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Piano

Alicia's Keys

Native Instruments

Where to get itAvailable from Native Instrumentsnative-instruments.com

Alicia's Keys is a sampled grand piano instrument powered by KONTAKT, featuring recordings of Alicia Keys' own Yamaha C3 Neo studio piano from Oven Studios. The instrument delivers a warm, soulful sound tailored to reflect Alicia Keys' artistic style, with comprehensive controls for room acoustics, pedal response, sympathetic resonance, and mechanical noise modeling.

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Key Features

01Sampled from Alicia Keys' Yamaha C3 Neo grand piano
0214 factory presets spanning Hall, Auditorium, and Studio rooms
03Digital Ambience, Convolution Reverb, and Stereo Image controls
04Half Pedaling simulation with Impulse Response
05Sympathetic resonance with configurable harmonics
06Mechanical key noise and sustain pedal noise controls
0710 velocity curve options
08Microphone noise modeling for vintage character

Things to Try

  • 01Enable Half Pedaling and gradually press the Sustain Pedal to continuously transition from a pedal-up to pedal-down sound
  • 02Activate Allow Silent Key Strokes to enable notes with velocity 1 to be completely silent while still generating sympathetic resonances
  • 03Adjust Finger Attack Latency to 100% to include more of the original key noise and finger attack
  • 04Use Convolution Reverb Location options (Hall, Auditorium, or Studio) combined with Size adjustment to tailor the room acoustics
Formats
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User Manual↗

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