Toontrack EZkeys Upright Piano EDUCATION

The Toontrack EZkeys offers you the ability to explore new styles, to create dazzling compositions and to perform like never before. Crafted by seasoned professional pianists and world class engineers, EZkeys extensive MIDI library has been honed to offer you the best piano samples around. Delivering a warm, rich tone that positively glows and resonates beautifully, you will soon find that using the Toontrack EZkeys is an effortless experience.

Here's what Toontrack say about the Toontrack EZkeys Upright Piano

This carefully sampled Östlind & Almquist piano, which dates back to the late 1800s, delivers a characteristic, rich and warm tone unlike any other instrument of its kind. It was sampled in painstaking detail at a world-class studio using the best in modern and vintage recording equipment.

Performed by a session pianist and played in full song section blocks (intro, verse, chorus etc), the revolutionary EZkeys engine means you can simply drag and drop your selections to the timeline to build the foundation to a professionally played piano track.

What´s more, EZkeys’ revolutionary smart transpose functionality, makes writing songs easier than ever. When you drop a MIDI file on the timeline, EZkeys will analyze and separate all chords. The smart transpose wheel will allow you to change or alter single chords as well as transpose full songs on the fly while still keeping the rhythm and feel of the MIDI intact.

Features

• 32- and 64-bit VST, AU and RTAS instrument as well as 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