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Old 01-21-2006, 10:11 PM
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Default Lounge Lizard or Elektrik Piano?

LL-3 is a modelled instrument, while EP is samples, from the realm of Kontakt. There's no playable version of Elektrik Piano, but the demo sounds are pretty good. LL has a demo but it cuts out every 10 seconds. Aaak.

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Old 01-21-2006, 11:17 PM
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Default Re: Lounge Lizard or Elektrik Piano?

I am a huge Native Instrument fan and own Komplete 3. Elektrik Piano sounds great, but for me, even on my Dual 2.7 it glitches and cuts out all over the place. I can run Kontakt 2 all day without a problem, but Elektrik Piano seems buggy. Instead I go for patches in Kontakt or the Electro Mechanical library in Reason.

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Old 01-23-2006, 12:03 AM
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Default Re: Lounge Lizard or Elektrik Piano?

Steve.

I hesitate to ask but are you using the disk streaming option with elektrik piano?



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Old 01-23-2006, 08:57 AM
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I hesitate to ask but are you using the disk streaming option with elektrik piano?


Yes, I am. Does Elektrik Piano work for you?

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Old 01-23-2006, 04:35 PM
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Default Re: Lounge Lizard or Elektrik Piano?

I haven't used Elektrik, but I own LL2 and have a couple different Rhodes at the studio. I really like LL2, and for many applications will choose it over the real Rhodes. I really like its flexibility and the sounds are very realistic (or not, if you want -- I especially like making thick, organic pads with it by adjusting the sustain to infinite). And Cranking up the output dirties it up in a lovely way. Compared with sample based instruments, it is faster to use because the patches load almost instantly, and it is very light on DSP. I've run a number of instances without problems, even on a pokey G4 733.
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Old 01-23-2006, 04:48 PM
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I hesitate to ask but are you using the disk streaming option with elektrik piano?


Yes, I am. Does Elektrik Piano work for you?

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Well, yes it does, but I have to own up to running many of my virtual synths on a dedicated PC running 8 channels of AES into my 192. I do know other people who had pops clicks and other troubles with Elektrik Piano until they started using disk streaming.
I'm not that wild for the sound in all honesty.

I might start runningh more virtual instruments on my HD rig Mac as I've just bought one of the last 2.7 dual PCI-X Macs. That, along with the improved RTAS and virtual instrument implementation in PT7 could change things.

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Old 01-24-2006, 04:39 PM
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Default Re: Lounge Lizard or Elektrik Piano?

Hmm. Maybe I should just go buy one since there's not likely to be a consensus. They both sound pretty good, from what I can hear. And until I get my 1972 suitcase repaired, I have no choice. Thanks for your replies, guys.
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Old 01-25-2006, 06:28 PM
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You know the electric pianos in Xpand! are very nice. Not a huge selection, but very nice, and you can't beat the price (free).

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Old 01-26-2006, 09:52 AM
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You know the electric pianos in Xpand! are very nice. Not a huge selection, but very nice, and you can't beat the price (free).
Wow! I really hope Digidesign! doesn't keep putting exclamation marks (!!!) on all it's new products! (Or I may have to Smack! someone)
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Old 01-26-2006, 09:55 AM
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Wow! I really hope Digidesign! doesn't keep putting exclamation marks (!!!) on all it's new products!
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