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DMichaelJohnson · 29th September 2011

Just got AK's Piano up and running... what a lovely sounding instrument~! Very playable and nice warm tone. Certainly not the piano tone for EVERY mix, but I just got lost in it for a few hours and it felt good

markham · 29th September 2011

Yeah, I'm a big fan of this piano. I've really enjoyed playing it and using it in mixes. I have found that for me, it sits really well in rock/pop and even folkier arrangements.

For a classical piece, there might be better choices, but for the kind of music I work on the most, this is a really good one.

freddman · 26th October 2011

Im thinking about buying this one, does it require a ilok key or something like that? Because then I will not buy it, and do I need to download the kontakt player to run this as well?

zemlin · 26th October 2011

Quote:

Originally Posted by freddman

Im thinking about buying this one, does it require a ilok key or something like that? Because then I will not buy it, and do I need to download the kontakt player to run this as well?

No hardware key.

freddman · 26th October 2011

sweet, so its serial key then or some call and response thingy?

and is it 6.9 gb or 17 gb? because some retailers say different on their websites

Last question, how do you think this plugin suits for house music, does it have that punch when played in 128 bpm tempo or such?

freddman · 26th October 2011

bump

markham · 26th October 2011

Yeah, it's a serial key or something (I don't remember exactly how NI does stuff, but it's not iLok).

The library is less than 10GB.

As to whether it would work in house music, that would just totally depend on your production and what other instrumentation you have going on. This is a Yamaha piano, so it has the trademark Yamaha things going for it. Works well in pop/rock. Very articulate in the transient, doesn't have a huge low-mid thing going on, etc.

Oh, and yes, you have to download the Kontakt Player to run it. Kontakt acts as the host, which runs as a plugin inside your DAW.

29th September 2011	#1051
DMichaelJohnson Gear nut Joined: Sep 2010 Location: New England Posts: 111	Just got AK's Piano up and running... what a lovely sounding instrument~! Very playable and nice warm tone. Certainly not the piano tone for EVERY mix, but I just got lost in it for a few hours and it felt good __________________

29th September 2011	#1052
markham Lives for gear Joined: Jun 2009 Location: No longer in Pago Pago! Now in Durham, NC. Posts: 1,066	Yeah, I'm a big fan of this piano. I've really enjoyed playing it and using it in mixes. I have found that for me, it sits really well in rock/pop and even folkier arrangements. For a classical piece, there might be better choices, but for the kind of music I work on the most, this is a really good one. __________________ MBP 2.4 GHz, 4GB RAM, OSX 10.6.8 \| Logic Pro 9.1.5 \| Metric Halo LIO-8/4P

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26th October 2011	#1053
freddman Gear maniac Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 174	Im thinking about buying this one, does it require a ilok key or something like that? Because then I will not buy it, and do I need to download the kontakt player to run this as well?

26th October 2011	#1055
freddman Gear maniac Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 174	sweet, so its serial key then or some call and response thingy? and is it 6.9 gb or 17 gb? because some retailers say different on their websites Last question, how do you think this plugin suits for house music, does it have that punch when played in 128 bpm tempo or such?

26th October 2011	#1056
freddman Gear maniac Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 174	bump

26th October 2011	#1057
markham Lives for gear Joined: Jun 2009 Location: No longer in Pago Pago! Now in Durham, NC. Posts: 1,066	Yeah, it's a serial key or something (I don't remember exactly how NI does stuff, but it's not iLok). The library is less than 10GB. As to whether it would work in house music, that would just totally depend on your production and what other instrumentation you have going on. This is a Yamaha piano, so it has the trademark Yamaha things going for it. Works well in pop/rock. Very articulate in the transient, doesn't have a huge low-mid thing going on, etc. Oh, and yes, you have to download the Kontakt Player to run it. Kontakt acts as the host, which runs as a plugin inside your DAW.