In a similar fashion to Addictive Drums, the key to this plugin is providing excellent quality sound and customization, in a small footprint. These are sold separately, but Duo and Trio bundles are available, and allow you to pick the keyboards you want. The instruments available for Addictive Keys are an Electric Grand, Modern Upright, Mark One and Studio Grand. One of the most famous plugins from Sweden’s XLN Audio’s lineup, Addictive Keys is their flagship keyboard instrument collection.
We’ve left some examples below from Purple Slush – The Ultimate Lo-Fi Sample Pack grand piano celeste lofi pianoĬompatibility: Windows 10, Mac OS, 32-bit & 64-Bit, VST, AU, AAX Maybe our ears aren’t as closely tuned to the intricacies of vintage keyboards, but when presented with both, we wouldn’t be able to make an accurate guess. This is probably the best thing we can say about Keyscape, we absolutely cannot tell the difference between Keyscape and a real instrument. While we could keep gushing on about how great these instruments sound, it would be like trying to review a C7 Grand, or Wurlitzer. Going through the entire library of keyboards doesn’t make much sense here. Some of the instruments are miles better than the best Kontakt libraries. Keyscape is hands down the most realistic sounding Piano sampler instrument about. That being said, once an Instrument is loaded and ready to go, you’ll instantly forget any annoyance you might have been having, it just sounds that good.
Putting the library on an SSD doesn’t do much to improve the speed either. This not only weighs down your hard drive, but also makes opening instruments and presets, quite long, since the plugin has to load multiple gigabytes of information in.
The full install of Keyscape is over 75GB. Probably the biggest downside to Keyscape, is the same as it’s biggest strength. So, if you wanted a celeste layered with a piano, or a piano with an electric harp – you can do it. You can also create something called Duos with Keyscape, which allows you to combine the timbres and sounds of two instruments. While you don’t get much in terms of sound-mangling, you do get over 500 included presets, that make the most out of the sounds included. Instagram: let us know the artists you’d like to hear, Tweet us, slide into our DMs, send us an email or even a letter.Omnisphere focuses on in-depth sound manipulation, processing, and customization, while Keyscape is all about the instruments. If you'd like to help support the show you can donate as little or as much as you'd like here, (we really appreciate your contributions :)įor behind the scenes photos and the latest updates, make sure to follow us on: Jingles can be in any style, can feature the Tape Notes theme, lyrics, or none of those things - be as creative as you'd like (as long as they're between 5-15 seconds). Michael Pollan - This Is Your Mind On Plantsįor all of the details on sending in a jingle email your Tape Notes jingle and we'll play our favourites each week on the podcast.
Intro Music - Sunshine Buddy, Laurel Collective ‘Music For Psychedelic Therapy’ - Domino Recordings Listen to ‘Music For Psychedelic Therapy’ here. Tracks discussed: Welcome, Love Flows Over Us In Prismatic Waves, Deep In the Glowing Heart Listen to find out how a cheap plugin fault ended up creating the perfect sound, why it is so important to create interest in different frequency groups, and what moment was inspired by a scene from Crocodile Dundee Two. Unearthing the individual parts and gradual sonic changes, we hear Jon's outlook on following intuition, responding to ‘bolt of lightning’ ideas and insane bursts of creativity, all tied together with thoughts on consciousness and the links between sound and mind. In this episode, John is joined by Jon Hopkins at Iguana Studios to talk about how he wrote, recorded and produced his latest album ‘ Music For Psychedelic Therapy’.Įngaging us in the album’s immersive journey, Jon talks us through the spaces and natural processing that shaped the sound of the record, from the depths of an Ecuadorian Cave to the vintage synths recorded in the woods.