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equalsqlequalsql Frets: 6096
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I'm not a piano player so my keyboard crunching is pretty pathetic. I understand chord construction so can in my DAW create complex chord patterns, but I'll never be a Mrs Mills..
So why oh why, oh why oh why am I stupidly gassing for a copy of Spectrasonics Keyscape? This is nuts. For a VST library it's bloody expensive, but incredibly impressive and I will never be ever be able to play it well enough to justify it, but my brainworm is working overtime trying to convince me to buy it.

I absolutly love the sound of the Fender Rhodes and back in the 80s owned a a full 88 key suitcase model that my girlfriend, now wife, used to play in the band I was in. In those days used ones were as cheap as chips. So the Rhodes got under my skin.
However my wife hardly plays piano at all nowadays.

I've got the Lounge Lizard Rhodes and Addictive Keys grand piano VSTs. both of which I highly regarded, so why am I bloody fixated on Keyscape.. what is this stupid, stupid GAS I am afflicated with?

Should I see a pyschiatrist?

Here's the bloomin' culprit. (Oh God isn't it wonderful)




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  • FX_MunkeeFX_Munkee Frets: 2477
    edited January 2019
    That sounds brilliant, you should buy that.
    Did that help?

    Although the Stereo panning on the first clip did make me slightly nauseous.
    Shot through the heart, and you’re to blame, you give love a bad name. Not to mention archery tuition.
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  • duotoneduotone Frets: 982
    Sounds great doesn’t it?  I especially love the Greg Phillinganes video of him trying it out and playing snippets of some hit songs
    https://soundcloud.com/user-337741010
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  • barnstormbarnstorm Frets: 623
    Thirded. Sorry.
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  • Emp_FabEmp_Fab Frets: 24260
    Fourthded.
    Lack of planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on mine.
    Also chips are "Plant-based" no matter how you cook them.
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  • mrkbmrkb Frets: 6768
    First 20secs of the first video listening with headphones made me feel ill!
    Karma......
    Ebay mark7777_1
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  • FosterFoster Frets: 1100
    Nah, far better things to spend money on. How long will that plugin last for? Will it be compatible with future operating systems or new releases of your DAW of choice? I can't see it being something that can be sold secondhand easily 

    It sounds great and looks like a great tool for people who will use it often, as a whim because you've got a hole burning in your pocket... I'd pass.
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  • MoominpapaMoominpapa Frets: 1649
    Foster said:
    Nah, far better things to spend money on. How long will that plugin last for? Will it be compatible with future operating systems or new releases of your DAW of choice? I can't see it being something that can be sold secondhand easily 

    It sounds great and looks like a great tool for people who will use it often, as a whim because you've got a hole burning in your pocket... I'd pass.
    Lookee here mister - you're not welcome in Gas Town with your reasoned arguments and pragmatic thinking.
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  • xmarksthespotxmarksthespot Frets: 295
    Just buy it! ......you think your GAS is bad? I’m tempted to buy a Fender CS telecaster off here and I already have 3 guitars which I have not played for over a year!  It is really stupid of me, especially as I have no room left under the spare bed to keep it :o
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  • TheBlueWolfTheBlueWolf Frets: 1536
    I would

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  • duotoneduotone Frets: 982
    https://youtu.be/svX6WRWBP8o?list=PLFBfLLuxOyVheiQtbqSL03sa2oq6J7T9M
    https://soundcloud.com/user-337741010
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  • equalsqlequalsql Frets: 6096
    Nope...  Don't need it.. I don't... I really don't... I really really really don't......bugger  :/
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  • duotoneduotone Frets: 982
    So...?
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  • ChuckManualChuckManual Frets: 692
    Probably heresy to say on a guitar forum, but a warm, swirling Fender Rhodes is probably my favourite sound in the history of recorded music.  I only wish my keyboard skills warranted buying one... 
    Not much of the gear, even less idea.
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  • AlnicoAlnico Frets: 4616
    Sounds beautiful.
    Buy it.
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  • equalsqlequalsql Frets: 6096
    duotone said:
    So...?
    Not yet :/
    Damn their pricing :p
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  • equalsqlequalsql Frets: 6096
    ChuckManual said:
    Probably heresy to say on a guitar forum, but a warm, swirling Fender Rhodes is probably my favourite sound in the history of recorded music.  I only wish my keyboard skills warranted buying one... 
    My dilemma exactly :'(
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  • hywelghywelg Frets: 4303
    Does its have a really good c3 emulation?

    If so buy it.......
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  • equalsqlequalsql Frets: 6096
    hywelg said:
    Does its have a really good c3 emulation?

    If so buy it.......
    It's got.. deep breath:
    1. Yamaha C7 Grand Piano
    2. Yamaha Electric Grand CP-70
    3. Wing Upright Piano
    4. Wing Tack Piano
    5. Rhodes - Classic Mark I
    6. Rhodes - LA Custom “E”
    7. Rhodes 1946 Pre-Piano
    8. Rhodes Piano Bass
    9. Vintage Vibe Electric Piano
    10. Vintage Vibe Tine Bass
    11. Vintage Vibe Vibanet
    12. Wurlitzer 140B
    13. Wurlitzer 200A
    14. Wurlitzer "Butterfly" Baby Grand
    15. Hohner Pianet M
    16. Hohner Pianet N
    17. Hohner Pianet T (I used to have one of those too)
    18. Hohner Clavinet C
    19. Hohner Clavinet-Pianet DUO
    20. Weltmeister Claviset
    21. Weltmeister Basset 1 keytar
    22. Weltmeister Basset 2 keytar
    23. Simone Brothers Celeste
    24. Schulmerich Bells Chimeatron
    25. Dulcitone
    26. Clavichord
    27. Dolceola
    28. Baldwin Solid Body Electric Harpsichord
    29. Bennet Toy Piano Classic
    30. Schoenhut Toy Piano Glock
    31. Muse Toy Piano Grand
    32. Jaymar Upright Toy Piano Saucer Bell
    33. Koestler Harmochord (an electrified harmonium)
    34. Roland MKS-20 Digital Piano
    35. Roland MK-80 Digital Rhodes
    36. Roland JD-800 Crystal Rhodes
    That should satisfy most people's piano needs. :)
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  • revsorgrevsorg Frets: 878
    Have you seen these comments by users in KVR - I guess it's software so they may have solved these issues now. Sounds like you need a powerful PC.

    https://www.kvraudio.com/product/keyscape---collector-keyboards-by-spectrasonics/details
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  • hywelghywelg Frets: 4303
    equalsql said:
    hywelg said:
    Does its have a really good c3 emulation?

    If so buy it.......
    It's got.. deep breath:
    1. Yamaha C7 Grand Piano
    2. Yamaha Electric Grand CP-70
    3. Wing Upright Piano
    4. Wing Tack Piano
    5. Rhodes - Classic Mark I
    6. Rhodes - LA Custom “E”
    7. Rhodes 1946 Pre-Piano
    8. Rhodes Piano Bass
    9. Vintage Vibe Electric Piano
    10. Vintage Vibe Tine Bass
    11. Vintage Vibe Vibanet
    12. Wurlitzer 140B
    13. Wurlitzer 200A
    14. Wurlitzer "Butterfly" Baby Grand
    15. Hohner Pianet M
    16. Hohner Pianet N
    17. Hohner Pianet T (I used to have one of those too)
    18. Hohner Clavinet C
    19. Hohner Clavinet-Pianet DUO
    20. Weltmeister Claviset
    21. Weltmeister Basset 1 keytar
    22. Weltmeister Basset 2 keytar
    23. Simone Brothers Celeste
    24. Schulmerich Bells Chimeatron
    25. Dulcitone
    26. Clavichord
    27. Dolceola
    28. Baldwin Solid Body Electric Harpsichord
    29. Bennet Toy Piano Classic
    30. Schoenhut Toy Piano Glock
    31. Muse Toy Piano Grand
    32. Jaymar Upright Toy Piano Saucer Bell
    33. Koestler Harmochord (an electrified harmonium)
    34. Roland MKS-20 Digital Piano
    35. Roland MK-80 Digital Rhodes
    36. Roland JD-800 Crystal Rhodes
    That should satisfy most people's piano needs. :)
    So no then.. ..don't waste your money.  An overdriven c3 is the finest sound on the planet. 
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