Pop...R&B really. There's small things she does that shows she's classically trained that goes unnoticed when just listening. "That's How Strong My Love Is" changes time signature during the chorus.
Appreciate Video! Forgive me for chiming in, I would appreciate your opinion. Have you researched - Riddleagan Possessing Piano Remedy (google it)? It is a good exclusive product for learning how to play the piano easily minus the headache. Ive heard some pretty good things about it and my GF at last got cool success with it.
this woman is beautiful, and this library is terible. check roland v-piano, or ivory yamaha piano, ot nord stage piano. but this? lol NImis good only in sw, not in samples. everybody knows
I've been in love with this VST ever since it came out - a few years ago it was on sale, and I found out in the middle of the night... I got up from bed and bought it immediately. I haven't regretted it! I also own the Pianoteq VST plugin, which is far more versatile - but if what you want and what you need is a DARK piano sound - caramel flavored piano sound - then Alicia's Keys is superb! The VST is easy to use - Danish sampler and engineer Morten Skarbye really did a fantastic job here. And for the people who thinks that this is "just another Yamaha C3 Neo" - no it's not. It's not mentioned in this video, but Alicia Keys' grand piano is CUSTOM made. This adds a unique flavor in sound and feel, and it means that there is no C3 Neo which quite sound like hers. I highly recommend this VSTi, especially if you once in a while need a dark and all-over-the-place piano sound; it's ok for certain pieces of classical music, but it really shines in RnB and as a "sad piano" sound for hip hop beats. But that's just my opinion :)
She is my favorite musician ever, she plays wonderfully, sings wonderfully, writes wonderful music, and now she has even helped to make software so that anyone at home can make music like she can without being a piano prodigy and having to buy a really expensive instument. My digital piano sucks, I'm waiting for a cable and cheap external USB amp to start making better sounding recordings, but it doesnt sound anything like this.
I have a Casio ctk 720 keyboard that I really like & can't wait to play it successfully & feel that excitement as I'm playing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Love you Alicia keys keep doing your thing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
who could even hate this vid? Its amazing and creative. Nice to see people follow their passions. Dislike vid people are just unhappy and grumpy, and need a life. Very nice piano!
The software is a program called Alicia's Key's that can be used if you have Native Instruments' Komplete 4 or 5. Komplete 4 and 5 are amazing look it up.
it's an amazing sounding piano, going to be buying it soon. what a great piano to sample. it has great character. if its good enough for alicia....more than enough for anyone else.
Because nobody in there right mind would use a plugin that cost 115 dolors over a piano that cost around 100 thousand dolors! Theres just no comparison in sound quality!
I love the accoustic piano better but still.... i am deeply in love with her piano!!! the sound is amazing and the piano is so beautiful!!!! i really LOVE it!!!
my fellow and sista utubers lets leave the color commentary and debate for the classroom and just luv Ms Keyes musical contribution and pure talent.......she is sooooooo beautiful, I luv how articulate she is...and passionate bout her music. we are all of mixed race......who cares!!!!
@mannyac82 Well, the song is "Like the Sea" on her recent album "The Element of Freedom" but the melody you hear is taken from a famous classical piece called Deux Arabesque by Debussy.
Alicia u r soooo talented!!!! saw u yesterder in Montreal, the show was sick!!!!! loved it..... did not know u were gonna dance like that tho hahaha was soooo fun!!!!!!! U & Robin Thicke great combo lol!!!!!
wow alicia keys so awsome this soft ware is so cool and i am so glade you thought of that. you realy love music to realize you need it everywhere. God bless sista, thank God for this soft ware.
Alicia, You are truly one of the great talents with songs so beautiful you can tell they are sung from your soul. A complete class act and a hard one to follow. Thanks for sharing your talent with the workd to enjoy.
@furyofthestorm well it is in a sense if this video was about selling this actual piano... however this is a softsynth.. so lets actually SEE the product they are selling other than 2 seconds at 3:56
@MrBebopxx I dont know if what you are hearing is a tuning problem as much as it is the overwhelming room sound your hearing because on this demo her piano is not close mic'd its just bleeding thru the mic used to pick up her talking.
Amen. Maybe there are special tricks like velocity-sensitive key-release samples and synthesized string resonances happening in this library that you wouldn't be able to easily script inside Ableton Sampler... but we wouldn't know about them from this video
Whoever said to not put her in front of a camera to speak is out of their mind. Alicia is very articulate and very intelligent. She can talk about anything and is always so kind and polite. Why would you say that about her? Anyway this is suppose to be about the new piano software, not the way she speaks. BTW, she does have a deep voice that is very beautiful and she definitely does not sound like a man. The piano sounds great and I hope it's a huge success for her.
@allot77: yr right, Akoustik is a great sounding library. Have you played any of the Concert grand libraries? The NY is amazing. EW/QL Bosendorfer 290 set is another good one for those unable to bring a piano to gigs. ;-)
@NielsShoe @NielsShoe getting this tomorrow for my studio, its meant to be good for pop music...however, a great piano with 100 velocities per key is Vienna Imperial. Very , very impressive. I have it.
i love you aicia!! i play piano thanks to u!! i want that piano!!! lol it sounds great i agree... ill see you on your performing in barcelona!! i cant wait!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well. The sound is from her personal piano, recorded in the environment where it sounds the best with hours and hours and more hours of editing and fine tuning for her to be satisfied with the sound. There are a lot of software based instruments but only a handfull that are good for recording and even fewer for optimal live playing and those cost a lot. Haven't tried this particular one just yet, but I will, soon enough :)
you use a midi trigger (i.e a midi keyboard) to trigger the piano samples. so all you need to sound like alicia is a pc, a half decent sound card, a midi keyboard and the NI software.
@@ragestacker latency would be the main issue. Things have improved over the last 11 years.. 😁, but I’d still recommend an audio interface over onboard.
@jomarcavalcanti the logic 8 yamaha is ok as long as you have a very good midi keyboard. if you're using the actual computer keyboard, it can start to sound a little monotonal.
I know that a lot of people say "It sounds too muddy.." or "It doesn't sound like a real piano..." but as a musician who creates instrumental songs as well as songs with lyrics I find that sometimes you have to find the right sounding piano to make the song work. So yes this may not be good for the feel of what some are going for but, if you're making orchestral/instrumental music or want a piano that sounds different even in a subtle way then one more piano to choose from can't hurt right? I have Addictive Keys and TruePianos. Sometimes Addictive Keys sounds great for what I may be working on at the time, but other times TruePiano brings the feel that I need to the composition whereas Addictive Keys just doesn't make it feel right in my heart.
+Guvna Goeby - I totally agree. I've been dying to get my hands on TruePiano, but since I already own Pianoteq and now also Alicia's Keys, I feel that I'm fine with the piano sounds for now (I also have some extra piano vsti's, but I almost never use them). Yeah - Alicia's Keys are kind of all over the place, so in a heavily clustered mix, you'd probably need to give it less presence by equalizing the shit out of it - but if the piano is in center, and what you need is that dark chocolate caramel sound, then hell yes - Alicia's Keys has no equal. And yeah, I've spent quite some time manipulating the parameters of Pianoteq to sound like that. Mostly, I end up getting a sound that's "almost there, but not quite". I can make it dark and vibrant at the same time, but it has a "plonk" sounding feel to it that Alicia's Keys don't. Also, the timbrance and the sound of "something extraordinary" is kind of lost when I try to make Pianoteq sound dark.
@scoe1972 You would have to host the VSTi in a seperate program like Cubase etc, then you would find the style that you liked in the VSTi then just multisample it from there, and then load the seperate wav files into NNXT and spread them out across the keyboard accordingly. But once you had bounced them you couldnt change them as well using NNXT as you could in the VSTi. In short, it would be possible yes, if you have the patience. Hope this helps.
can i buy this piano only? and play it on main stage or logic pro? and add it to the library? or i have to buy the kontakt 5 player? do i need to purchase more stuff to play this piano?
Hey Alicia Keys you look so beautiful playing the piano and you are my favorite female artist and I love your alicia album and All of your CDs and I hope to meet you soon and thank you very much Alicia Keys 💙
@jomarcavalcanti yeah its all about personal taste and what library/sound has the particuliar combination of elements that really strikes YOUR OWN funny bone. Can really make a difference of how you feel when you play. It may be smart to exchange the piano you love with the piano that sounds great when you are mixing,..hehehe... but when tracking definately go with the piano that makes you feel good!
14 years later...we have a new collab with Alicia Keys! ua-cam.com/video/hB7-jddcwUQ/v-deo.html
It amazes me how people underestimate her musicianship skills. This woman is truly gifted and talented.
Pop...R&B really. There's small things she does that shows she's classically trained that goes unnoticed when just listening. "That's How Strong My Love Is" changes time signature during the chorus.
Appreciate Video! Forgive me for chiming in, I would appreciate your opinion. Have you researched - Riddleagan Possessing Piano Remedy (google it)? It is a good exclusive product for learning how to play the piano easily minus the headache. Ive heard some pretty good things about it and my GF at last got cool success with it.
this woman is beautiful, and this library is terible. check roland v-piano, or ivory yamaha piano, ot nord stage piano. but this? lol NImis good only in sw, not in samples. everybody knows
Who said she was underestimated? Literally no one lol
AlSween That song is amazing
I could listen to her explain anything for hours
Me too and she's hot.
I would fall asleep eventually
If only it came with Alicia as well.
+soacker25
Wtf ?
😂
😂💯
lol ikr! 😭🥺😂😢
Still one of my favorite piano plugins for my live performances.
I've been in love with this VST ever since it came out - a few years ago it was on sale, and I found out in the middle of the night... I got up from bed and bought it immediately. I haven't regretted it! I also own the Pianoteq VST plugin, which is far more versatile - but if what you want and what you need is a DARK piano sound - caramel flavored piano sound - then Alicia's Keys is superb! The VST is easy to use - Danish sampler and engineer Morten Skarbye really did a fantastic job here.
And for the people who thinks that this is "just another Yamaha C3 Neo" - no it's not. It's not mentioned in this video, but Alicia Keys' grand piano is CUSTOM made. This adds a unique flavor in sound and feel, and it means that there is no C3 Neo which quite sound like hers.
I highly recommend this VSTi, especially if you once in a while need a dark and all-over-the-place piano sound; it's ok for certain pieces of classical music, but it really shines in RnB and as a "sad piano" sound for hip hop beats. But that's just my opinion :)
Being a piano player myself , I love the sound of this software. I love the way she fragmented the opening intro of Debussy's Arabeque # 1.
Still one of my favorite sampled pianos. You guys did a great job.
Lmao
She is so pretty omg! My favorite Alicia is her when she is on the piano. Ugh she has enough talent to give out to all the other artists
She's so down to Earth it's hypnotic! Love it! =D
at least You guys could have mic'ed up the interview for Alicia! FOR GOD SAKE YOUR AN AUDIO company! LOL.
Why are there haters on here? I have this plugin, and it's amazing. I am glad they produced it with Alicia. It's absolutely brilliant.
She is my favorite musician ever, she plays wonderfully, sings wonderfully, writes wonderful music, and now she has even helped to make software so that anyone at home can make music like she can without being a piano prodigy and having to buy a really expensive instument. My digital piano sucks, I'm waiting for a cable and cheap external USB amp to start making better sounding recordings, but it doesnt sound anything like this.
So cool. Extra level of inspiration on this keys
@BWclara2005 It's a VST/AU plugin to be able to play the piano from your computer.
Oh my God she's so beautiful! And the way that she's playing on the piano is so good!
I have a Casio ctk 720 keyboard that I really like & can't wait to play it successfully & feel that excitement as I'm playing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Love you Alicia keys keep doing your thing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
who could even hate this vid? Its amazing and creative. Nice to see people follow their passions. Dislike vid people are just unhappy and grumpy, and need a life. Very nice piano!
She's playing Debussy. He was an amazing composer.
I love Debussy. Make sure you finish on the Bach; never finish on Debussy
Which opus of Debussy?
ua-cam.com/video/9Fle2CP8gR0/v-deo.html
I have this piece of software and i have to say it really gets my creative juices going. It sounds soooo amazing.
I love you alicia keys the world needs more of you babyg keep making good music
Her Piano and I concert that she recently just did proved thatshe is a great singer and pianist! It's amazing!
Cant wait to get that !! AK is so chilled out - great inspiration from just her words.
my favorite piano right now is the galaxy II piano, incredible amount of feeling and nuance
I've been working hard to play "Love is Like the Sea." Such a beautiful piano sound in that song.
Truth
She's a gifted pianist! She can sing her heart out! She knows how to emote when she sings and plays the piano!
All these years and I finally get to utilize this amazing tool!!! Thanks Alicia Keys and NI 🥰😎💯👋🏾👋🏾👋🏾
The software is a program called Alicia's Key's that can be used if you have Native Instruments' Komplete 4 or 5. Komplete 4 and 5 are amazing look it up.
Alicia is an AMAZING all the way around! This VST is old but GOLD! =)
it's an amazing sounding piano, going to be buying it soon. what a great piano to sample. it has great character. if its good enough for alicia....more than enough for anyone else.
one of the best sampled pianos outthere my favourite is giant but this is a close second.
I appreciate that a real pianist had a true contribution to a workstation! Wish I could afford it!
Beautiful sound, beautiful piano, beautiful lady!
why I am smiling while she is talking..
Because she's lying!
Because nobody in there right mind would use a plugin that cost 115 dolors over a piano that cost around 100 thousand dolors! Theres just no comparison in sound quality!
فاصل ثم نعود yep i'm the idiot here?
I love the accoustic piano better but still....
i am deeply in love with her piano!!! the sound is amazing and the piano is so beautiful!!!! i really LOVE it!!!
This is really cool! Thanks Alicia & NI!
That's awesome! More artists should create their own instrument-style which sticks with them wherever they go and play. Keeping up with technology!
my fellow and sista utubers lets leave the color
commentary and debate for the classroom and just luv Ms Keyes musical contribution and pure
talent.......she is sooooooo beautiful, I luv how articulate she is...and passionate bout her music.
we are all of mixed race......who cares!!!!
Alicia is great! beautifull, intelligent artist
Nice artist,lovely video,amazing piano software..
Great Sound!!
Purchased!!
You can download the kontakt 5 player for free from the NI website and the Alicia Keys piano will play fine.
@mannyac82 Well, the song is "Like the Sea" on her recent album "The Element of Freedom" but the melody you hear is taken from a famous classical piece called Deux Arabesque by Debussy.
Alicia u r soooo talented!!!! saw u yesterder in Montreal, the show was sick!!!!! loved it..... did not know u were gonna dance like that tho hahaha was soooo fun!!!!!!! U & Robin Thicke great combo lol!!!!!
WOW, She is soo amazing!
I love her, (and her shoes!)
wow alicia keys so awsome this soft ware is so cool and i am so glade you thought of that. you realy love music to realize you need it everywhere. God bless sista, thank God for this soft ware.
I can't imagine any major artist like Alicia Keys who would introduce the product so well! She is 100% passionate about this
Alicia, You are truly one of the great talents with songs so beautiful you can tell they are sung from your soul. A complete class act and a hard one to follow. Thanks for sharing your talent with the workd to enjoy.
I really love this woman!
I want this so bad!The sound is incredible. Although I'll never ever ever ever ever ever be able to play piano like her...
@furyofthestorm well it is in a sense if this video was about selling this actual piano... however this is a softsynth.. so lets actually SEE the product they are selling other than 2 seconds at 3:56
@MrBebopxx I dont know if what you are hearing is a tuning problem as much as it is the overwhelming room sound your hearing because on this demo her piano is not close mic'd its just bleeding thru the mic used to pick up her talking.
A ray of sunshine...
You are so beautiful and so talented. I heart Alicia Keys.
"so many love , talk to you soon" , her face when she said that at the end, damn .. unique
I always loved alicia!!!
Kant wait til the concert beautiful...
My Idol
Yep
Amen.
Maybe there are special tricks like velocity-sensitive key-release samples and synthesized string resonances happening in this library that you wouldn't be able to easily script inside Ableton Sampler...
but we wouldn't know about them from this video
this is basically for people who want to have that certain sound on their piano. it does have a wonderful sound
The sound of Arabesque at the beginning is the real Yamaha Piano she uses or the sample from Native Instruments??
Sounds great!!
Whoever said to not put her in front of a camera to speak is out of their mind. Alicia is very articulate and very intelligent. She can talk about anything and is always so kind and polite. Why would you say that about her? Anyway this is suppose to be about the new piano software, not the way she speaks. BTW, she does have a deep voice that is very beautiful and she definitely does not sound like a man. The piano sounds great and I hope it's a huge success for her.
So beautiful
I Just Love It . Thank You Alicia & NI
I'm in love with her down to earth Beautiful voice!
I think she's speaking in the same key as Michael Jackson used to speak in.
@allot77: yr right, Akoustik is a great sounding library. Have you played any of the Concert grand libraries? The NY is amazing.
EW/QL Bosendorfer 290 set is another good one for those unable to bring a piano to gigs. ;-)
i bought alicia keys tickets the other day, gonna be an incredible concert!
Lol
@NielsShoe @NielsShoe getting this tomorrow for my studio, its meant to be good for pop music...however, a great piano with 100 velocities per key is Vienna Imperial. Very , very impressive. I have it.
i love you aicia!! i play piano thanks to u!! i want that piano!!! lol it sounds great i agree... ill see you on your performing in barcelona!! i cant wait!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Can't Wait Till I GET ENOUGH money to buy this A,Keys Urr The Bestt Keep On Doin urr thangggg I Hope that one day i might meet you xxx
hello! i'm french, and i really love your song!!!!!!!
Lol
Well. The sound is from her personal piano, recorded in the environment where it sounds the best with hours and hours and more hours of editing and fine tuning for her to be satisfied with the sound. There are a lot of software based instruments but only a handfull that are good for recording and even fewer for optimal live playing and those cost a lot. Haven't tried this particular one just yet, but I will, soon enough :)
I think this is great, and despite what some may say, Native Instruments put out great products!
The key board she was talking about is probably the Yamaha MOTIF. Amazing keyboard. I'm trying to save for it.
whoa sick air maxes alicia!
great, but where can i see the vst in action?
Alicia Is Blessed!! Love her, she is inspiration, She is Tha Best, The SUperwoman!! Tha best singerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
everything you just said is exactly true. thank you.
I used it on my song People in Love. Thnks Alicia.
this is amazing! good job:D
you use a midi trigger (i.e a midi keyboard) to trigger the piano samples.
so all you need to sound like alicia is a pc, a half decent sound card, a midi keyboard and the NI software.
why half decent sound card?
@@ragestacker a full one would also be fine!
@@ortopilot i mean why use it at all? if you use a good quality keyboard and connect it via usb host?
@@ragestacker latency would be the main issue. Things have improved over the last 11 years.. 😁, but I’d still recommend an audio interface over onboard.
thank you for upload
awesome! I love Alicia, she is so my type.
@jomarcavalcanti the logic 8 yamaha is ok as long as you have a very good midi keyboard. if you're using the actual computer keyboard, it can start to sound a little monotonal.
sooo crazy, i want one
I know that a lot of people say "It sounds too muddy.." or "It doesn't sound like a real piano..." but as a musician who creates instrumental songs as well as songs with lyrics I find that sometimes you have to find the right sounding piano to make the song work. So yes this may not be good for the feel of what some are going for but, if you're making orchestral/instrumental music or want a piano that sounds different even in a subtle way then one more piano to choose from can't hurt right?
I have Addictive Keys and TruePianos. Sometimes Addictive Keys sounds great for what I may be working on at the time, but other times TruePiano brings the feel that I need to the composition whereas Addictive Keys just doesn't make it feel right in my heart.
+Guvna Goeby - I totally agree. I've been dying to get my hands on TruePiano, but since I already own Pianoteq and now also Alicia's Keys, I feel that I'm fine with the piano sounds for now (I also have some extra piano vsti's, but I almost never use them). Yeah - Alicia's Keys are kind of all over the place, so in a heavily clustered mix, you'd probably need to give it less presence by equalizing the shit out of it - but if the piano is in center, and what you need is that dark chocolate caramel sound, then hell yes - Alicia's Keys has no equal. And yeah, I've spent quite some time manipulating the parameters of Pianoteq to sound like that. Mostly, I end up getting a sound that's "almost there, but not quite". I can make it dark and vibrant at the same time, but it has a "plonk" sounding feel to it that Alicia's Keys don't. Also, the timbrance and the sound of "something extraordinary" is kind of lost when I try to make Pianoteq sound dark.
Sounds good!
dat piano looks awesome i need 1
LOVE YOU QUEEN ALICIA KEYS!!! 🎹🎶💕
@scoe1972 You would have to host the VSTi in a seperate program like Cubase etc, then you would find the style that you liked in the VSTi then just multisample it from there, and then load the seperate wav files into NNXT and spread them out across the keyboard accordingly. But once you had bounced them you couldnt change them as well using NNXT as you could in the VSTi. In short, it would be possible yes, if you have the patience. Hope this helps.
Amazing!
can i buy this piano only? and play it on main stage or logic pro? and add it to the library? or i have to buy the kontakt 5 player? do i need to purchase more stuff to play this piano?
Hey Alicia Keys you look so beautiful playing the piano and you are my favorite female artist and I love your alicia album and All of your CDs and I hope to meet you soon and thank you very much Alicia Keys 💙
Whoooooo Alicia Keys is so Talented and Gorgeous God Bless her i wish she was my Piano Mentor lol but Swizz Beats is a Lucky Man Lol
@logicg I didn't see anywhere to download the Demo!
@jomarcavalcanti yeah its all about personal taste and what library/sound has the particuliar combination of elements that really strikes YOUR OWN funny bone. Can really make a difference of how you feel when you play. It may be smart to exchange the piano you love with the piano that sounds great when you are mixing,..hehehe... but when tracking definately go with the piano that makes you feel good!
enchanter............................
if u ask what she has the most, i think its talent and love...
can these samples be used with the reason program?
if not, can they be converted to adapt to reason?
La meilleure pianiste du XXIème siècle !!!!
@NielsShoe Your not the only one saying this so it must be true. I think it sounds warm with depth.
love her shoes!!!
good job Alicia and NI