No Samples

First of all the shocking thing about this plugin is that it uses absolutely no samples to generate it’s magnificent sound. The technology is based entirely upon physical modeling. This makes the load time extremely fast. It also has very little memory footprint and takes up very few processor cycles. Unless of course you are still using a Pentium III Celeron processor based workstation. Hopefully no one is that behind the curve. Secondly, the physical modeling takes away the need for velocity based switching of samples, which can sometimes cause  a less fluid feeling when playing the instrument.

A True Instrument

The bottom line about this plugin is that it really has the responsiveness of an instrument. That is something that is taken for granted nowadays. Many composers and producers simply edit the heck out of there midi recordings to get a realistic sound from there performances. In this age of  multiple gigabyte sample libraries , true expression has often been made a low priority. Being a professional musician, I always look for plugins that just feel “right” when I sit down at my keyboard to play. Maybe that’s asking too much of say a horn library or something, but an electric piano emulation ought to be playable.  Anyway, that’s enough ranting for now.  Here is a short demo I created using nothing but Lounge Lizard and a little reverb.