Electric Keys

‘Electric Keys’ is a collection MPC instruments sampled directly from three legendary electric pianos from the 70s; the Rhodes Mark II, Wurlitzer 200A and the Pianet N, containing 80 ready-to-play instrument patches for the MPC One, MPC X, MPC Live, Akai Force, MPC Software & MPC Beats.

The classic electric piano sound is an essential part of any producer’s arsenal and with Electric Keys we set out to create truly usable and portable recreations of these classic machines directly inside your MPC. Unlike the built in plugins of the MPC, these electric pianos are not synth emulations, they are actual acoustic recordings of the original electric pianos sampled through mics and vintage amps which capture all the warmth and organic vibe of the original instruments.

Each instrument has been recorded over four dynamic levels to fully capture its original nuances and tone - simply load up a patch and instantly start adding authentic electric piano chords and riffs to your MPC beats.

There’s a total of 80 ready-made sound patches included, all fully configured and mapped across your pads to provide a wide range of ‘out-of-the-box’ sounds including timeless vibrato and tremolo set ups, gritty amp-driven emulations, lush chorus and phased sounds and experimental fx patches. All programs are highly optimised to use minimal CPU and memory.

All patches can also be fully customised giving you control over many essential settings including tremolo and vibrato depth and rate, filters, effects and EQ. The Rhodes even includes an adjustable ‘tine’ control, a first for a native MPC Rhodes emulation.

Electric Keys is 100% optimised for standalone use with all instruments built from native MPC keygroup programs utilising internal FX, filters and LFOs for all patches and utilising minimal memory and CPU. All instruments perform identically in both ‘standalone’ and ‘controller’ modes, making them perfect for all MPC X & MPC Live owners.

The collection comes with two separate installers; a dedicated version for standalone use in the MPC One, MPC X/MPC Live & Akai Force and a separate installer for use in the MPC Software (2.0 and 1.9) and MPC Beats - also perfect for the MPC Studio, MPC Renaissance and MPC Touch.

Program previews are included for all patches, and everything is tagged for use in the MPC Software Media Browser.  Patches can be played using your pads or via an attached MIDI keyboard; all instruments are fully compatible with the MPCs ‘pad perform’ mode. Full installation & customisation instructions are given in the included 26 page User Guide.

Electric Keys is part of the 'MPC instrument Bundle', a collection of 'standalone-friendly' multisampled acoustic and electric instruments, made for the new generation of MPCs.