VTines Live vs Model D6

The VTines instrument is based on real samples of a 1978 Fender Rhodes© Mark1 fully restored with clean pickups and tines, new grommets, new hammer tips, etc, so it is the best an electric piano can sound. Our model gives you access to a 100% continuous response, a very small sized library (90Mb), common FX and adjustable bell and release volumes. It also ensures that the staccatos and releases that make up for half of the realism sound perfect, not like a fadeout, not too loud, just perfect. The second concentric knobs control Treble and Bass, just like on a real suitcase Rhodes. We measured this carefully and made sure the ranges and frequencies matched the original. The vibrato has two controls, the depth and the speed. We carefully measured the output of the preamp and copied the real output of each channel. We also added a tempo link as it can be very useful. We also extended the original range as this is a common mod on real Rhodes. We measured the output of the preamp of a Rhodes© suitcase and created an exact replica of the stereo panning of the Vibrato. We just added the possibility to sync it to your tempo and also extended the speed range just like some real mods do. There are two very common FX accessible on the front panel: reverb and drive. You can also engage the AMP simulation from the front panel. The VTines combines samples and modeling techniques to accurately reproduce the sound of the original instrument. This allows the VTines to weight only 90Mb, to really sound like a Fender Rhodes with all of its imperfections and to have a fully continuous response. The « Live » version of our instruments has been especially thought for Live performance usage. CPU and RAM footprints have been optimized, so that our model can run on IOS devices. We paid a particular attention to making it easy to connect and use with external MIDI keyboards, and/or within you favorite AUv3 host - Sampling and modeling hybrid of a Mark1 Fender Rhodes© - Full continuous velocity - Perfect staccatos and release samples - 7 high quality presets - Bass and treble EQ adjusted to the frequencies and ranges of the original preamp - Precise modeling of the original Vibrato effect (can be synched to the host tempo) - Very detailed Rhodes© AMP simulation - Reverberation and Drive FX - Adjustable pedal volume, release volume and bell amount - Adjustable MIDI response, input sources and channels - Adjustable MIDI CCs to control knobs and switches - Standalone app and AUv3 plug-in - Low download and installation size (less than 90 Mb) - Reasonably low RAM and CPU footprint

GSi Model D6 is a physical modeling emulation of a Hohner Clavinet D6. INSTRUMENT BACKGROUND It was back in the fifties when German inventor Ernst Zacharias invented one of the funkiest keyboards of all times. At first the intention was to make a portable version of a harpsichord, but it soon turned into one of the most used keyboards in rock and pop music. You will certainly recognize it in the famous pop song "Superstition", and in many other funky tunes of the seventies. Many police and investigation story movies and TV shows of the 70's and the early 80's had music themes based on funky accompaniments made with the D6, a slap bass and drums. This instrument can reproduce the sound of an electric guitar and can be treated with the same effects used by guitarists (wah-wah, distortion, phaser, chorus, etc.) for both rhythmic and melodic textures, since it is actually based on a set of 60 strings and two humbucker pickups very similar to those used in electric guitars. The sound engine of GSi Model D6 comes from the exact same code that powers the GSi Gemini and the Crumar Seven as well as the Crumar Mojo 61. Some more parameters have been added to the model in order to make the instrument sound even more versatile and adjustable to personal taste. Main features: - Physical Modeling engine (no samples) - Full Polyphony (60 strings) - Authentic string sympathetic resonances - Authentic recreation of the 4 D6 filters - Two Pickups with adjustable positions - Authentic damper lever - String quality setting - Hammer Tip quality setting - Wool damper quality setting (Release length) - Responds to pitch bender (Whammy bar mod) - Responds to aftertouch (string tapping overpressure) - Built-in Wah-Wah effect modeled after the famous JH-1 pedal - Wah-Wah can be modulated by LFO, Dynamics or via Midi CC message - Built-in Phaser effect modeled after the famous Phase 90 pedal - Built-in Amplifier simulator with 5 models (Twin, JCM, AC, RJC and Bass) - Amp Distortion and pickup feedback - Built-in Stereo Delay effect - Built-in Stereo Reverb effect - Built-in programmer with unlimited Programs - Embedded user's' manual - Available as Stand-alone application and audio plugin - Very low CPU and RAM usage