I was super impressed with how inspiring it felt. Those two elements combined make for an instrument that really comes alive under your fingers, much more so than other libraries I’ve played. Unsurprisingly my hammer weighted controller quickly felt very alive and responsive much more surprising was my synth weighted controller, once I set the preset, felt almost as good as the weighted controller. Spectrasonics have also started a preset library for controller keyboards to give you quick access to the best setting for that particular keyboard.

There is a simple XY window at the bottom of the GUI that enables you to quickly set the velocity sensitivity of the piano for all the keyboards in Keyscape. The careful attention to controller sensitivity is also very important. The velocity layering – a massive 32 layers, is really impressive. However, Spectrasonics have made big steps forward in my opinion with a couple of elements. Well, I still don’t think libraries even come close substituting the real thing. Also some real eclectic niche instruments such as the Rhodes Piano Bass, and some specific Roland digital pianos. From Electric Harpsichord through Yamaha C7 Grand and Wing upright, Rhodes and Wurlitzer to CP70 and weird unknowns such as the Dolceola and the Chimeatron. Keyscape consists of 36 instruments that span the history of the keyboard in music.

Minimum recommended RAM is 8GB, and 2.2Ghz dual core CPU. Keyscape is a huge and power intensive 77GB library. 10 years in the making, it is a treasure trove of sampled keyboards, with the trademark Spectrasonics stamp of quality, and tricks up the proverbial sleeve. Spectrasonics definitely don’t rush their libraries of instruments, and with good reason: it takes a long time to make such massive, excellent musical tools. – No sympathetic string resonance for pianos

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