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familiar song styles are built up from particular types of chords. Transposition to other keys can be done instantaneously for a single chord or for the entire song, and EZkeys does so in an intelligent manner, producing chords that make sense in every key. Want more complexity? Click on any chord in the Song Track and a popup Circle of Fifths appears around it (again, see Figure 2). You can then select which key you want, change the chord type, and pop up a Details menu where you can select which voices sound, from the figured bass up to a 13th. Players who are experienced with chord charts for other instruments but who don’t play keyboards can quickly build their own charts, and newcomers have a powerful tool for taking apart chords and learning how they work. Other tools include built-in effects for the piano sound, a metronome, and a popup PDF on basic chord theory if you don’t know what the Circle of Fifths is, or want to brush up on how to tell the difference between a diminished and a halfdiminished chord. You can even import MIDI files so EZkeys can play them back as Song Blocks. Playing experience and final thoughts As we go to press, I’ve only been working with EZkeys for a couple of weeks, but it’s been a fascinating experience; I slide effortlessly between playing, arranging, and learning, sometimes doing all three at once. I came back to keyboards years after I stopped playing bass guitar from charts in cover bands and decades after my childhood piano lessons, and found myself only slightly better off than an absolute beginner. A tool like EZkeys would have made my learning a lot more pleasurable and would have helped me to write better songs while I was learning, too. If I need an idea for a way of playing a chord that fits a certain song style, I can audition several Song Blocks until I find something that fits my mood. If I want to hear if a Maj7 or add9 chord would improve a part, a click of a button tells me. And while it won’t beat out a thousand-dollar multi-Gigabyte piano library, the provided Steinway D grand piano soundset is cleanly recorded and quite playable. I’ve even taken to having EZkeys on a spare channel in my DAW, just so I can refer to it when I find an interesting chord while improvising and want to know what it is! If the idea of laying down a piano part with convincing chords for your latest song scares you, let EZkeys take away the fear and help you get where you’re going, while retaining enough flexibility to let your ideas shine through. Price: $179 More from: Toontrack, www.toontrack.com
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Contents
Talkback
Fast Forward
Finale 2012 As A Tool For Sample Playback
Mark De Clive-Lowe
Applied Acoustics Systems Chromaphone.
Reviewed and Revisited: PreSonus Studio One 2.0.
Toontrack EZkeys Grand Piano
Recording Fundamentals. Chapter 6: Introduction to Microphones—Part Three (From Proximity To Plosives)
Recording’s Showcase Of Sounds
Steven Slate Drums 4.0.
Sample Magic Electro and Hed Kandi: Disco House Samples
MOTU MachFive3
Reviewed and Revisited: audiobro LA Scoring Strings 2.0.
Milab DC-96B and DC-96C Condenser Microphones
Sennheiser MK 4 Condenser Microphone
Olympus LS-20M and LS-100 Portable Recorders
Readers’ Tapes
Advertiser Index
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Recording - June 2012 - Contents
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Recording - June 2012 - Talkback
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Recording - June 2012 - Fast Forward
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Recording - June 2012 - Finale 2012 As A Tool For Sample Playback
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Recording - June 2012 - Mark De Clive-Lowe
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Recording - June 2012 - Applied Acoustics Systems Chromaphone.
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Recording - June 2012 - Reviewed and Revisited: PreSonus Studio One 2.0.
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Recording - June 2012 - Toontrack EZkeys Grand Piano
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Recording - June 2012 - Recording Fundamentals. Chapter 6: Introduction to Microphones—Part Three (From Proximity To Plosives)
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Recording - June 2012 - Recording’s Showcase Of Sounds
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Recording - June 2012 - Steven Slate Drums 4.0.
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Recording - June 2012 - Sample Magic Electro and Hed Kandi: Disco House Samples
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Recording - June 2012 - MOTU MachFive3
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Recording - June 2012 - Reviewed and Revisited: audiobro LA Scoring Strings 2.0.
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Recording - June 2012 - Milab DC-96B and DC-96C Condenser Microphones
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Recording - June 2012 - Sennheiser MK 4 Condenser Microphone
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Recording - June 2012 - Olympus LS-20M and LS-100 Portable Recorders
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Recording - June 2012 - Readers’ Tapes
Recording - June 2012 - Advertiser Index
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