AAS has released a major update to its electric piano plug-in, Lounge Lizard.
Lounge Lizard EP-4 v4.3.0 includes a new scalable UI, microtuning, a new library, new effects and more. The update is free and available now on AAS’ website.
Here’s what’s new in AAS Lounge Lizard EP-4:
- New Library – The renewed factory library features classic electric piano sounds as well as over 240 gig- and mix-ready custom electric pianos making good use of the compressor, equalizer, and multi-effect processor.
- New Compressor and equalizer – These new additions add punch and definition to your sound, letting you cut through a dense mix or stage.
- New Character control – the new Character control provides five classic studio and stage signal path emulations—that’s the cabinet, pre-amp, microphone, and recorder chain that follows the piano’s output—to fit your electric piano part into your track.
- New Streamlined interface – the new interface now divides Lounge Lizard EP-4 into three panels: Play presents shortcuts to the main piano and effect parameters including bypass switches for quick edits; Edit lets you get under the hood and voice the piano to taste; while FX supplies equalizer, compressor, multi-effect, and reverb processors for final shaping duties.
- New Limiter – The new output limiter protects your ears and monitors during experimentation with the piano’s physical modeling parameters while providing a maximum of distortion-free dynamics.
- New Bank and program manager – Lounge Lizard EP-4’s new manager allows simple and efficient organization, backup, and sharing of your sounds.
- Overhauled effects – Lounge Lizard EP-4’s multi-effect processor features chorus, delay, phaser, flanger, distortion, notch filter, wah-wah, auto-wah, and reverb.
- New Microtonal tunings via Scala scale files – Lounge Lizard EP-4 now supports the Scala scale file format for microtonal music making.
- New Native 64-bit AU, VST, and AAX plug-ins – Lounge Lizard EP-4 now runs in native 64-bit on Mac OS X and Windows making it compatible with the latest sequencers.
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Pricing and Availability
AAS Lounge Lizard EP-4 Electric Piano is available with an intro price of $99 USD (normally $199).
I often use Pianoteq’s electric pianos, but I have to admit, the AAS instruments (and Lounge Lizard in particular) have more “mojo”.
Especially good if you run a line out of your soundcard, then run a line to an amp, like a Deluxe Reverb, and then mic it! Use the amp tremolo or a pedal. Great to mix in air and tubes and a preamp for the track.