Members carbon111 Posted October 25, 2010 Members Share Posted October 25, 2010 ...to trash the Alicia Keys Piano library in that thread a while back. It was mainly a visceral response to NI's odd marketing I guess. I'll attempt to extricate my foot from my mouth. Long story short: I needed a bunch of XLR cables and a cheap dynamic mic and BanjoShack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MartinHines Posted October 25, 2010 Members Share Posted October 25, 2010 I'll let Alicia know the next time I see her... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members zzzxtreme Posted October 25, 2010 Members Share Posted October 25, 2010 glad you like it is it a resource hog? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members -groovatious- Posted October 25, 2010 Members Share Posted October 25, 2010 glad you like it is it a resource hog? Yes I bought it with the intention of using live in my MainStage rig. It's so CPU hungry, however, that even on my brand new Core i5 MacBookPro with 4GB RAM & Focusrite Saffire Pro40 firewire interface @ 256 samples, it uses pretty much all of the CPU when loaded into a MainStage project. Therefore no room for other instruments. The other issue is that it sounds pretty average live - I've managed to get the default logic pianos to sound better in a band context. In the studio however it's great. A very smooth, natural sounding piano that's very pleasant to play with a good controller. You'll need to up the buffer size tho if you're trying to mix a project with other softsynths. Now if they'd only fix the low F and G keys that sound out of tune to me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gregwar Posted October 25, 2010 Members Share Posted October 25, 2010 yes unfortunatelyi got alicia's keys this summer after patiently waiting/saving and it is by far my fav virtual instrument. imho its beyond the whole "does it sound real" bs to like imparting mad vibes and {censored}. plus she has some tracks that totally blow my mind and its really inspiring to use her gerrs at least for me @ groovatios i dunno why you have to use such extreme latency settings. i have the latency down to neglidgible amounts in logic on my older 2.66 c2d mbp. maybe mainstage is the culpret with memory management issues or something ? u could prolly have kontakt running stand alone and feed it midi from mainstage if that works better ? ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mediterranean Posted October 25, 2010 Members Share Posted October 25, 2010 Yep. That's what I thought, and I don't even have it:( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members keybdwizrd Posted October 25, 2010 Members Share Posted October 25, 2010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members carbon111 Posted October 25, 2010 Author Members Share Posted October 25, 2010 glad you like it is it a resource hog? I have it on a standalone Core i3 (dual-core 3.06GHz) machine with 4 Gb RAM that I built solely for softsynths and AK never goes above about 20% CPU load and practically no HD load. Latency is nonexistant for all practical purposes. I'd say it's decent enough. For the $70.44 I paid, I have absolutely no complaints whatsoever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wwwjd Posted October 25, 2010 Members Share Posted October 25, 2010 ... endorsement check finally go through, Carbon? hehehehee kiddin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members carbon111 Posted October 25, 2010 Author Members Share Posted October 25, 2010 It's just I felt a little stupid after what I had said in the earlier thread. FWIW, I still think the marketing of the sample set is pretty strange. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wwwjd Posted October 25, 2010 Members Share Posted October 25, 2010 Oh no.... They marketed it right. Id: "...hmmmmmm sexy girls will desire procreation with me if I buy this.... mmMMMmm.... " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Metrosonus Posted October 25, 2010 Members Share Posted October 25, 2010 That's a good feeling. I've been a hype victim more times than I can count. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members carbon111 Posted October 25, 2010 Author Members Share Posted October 25, 2010 Oh no.... They marketed it right. Id: "...hmmmmmm sexy girls will desire procreation with me if I buy this.... mmMMMmm.... " More like "Buy this and you'll play Just like Alicia Keys - heck, you'll be her!" Still, like I said, it's a nice instrument. That's the bottom line... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Don Solaris Posted October 25, 2010 Members Share Posted October 25, 2010 She doesn't look 'good' she looks stellar! (even more stellar with Jupiter 8 - hope she never dumps it because some advice from 'an expert') All my wallpapers on the DAW machine are exclusively custom Photoshopped 2048x1152 Alicia Keys arts. Each boot = new image. Can't get enough. Stellar girl! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wwwjd Posted October 25, 2010 Members Share Posted October 25, 2010 GREAT looking keyboard? Why'd they put that girl in the shot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members keybdwizrd Posted October 25, 2010 Members Share Posted October 25, 2010 Where do I get me a keyboard stand like this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members hogberto Posted October 25, 2010 Members Share Posted October 25, 2010 that girl needs to get that bottle of water away from those synths. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Suilebhain Posted October 25, 2010 Members Share Posted October 25, 2010 that girl needs to get that bottle of water away from those synths. Why? They'll just give her new ones if she ruins them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kpatz Posted October 25, 2010 Members Share Posted October 25, 2010 3 Motif XSes and 2 Voyagers! And a Jupiter 8 to boot... I wouldn't mind being her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Caligvla Posted October 25, 2010 Members Share Posted October 25, 2010 JP8 BTW ... Is it possible to change the pink "skin" of the software ... ??? I can't imagine the pink color scheme -- seen on boxes, promotional shots -- helps sales ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members carbon111 Posted October 25, 2010 Author Members Share Posted October 25, 2010 I can't imagine the pink color scheme -- seen on boxes, promotional shots -- helps sales ... Maybe that's why it was $70.44? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ElectricPuppy Posted October 25, 2010 Members Share Posted October 25, 2010 Pink. The great devaluator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members carbon111 Posted October 25, 2010 Author Members Share Posted October 25, 2010 Notice that Korg deftly omitted pink from the M50's color choices...I'm guessing they learned their lesson from the 707! I remember seeing these when they came out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members evildragon Posted October 25, 2010 Members Share Posted October 25, 2010 BTW ... Is it possible to change the pink "skin" of the software ... ??? I can't imagine the pink color scheme -- seen on boxes, promotional shots -- helps sales ... Theoretically YES it could be possible (but it's sorta "not nice" to do it ) but it would be a bloody job, as you'd have to redo all the graphical elements (knobs, sliders, etc.) And on top of that you'd have to know how to script in KSP to cover it all up. Not to mention that the actual script is locked. At least to a casual user. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members carbon111 Posted October 26, 2010 Author Members Share Posted October 26, 2010 Here's a little noodle...not sure if the MP3 will convey what I'm hearing here but there you go: http://www.carbon111.com/music/alicia_noodle.mp3 :love: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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