes with an easy to understand music theory document including MIDI examples
Possibility to tune the piano by octave, semitone or cents
Dynamics controls that let you adjust the velocity response to match your keyboard or playing style
Three pedals: sustain, sostenuto and damping
MIDI-learn and automation
Ready-made presets utilizing high-quality effects from Overloud. The presets range from raw and unprocessed to heavily distorted and tweaked

EZkeys – MIDI Overview

Extensive MIDI library played by a professional session pianist
All major styles covered (Pop/Rock, Soul/RnB, Country, Gospel, Jazz, Blues, Boogie, Funk)
All songs performed in full 8 bar or longer blocks
All songs performed with increasing intensity as intro, verse, pre-chorus, chorus and bridge variations
Single, rhythmical and broken chords in different variations as well as FX and endings
Straight/swing variations in 4/4 and 6/8
Intuitive browser that lets you add you own favorites and arrange them in folders

Supported Hosts *

Ableton Live	(version 10 or above)
Cakewalk	(version 2018 or above)
Cubase	(version 6 or above)
Digital Performer	(version 10 or above)
GarageBand	(version 10 or above)
Logic Pro	(version 9 or above)
Pro Tools	(version 12 or above)
REAPER	(version 6 or above)
Studio One Artist	(version 5 or above)
Studio One Professional	(version 2 or above)
Waveform	(version 10 or above)

* The list consists of hosts where the main features of our software work. There might be cases where features like drag & drop of MIDI, multi-channel-out, MIDI channel filtering or other non-critical features do not work. If unsure, we recommend that you investigate with the respective manufacturer what limitations may exist in their environment. If your host is not listed it means that we have not tested it. It may still work but a prerequisite is that the host supports VST3, AU or AAX instruments.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS.

600 MB of free hard disk space.
Windows 7 or newer, Intel or Athlon processor, 2 GB RAM.
macOS 10.10 or higher, Intel or Apple silicon processor, 2 GB RAM.
Audio Unit, VST or AAX host application (64-bit on Mac).
Stand-alone version included.