EZKeys Grand – Distortion

[Ernie Addezi]

Hello, is it just me or are others experiencing “slight distortion” when playing the midi files (doesn’t matter which one) in EZKeys Grand? Its the oddest thing. No clipping, but there definitely is a hint of distortion. I am using Cubase 8Pro, and all my other VST instruments sound fine. I would really appreciate hearing your experiences, and certainly a solution would also be very much welcomed. Thanks

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[onewayout_1]

Hi,
Sorry for the late reply…I just listened to the demo of both the studio and the Grand piano with a ballads verse midi. What I heard was a bit of a sizzle possibly some compression from either the console or a compressor or both which i find very complimentary to the sound.

It also of course depends on the feel of the player playing the midi files how hard he hits the notes how much that might come through…In other words different midi might have less sizzle than others but i have found it to be a very pleasing result for mixes for my Retro keys pack.

Is that what you’re hearing?

Cheers, jeff

[Ernie Addezi]

Hi onewayout_1

Thanks for taking the time to respond. I’ll try to cut back on the compression and hear if it sounds less “distorted”. However, I found this interesting thread that may explain what I am actually hearing. Let me know what you think

http://www.toontrack.com/forum/ezkeys-pre-sales/aliasing-distortion-sound-on-ezkeys-upright/

[onewayout_1]

Hi Tucanchu,

Interesting post, too bad they didn’t finish it with an example and update by the forum host. …. We have been moving from the uk to the us this past week and cannot setup my pc yet. ….. I have been using these plug ins for several months and have not had any issues like this to my hears, hope you can get this resolved for you. ….I use reaper as my daw and the poster did give an update from his PT9 on that link. ..UPDATE: The ezkeys Grand Piano plugin also does not exhibit the artifacts,

Keep us posted and yeah maybe record it for the forum host. ….let’s get to the bottom of this!

Cheers, Jeff

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