- Publisher: Toontrack
- Product: EZkeys Dream Machine
- Version: 1.0.0
- Operating System: macOS
Toontrack EZkeys Dream Machine is designed to be used in cinema soundtracks, ambient soundscapes, pop productions, and other pieces of recent musical media. EZkeys Dream Machine has a tweakable combination of a Rhodes Mark 7 electric piano and a celeste, though a marimba and a xylophone also can be thrown into the combination.
Both the electrical piano and therefore the celeste is multi-sampled to retain velocity detail and sensitivity. These instruments are often used independently but blended together, they supply various timbres suitable for contemporary productions. a good array of effects are available to process these samples within each preset, including delays, reverbs, filters, equalizers, and harmonic distortion of varying types. the consequences change counting on the preset.
Many features are included for those that aren’t native keyboard players, including an outsized MIDI library played by a session pianist, drag-and-drop MIDI phrases for putting into your DAW, a chord selector for changing chords quickly, multiple playing styles to suit many genres and more. The software is compatible with Mac and Windows computers and operates in AAX, VST, AU, and RTAS formats. you’ll also open EZkeys Dream Machine as a standalone application on your computer.
Toontrack EZkeys Dream Machine Features
- 32- and 64-bit operation in AAX, VST, AU, and RTAS platforms
- Low-latency standalone application
- Drag-and-drop MIDI included for song tracks
- Drag-and-drop support for third-party MIDI into EZkeys
- Drag-and-drop MIDI from the song track or song browser to DAW or desktop
- Analyze and chord-separate MIDI in real-time
- Record or overdub MIDI directly in EZkeys
- Use included, third-party, or bespoke MIDI/chord progressions and transform them with playing styles found in other MIDI files
- Quickly add basic chords to the timeline or drag and drop any chord from the Chord Wheel
- Chord display allows you to see what chords you’re playing in real-time
- Chord selector, based upon the circle of fifths, allows you to vary chords instantly
- Presets for the foremost commonly used chord types
- Customize the coloration of any chord by opening the detailed view
- Alter the voicing of a chord on the fly by clicking the plus and minus buttons of the Chord Wheel
- Humanize any pre-quantized MIDI notes upon import in EZkeys
- Transpose individual song blocks or full songs
- Export songs or files as WAV files straight from the EZkeys interface
- Includes easy-to-understand music theory document with MIDI note examples
- Tune the instruments by octave, semitones, or cents
- Dynamics controls for velocity response
- Sustain, sostenuto, and damping pedal controls
- MIDI-learn and automation
- Ready-made presets with high-quality effects from Overloud, starting from raw and unprocessed to heavily distorted and tweaked
Toontrack EZkeys Dream Machine MIDI Library
- Extensive MIDI library played by knowledgeable session pianist
- Pop/rock, soul/RnB, country, gospel, jazz, blues, boogie, and funk styles included
- All songs performed in eight-bar or longer blocks
- All songs performed with increasing intensity for intro, verse, pre-chorus, chorus, and bridge variations
- Single, rhythmical, and broken chords in several variations also as FX and endings
- Straight/swing variations in 4/4 and 6/8
- Intuitive browser that allows you to add you own favorites and arrange them in folders