Native Instruments have announced a second collaboration with 16-time Grammy-winning artist Alicia Keys, this time capturing the sound of her personal Yamaha CP-70 electric grand piano. Recorded at Jungle City Studios alongside Keys’ longtime engineer Ann Mincieli, Alicia’s Electric Keys covers a vast range of tones that blend classic electric pianos with flexible modern soundscapes.
The instrument’s Main view provides a selection of key parameters, with more in-depth control provided on a dedicated Instrument page. There, a Sources section provides independent Main, Hammer, Overtone, Release, Pedal, Resonance and Punch level controls, and is followed by Shape, Tone and Noise sections that allow detailed editing of the instrument’s overall tone and response. As well as recording the piano, the team also captured a number of effects chains, with adjustable preamps, rotary effects, cabinet emulations, dynamics processors, EQs and more all available via an FX page.
Alicia's Electric Keys runs in Native Instruments' Kontakt and Kontakt Player.
Alicia’s Electric Keys comes loaded with presets that cover a huge range of sounds, and include some signature patches and custom effects chains used by Alicia, including the signature sound from her hit song ‘Girl on Fire’.
Compatibility
Alicia’s Electric Keys runs in Native Instruments’ Kontakt or free Kontakt Player versions 7.10.5 and higher, which are supported on PCs running Windows 10 or above, and Macs running macOS 12 and later. VST3, AU and AAX plug-in versions are available, along with a standalone application.
Pricing & Availability
Alicia’s Electric Keys is available now, priced at $149£129 including VAT.
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