I'm looking forward to future updates like inverted/slash chords, more variations, more control etc. The piano sound is actually pretty good in context. I played with the demo a bit more: overall I'm impressed with it. Obviously, in the manual it explains something or other, it's more curious than anything else that the 'Circle of Fifths' example is not the Circle of Fifths. It's on the program under 'Music Theory Examples: Circle of Fifths'. pdf that can be accessed from the Menu in EZkeys?

Or are you referring to the Circle of 5ths that is explained in the Music Theory Basics. 'our Chord Selector, based on the circle of fifths, provides smart transpose chord modifications and simplifies the process of applying chord types, as explained below.' Not even close.Īre you referring to the Chord Selector wheel that is used in the Song Track? If so, it's not meant as a 'Circle of Fifths'. They have an example of 'Circle of Fifths'. Oh, and someone at Toontrack really needs to learn music theory. The piano sound isn't good enough to buy another 'refill'. Right away, one notices a potential drop-down window for 'Piano', meaning they will be coming out with E. I suppose it might come in handy for a demo, to throw down a piano track really quickly. The big question is 'Does anybody need this'? I dunno. You can put in the chords to a standard pop chart and reharm or add 2s, 4ths etc pretty much on the fly.Ĭonclusions: It does exactly what they advertise, and does it pretty well. It depends on how fluent one is with chords and how quickly they can adapt. Would be a good tool for the reharm room. If you want to do a ballad you're in luck, anything else not so much.Ĭhord Browser: fairly cool. The big problem is not having enough of them. The styles are exactly what they should be. Obviously it's marketed to non-pianists, however I could see it being useful to classical pianists who have the chops but not the styles or voicings. Steve Nathan ain't gonna need this thing. Warning: every 60 seconds it plays detuned for a few seconds as a sort of copy protection. Some of the more ambient settings sound better than the straight-forward ones. There are 12 or so variations and plenty of ways to alter the sound. Definitely not a fancy-pants library but it's fine for the price ($150 at Sweetwater). I have a demo of this thingy, download it from the Toontrack site if you're game. It's like EZdrummer, it's a drag and drop midi piano library with a real player playing standard licks. We had a thread on this a few weeks back.

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