Welcome to Alicia's Keys
The sound of Alicia Keys' favorite composer piano, recorded in her own studio, Oven Studios on Long Island, New York, is now available to you as ALICIA’S KEYS.
By using premium vintage microphones and preamps and carefully analyzing Alicia’s playing we have successfully produced the very warm, soulful and inspiring sound of Alicia’s piano – and it’s fun to play!
The virtual piano has been tailored to reflect the style and sound aesthetics of Alicia Keys to an extent as it has never been done before for another artist. It was recorded with her original gear, and all aspects of recording and sampling technique were designed in close collaboration with Alicia. The result is a piano completely true to the original instrument with the sound and feeling of Alicia’s artistic personality.
We sincerely hope that you enjoy ALICIA’S KEYS.
– Your Native Instruments Team
About Alicia's Piano
Fully redesigned at the turn of the millennium, today's C Series grands benefit from a host of recent Yamaha advances. The piano samples used to build ALICIA'S KEYS originate from Alicia Keys’ own studio piano, a Yamaha C3 Neo. This grand piano is one of only three of its kind in the world today.
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