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MOTU Electric Keys - Vintage Keys Virtual Software Instrument

MOTU Electric Keys - Vintage Keys Virtual Software Instrument

Electric Keys is a cross-platform virtual instrument that delivers authentic sounds of 50 classic, vintage electric keyboard instruments from the last 40 years. This massive 40GB sound library includes over 20,000 meticulously crafted 24-bit 96 kHz multi-samples of legendary electric pianos, electric organs, clavinets, Wurlitzers, tape samplers, string machines, keyboard basses and other rare and exotic electric keyboard instruments.

Electric Keys puts a slice of music history at your fingertips in the form of classic and rare electric keyboard instrument sounds, said Jim Cooper, Director of Marketing for MOTU. You can play all those familiar electric keyboard riffs you know so well from the last four decades of rock, pop, funk and jazz, plus you get an intriguing assortment of rare and exotic keyboard sounds that are sure to delight even vintage keyboard devotees. We carefully recorded and mastered the samples to the very highest standards for use in live performance and recording projects of any kind.

Features:
  • 40GB library
  • 24-bit/96kHz multi-samples
  • More than 20,000 samples of over 50 keyboards from the 60s to today by Fender, Yamaha, Korg, Roland, Hammond, Wurlitzer, Hohner, Elka, Farfisa, Mellotron, Moog, RMI, Arp and more
  • Standard rate playback via Electric Keys' flexible 32-bit UVI playback engine
  • Each instrument has it's own custom skin
  • Each instrument has access to an effects rack which includes: Amp Simulation, Reverb, Delay, Chorus, Filters, Phaser, Flanger, UVinyl (wear and tear sound)
  • Effects can be loaded, created, and saved independently of instrument presets
  • Samples streamed from disk, so large presets load quickly and conserve computer memory
  • 3D piano keys across the bottom of window highlight during playback
  • Simple controls include volume, pan, tone, and tremolo settings, along with two preset slots, which allow users to layer two sounds using the convenient multi-column preset browse
  • Dozens of factory presets and combis included
  • Load and save combis consisting of a snapshot of the entire plug-in, including effects
  • MIDI learn
  • 256 polyphony
  • Effects parameters are MIDI Controller assignable
  • The software is available as a standalone virtual instrument as well as an RTAS, AU, MAS, VST, and DXi
  • iLok included
  • Cross-platform: Mac OS X and Windows (XP and Vista)